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Metropolis (1927/2002)

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Total cards: 24•Content version: v4•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026

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#1
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Metropolis 10 January ______ Fritz Lang Dystopian, Science Fiction, German Expressionism Romance, Steampunk

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1927

#2
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Metropolis 10 January 1927 Fritz Lang ______, ______, ______ Romance, Steampunk

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• Dystopian • Science Fiction • German Expressionism

#3
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Metropolis 10 January 1927 Fritz Lang Dystopian, Science Fiction, German Expressionism ______, ______

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• Romance • Steampunk

#4
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______, in as scrupulous an approximation of its original form as can be hoped for. A commercial disaster in its day, it was soon bowdlerised from Lang’s 137-minute edit, left to sow its influence in various prints of disrepair.

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Lang’s towering, tumultuous 1926 folly rises again

#5
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Lang’s towering, tumultuous 1926 folly rises again, ______. A commercial disaster in its day, it was soon bowdlerised from Lang’s 137-minute edit, left to sow its influence in various prints of disrepair.

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in as scrupulous an approximation of its original form as can be hoped for

#6
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Lang’s towering, tumultuous 1926 folly rises again, in as scrupulous an approximation of its original form as can be hoped for. ______, it was soon bowdlerised from Lang’s 137-minute edit, left to sow its influence in various prints of disrepair.

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A commercial disaster in its day

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Lang’s towering, tumultuous 1926 folly rises again, in as scrupulous an approximation of its original form as can be hoped for. A commercial disaster in its day, it was ______, left to sow its influence in various prints of disrepair.

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soon bowdlerised from Lang’s 137-minute edit

#8
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Lang’s towering, tumultuous 1926 folly rises again, in as scrupulous an approximation of its original form as can be hoped for. A commercial disaster in its day, it was soon bowdlerised from Lang’s 137-minute edit, ______.

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left to sow its influence in various prints of disrepair

#9
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A commercial disaster in its day, it was soon bowdlerised from Lang’s 137-minute edit, left to sow its influence in various prints of disrepair. ______ collaborated on the field and lab work behind this definitive restoration.

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Finally, a consortium of German and international archives

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A commercial disaster in its day, it was soon bowdlerised from Lang’s 137-minute edit, left to sow its influence in various prints of disrepair. Finally, a consortium of German and international archives ______.

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collaborated on the field and lab work behind this definitive restoration

#11
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Finally, a consortium of German and international archives collaborated on the field and lab work behind this definitive restoration. ______ is now almost certainly irrevocably lost.

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Any unrecovered footage

#12
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Finally, a consortium of German and international archives collaborated on the field and lab work behind this definitive restoration. Any unrecovered footage is ______.

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now almost certainly irrevocably lost

#13
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Any unrecovered footage is now almost certainly irrevocably lost. ______, but more to the point, showcases Lang’s vision resplendently.

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What is here fills in some of the potholes

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Any unrecovered footage is now almost certainly irrevocably lost. What is here fills in some of the potholes, but ______, showcases Lang’s vision resplendently.

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more to the point

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Any unrecovered footage is now almost certainly irrevocably lost. What is here fills in some of the potholes, but more to the point, ______.

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showcases Lang’s vision resplendently

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What is here fills in some of the potholes, but more to the point, showcases Lang’s vision resplendently. ______ is a revelation.

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The image quality

#17
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What is here fills in some of the potholes, but more to the point, showcases Lang’s vision resplendently. The image quality is ______.

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a revelation

#18
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The image quality is a revelation. Of ______, there’s more of various bit-characters, plus the spectre of Freder’s mother Hel, the origin of the bad blood between his father, the city’s potentate, and the mad magus-inventor Rotwang.

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the amendments

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The image quality is a revelation. Of the amendments, there’s ______, plus the spectre of Freder’s mother Hel, the origin of the bad blood between his father, the city’s potentate, and the mad magus-inventor Rotwang.

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more of various bit-characters

#20
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The image quality is a revelation. Of the amendments, there’s more of various bit-characters, plus ______, the origin of the bad blood between his father, the city’s potentate, and the mad magus-inventor Rotwang.

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the spectre of Freder’s mother Hel

#21
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The image quality is a revelation. Of the amendments, there’s more of various bit-characters, plus the spectre of Freder’s mother Hel, ______ his father, the city’s potentate, and the mad magus-inventor Rotwang.

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the origin of the bad blood between

#22
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The image quality is a revelation. Of the amendments, there’s more of various bit-characters, plus the spectre of Freder’s mother Hel, the origin of the bad blood between ______, and ______.

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• his father, the city’s potentate • the mad magus-inventor Rotwang

#23
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Of the amendments, there’s more of various bit-characters, plus the spectre of Freder’s mother Hel, the origin of the bad blood between his father, the city’s potentate, and the mad magus-inventor Rotwang. ______, rarely extended to the nuances of character or individual interplay, and what with the overwrought Expressionist acting and Lang’s dualist leanings, the silly dialectics of Thea von Harbou’s script stand horribly exposed.

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The director’s strengths, however

#24
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Of the amendments, there’s more of various bit-characters, plus the spectre of Freder’s mother Hel, the origin of the bad blood between his father, the city’s potentate, and the mad magus-inventor Rotwang. The director’s strengths, however, ______, and what with the overwrought Expressionist acting and Lang’s dualist leanings, the silly dialectics of Thea von Harbou’s script stand horribly exposed.

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rarely extended to the nuances of character or individual interplay