Fritz Lang: METROPOLIS
METROPOLIS
(silent film with German, English, and Hungarian subtitles)
black-and-white German silent film | with German, English, and Hungarian subtitles, 153’, 1927
directed by Fritz Lang
starring Brigitte Helm, Alfred Abel, Gustav Fröhlich
***Not recommended for viewers under 16!***
In Johann Fredersen’s gigantic Metropolis, only a privileged class enjoys the benefits of technological progress. The gates to magnificent gardens and parks stand open to them; they live in light and splendor. On the lower level of the city, the poor and the workers eke out a living; they never see sunlight and toil all day long under artificial lighting.
The two levels are connected by elevators, but otherwise there is no contact between their inhabitants. Until one day, a group of children from “down below” disrupts the entertainment of those above...
Schedule
SCREENING TIME:
Monday, August 24, 6:00 p.m.
Ticket price: 2,700 Ft
Tickets are not assigned to specific seats; seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. Doors open approximately 5 minutes before the screening.
Tickets are available:
1) At the venue on weekdays from 3:00 PM to 9:00 PM,
and on weekends from 1:00 PM to 9:00 PM.
Bem Cinema
In January 2016, the 108-year-old Bem Cinema will reopen its doors to the public, in a new way never seen before in Hungary: as a cinema of cult and classic films (no harm!), or as the educated French say (if you know your English): as a "repertory cinema".
