Metropolis - 1927 - Giorgio Moroder Colorized Version

Giorgio Moroder's version that took the film into the 21st century, with music by Freddie Mercury, Adam Ant, Bonnie Tyler, Pat Benatar and Lover Boy.

Moroder created his own version of Metropolis, adding colors, special effects, replacing the intertitles of the dialogues with subtitles and composing a soundtrack according to the era. Almost three decades after its premiere, the Metropolis recreated by Moroder is no longer seen as an irreverent work with Fritz Lang and can be enjoyed as what it has always been: A show of admiration for this masterpiece of German cinema and a decisive step towards the recovery and restoration of the cinematographic heritage. This version has been remastered in image and sound from a 35mm archival copy.

Sometime in the future, the city of Metropolis is home to a Utopian society where its wealthy residents live a carefree life. One of those is Freder Fredersen. One day, he spots a beautiful woman with a group of children, she and the children quickly disappear. Trying to follow her, he is horrified to find an underground world of workers who apparently run the machinery that keeps the Utopian world above ground functioning. One of the few people above ground who knows about the world below is Freder's father, John Fredersen, who is the founder and master of Metropolis. Freder learns that the woman is called Maria, who espouses the need to join the "hands" - the workers - to the "head" - those in power above - by a mediator who will act as the "heart". Freder wants to help the plight of the workers in their struggle for a better life. But when John learns of what Maria is advocating and that Freder has joined their cause, with the assistance of an old colleague. an inventor called Rotwang, who turns out to be But their nemesis goes to works towards quashing a proposed uprising, with Maria at the centre of their plan. John, unaware that Rotwang has his own agenda., makes plans that include shutting down the machines, with the prospect of unleashing total anarchy both above and below ground.