New 'Metropolis' for UK cinema release

Fritz Lang's 1927 scifi classic Metropolis, a reconstructed and restored edition of which premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival on Friday February 12, is to have a UK cinematic release later this year, followed by a new DVD and Blu-ray edition in The Masters of Cinema Series.

Fuller details will be posted here in due course.

Extracts from the unreconstructed movie