METROPOLIS Poster Sold for Record Amount
November 16th, 2005 by Andre Soares
Graphic artist Heinz Schulz-Neudamm’s sepia-colored poster for the futuristic 1927 silent film Metropolis has been sold for a record US$690,000 to a private collector from the United States. Metropolis was directed by Fritz Lang (M, Fury, Man Hunt) from a screenplay by Lang and his wife - and future Nazi sympathizer - Thea von Harbou (who also wrote the novel on which the film is based), and starred Alfred Abel, Gustav Fröhlich, Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Brigitte Helm, and Fritz Rasp.
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Following Weblog informs about the scriptwriter Thea von Harbou:
http://medienberatung.blogspot.com
There is also a tillage-possibility for a book about the author.