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EXHIBITIONS
Exhibitions 2010
The Complete METROPOLIS
The City of Sons
Although the „City of the Sons,“ also called the „Club of the Sons,“ is only seen briefly in METROPOLIS, it is of special importance for the film’s concept of social structure. This place of abundance, unconcern and idleness, where the sons of the rich and powerful enjoy themselves, forms the strongest contrast to the Workers’ City.
The sports stadium is designed in the Neue Sachlichkeit style. Its perimeter walls, on which enormous statues are enthroned, appear monumental. We encounter Freder, the youthful hero, for the first time during a race in the stadium, where he is the first runner to radiantly cross the finish line.
Young female servants spoil the sons of the city in the Eternal Gardens. Their highly imaginative costumes make them seem like exotic creatures. Through a large double door, Maria and the workers’ children enter this lushly planted pleasure ground complete with a fountain and strutting peacocks.
The sports stadium was realized in the so-called Schüfftan process. Only the lower section was actually built on the studio grounds; its high walls and statues were small models reflected by mirrors and scaled to size. A panoramic pan shot in the Eternal Gardens was made possible through the help of a small model.
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Stadium of the Sons
Design: E. Kettelhut
Gown with a train
Design: A.Willkomm
Female servants in
the Eternal Gardens
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