Cinema played a big role during the Golden Age of the Weimar republic. One of the most famous films was called Metropolis. Metropolis is a science fiction film directed by Fritz Lang and released in 1927. The screen play of this movie was made by Thea von Harbou who was Fritz Langs wife. Metropolis is set in a futuristic dystopia. It is about the wealthy son of the city master who is trying to bring together the workers and people of different classes.
Fritz Lang
Friedrich Christian Anton Lang or also known as Fritz Lang was an Austrian-German-American filmmaker and screenwriter. He also occassionally was a film producer and actor. He was born on December 5, 1890 in Vienna Austria and died on August 2, 1976 in Beverly Hills California at the age of 85. At the outbreak of WW1, Fritz lang returned to Vienna to volunteer for military service and later on fought in Russia and Romania. Lang was later on discharged from the military with the rank of a lieutenant in 1918. Fritz Lang was one of the most important filmmakers during the Golden Age of the Weimar republic. He produced many important films such as the futuristic movie Metropolis.
Marlene Dietrich
Marlene Dietrich was born on December 27, 1901, and died on May 6, 1992. As a teenager, she studied to be a concert violinist. But later felt like classical music was unappealing and later pretended to injure her wrist and was forced to seek other jobs. Where she found acting and modeling as another job. In 1921 Dietrich enrolled in Max Reinhardt Deutsche Theaterschule. She eventually joined the Reinhardt Theatre company. In 1923 she attracted the attention of Rudolf Sieber a casting director for UFA films who began casting her in small film roles. That same year the director Josef von Sternberg cast Dietrich as Lola Lola for a female lead in the movie The Blue Angel which was the first talking german movie. With the success of that film, it took her to the United States where she signed with Paramount Pictures. Where she stared in many more movies in her career.
Greta Garbo
Greta Garbo was born on September 18, 1905, and died on April 15, 1990. She was one of the most popular and glamorous motion pictures in the 1920s and 30s. Greta Garbo grew up in poverty in a Stockholm slum. She was working in a department store when she meets film director Erik Petschler who gave her a small role in the movie Peter tramp. From 1922 to 24 she studied at the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm. In 1924 she goes to play a major role in the movie The Story of Gösta Berling and after the movie in 1925 she secured a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in Hollywood. For the rest of the decade, she appeared in many American films and the studio was so impressed that they raised her salary. She even appeared in popular romantic dramas such as "A Woman of Affairs" and also the movie "The Kiss".
Metropolis
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The Fighting Temeraire
The Fighting Temeraire tugged to her last berth to be broken up, 1838 is an oil painting by the English artist J. M. W. Turner. HMS Temeraire was one of the last second-rate ships of the line to have played a distinguished role in the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. [more]
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The Music Lesson
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