Silent Film Fridays - "Metropolis" (1927)
Date and Time
Friday, February 23, 2018
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- Friday, February 23, 2018 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Location
Saints Tekakwitha and Serra Hall, 200, Humanities Center
5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110Cost
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The Humanities Center is excited to present Silent Film Fridays, where select Friday afternoons we will be showing a famous silent film throughout the Spring semester. Come enjoy the origins of film with your friends and watch where it all started.
This weeks film is "Metropolis" (1927), directed by Fritz Lang. This influential German science-fiction film presents a highly stylized futuristic city where a beautiful and cultured utopia exists above a bleak underworld populated by mistreated workers. When the privileged youth Freder (Gustav Fröhlich) discovers the grim scene under the city, he becomes intent on helping the workers. He befriends the rebellious teacher Maria (Brigitte Helm), but this puts him at odds with his authoritative father, leading to greater conflict.
