Metropolis (1927 film)/Trivia: Difference between revisions

* [[Reality Subtext]]: Maybe. Fritz Lang's wife, Thea von Harbou, was originally married to actor Rudolf Klein-Rogge, but she had an affair with Lang and ultimately divorced Rogge. In the movie and in the original book, the woman Hel was married to Rotwang (played by Rogge) but eventually had an affair and married Joh Fredersen. As Harbou wrote the original screenplay and story, it's possible she wrote it as a parallel to her own life situation, so [[Real Life Writes the Plot|a lot gets made of this coincidence]]. But on the other hand, Lang and Rogge remained good friends and worked together until Lang left Germany, while Rogge also continued to work with Harbou on several other movies. Needless to say, [[Your Mileage May Vary|there's been debate]].

* [[What Could Have Been]]: Moroder made the rock opera version after outbidding [[David Bowie]], among others, for the rights. God knows what he... scratch that, probably even ''God'' doesn't know what Bowie would have done with ''Metropolis''.