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Aside from its progressive storytelling, it is also known for being heavily [[Lost Episode|fragmented]], the results of both heavy Bowdlerization in its trip to foreign markets, and of poor preservation techniques back in the '30s (plus a little thing called World War II).
Up to 25% of the original footage was considered lost before turning up in a museum in Argentina in 2007, albeit in inferior picture quality. The rediscovered footage was cleaned up as well as possible and integrated into the existing restored footage. The rediscovered version also confirmed the exact running order of shots, which in previous versions could only be guessed at. This new version runs only about five minutes short of the original 1927 German cut, as opposed to nearly an entire hour shorter in some versions. Unfortunately, two scenes still remained too badly damaged to restore, and were replaced by title cards. It made its big US debut at the Turner Classic Movies festival in 2009 and on television on Turner Classic Movies in November 2010. This nearly complete version was released on DVD and [[Blu
This [[Troperiffic]] film is either the [[Trope Codifier]] or possible [[Ur Example]] for [[Ludicrous Precision|approximately 65.4%]] of [[Older Than They Think|science fiction tropes]]. Not to be confused with the [[Metropolis (anime)|anime film of the same name]], which is [[Suggested By]] but not adapted from it.
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* [[Disneyfication]]: Fritz Lang admitted after making the movie that saying "The mediator between the head and hands must be the heart!" is too simplistic of a way to deal with labor-management relations.
* [[Disney Villain Death]]: {{spoiler|Rotwang}}
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* [[Ditzy Genius]]: Maria again. She is an amazing orator with the political will and ambition to push for equality among the upper and lower classes... and when sufficiently frightened she has a tendency to run with arms flailing away from safety, bouncing into walls along the way.
* [[Driven to Suicide]]: After he is fired, Josaphat puts a gun to his head, since he is likely to be sent down below with the workers and have all his money taken. Luckily, Freder stops him and offers him a job.
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