![]() ![]() ![]() Footage from both this copy and a second one archived in New Zealand was cleaned up as much as possible and integrated into the 2001 version, but two scenes (of a monk preaching and a fight between Rotwang and Fredersen) were too damaged to be of use. Although heavily damaged, it confirmed the exact running order of scenes, which could only be guessed at in earlier projects. ![]() The Complete Metropolis, a restoration based on a full copy of the original film that was discovered at a museum in Argentina in 2008.This version had its premiere at the Berlin Film Festival in 2001 and was released on home video as the "Restored Authorized Edition" in 2003 it runs 124 minutes. A restoration commissioned by the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung in 1998, incorporating footage discovered in film archives around the world and a new recording of the original score.In 2011 Kino International, current holder of the rights to the film, released this cut on home video after successfully sorting out these problems. It was available on VHS and laserdisc at first, but was later taken out of production due to issues with music licensing. An 83-minute, color-tinted 1984 restoration by composer Giorgio Moroder, who also wrote a new pop-influenced soundtrack that proved to be highly controversial.
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