German Film Festival: Metropolis
7:00 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2008
Cornell Auditorium in Plaster Hall
Admission: free

Directed by Fritz Lang (1927). This is a new restoration of one of the most famous of all silent films and all science fiction films. Set in a futuristic city whose populace is segregated between the idle ruling class and the dehumanized workers, it is still unsurpassed in special effects and pictorial composition.