I’ve no idea why Lang’s got a toy monkey in this photo, but it was evidently a day for bold choices. I suppose someone had to pair a monocle and a plaid flannel shirt, I just wasn’t expecting it to be an Austrian movie director in the 1920s.
https://privilegeoflegendsblog.com/2018/01/05/the-spy-films-of-fritz-lang/
Pretty sure I don’t recall this scene from Metropolis, not even from the most recent restored version.
OK you know how there’s a Spanish-language version of the 1931 Dracula that was filmed concurrently, on the same set, with a Spanish-speaking cast? So Fritz Lang and a French director did a French version of Testament of Dr. Mabuse — same sets, same shooting script, slightly different editing, mostly different cast. They have the same Hoffmeister (except he’s got a slightly closer shave in the French version and the same Dr. Mabuse). It’s just really weird to watch, though because everyone looks slightly….off-brand?
From the series, The Bureaucracy of the Otherworld Was Surprisingly Generous When It Came to Transportation:
1950, Chapter 4 — In which it is a Very Bad Idea to pull out a sword, particularly an unearthly one, in a crowded Parisian cafe. As usual, a short chapter.
Chapter 5: https://archiveofourown.org/works/14379612/chapters/33987576
Mooncustafer 