Metropolis - Film with Live Music

Metropolis ? Film with Live Music Sunday 10 January 2027, 3pm Stoller Hall ?22.50. U18/Students ?5.50 Book tickets On 10 January 1927, Fritz Lang?s Metropolis premiered in Berlin, unveiling a vision of the future that has resonated through cinema, design and popular culture for a century. One hundred years to the day, Northern Silents marks this landmark anniversary with a special live-scored screening here in Manchester. Lang?s vision of a towering future city, divided between the privileged above and the workers below, remains one of cinema?s most influential achievements. But Metropolis was a flop in 1927, and, shortly after its Berlin premiere, the studio brutally cut out a quarter of it, leaving the plot a confusing mess. The missing forty minutes was never seen again, until ? miraculously ? in 2008 almost all the missing scenes were found in an attic in Argentina, and the film was painstakingly pieced back together. For this centenary screening, Frame Ensemble will create a live, improvised score. No two Frame performances are alike: each score unfolds spontaneously as the musicians respond to the images on screen and the atmosphere in the room. The result is a singular experience in which sound and image are vividly alive. Jonny Best piano Susannah Simmons violin Liz Hanks cello Trevor Bartlett percussion Length: 2 hours 30 minutes + interval Film rated PG A film from the holdings of the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung (www.murnau-stiftung.de) in Weisbaden Special Offer: 20% off Both Northern Silents Film Events at Stoller Hall Book full price tickets for this and The Hands of Orlac (Saturday 31 October 2026) and get 20% off! Discount will be automatically applied during the booking process. ? ?