METROPOLIS [1927] Photo ft. Joh, Rotwang and robot

[Los Angeles]: Paramount Pictures, [1927]. Vintage original 8 x 10″ (20 x 25 cm) black-and-white photo. Three chips in blank margins, all skilfully conserved with archival paper. A 1928 date stamp is visible on verso. Near fine.

A dramatic image as mad scientist Rotwang shows his robot to industrialist Joh Fredersen, from the 1927 silent science-fiction classic Metropolis. Photos that show the robot are extremely scarce.

Photo coded 933-5A.