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Metropolis flood scene-

This photo gives a feeling of the ambition & scale of this huge 1927 production directed by Fritz Lang, who is holding the megaphone on the left.

Note the 4 small cameras at work.

Metropolis was shot in what is now Babelsburg Studios near Berlin.

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In this interview, Lang states that he didn’t use more than 300 extras on the film.

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