A titanic achievement in cinema. Without its seminal imagery, we have no Blade Runner, no Terminator, no Star Wars.
@MoviesWithMia
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I can see how it influenced tons of other movies!!
@flarrfan
2 жыл бұрын
@@MoviesWithMia Fritz Lang made one more great film before fleeing Germany. A talkie, with a great performance by Peter Lorre and a preview of what was to come under the Nazis...I highly recommend "M"...
@tommcewan7936
Жыл бұрын
@@flarrfan seconded, I've been waiting for someone to do a reaction to M for ages.
@kh884488
Жыл бұрын
Plus, this film set the "mad scientist" trope for all subsequent films.
@arnodk2852
Жыл бұрын
I saw the other day that someone is developing a remake of this film. I can't wait to see how they fuck it up.
@robabiera733
2 жыл бұрын
The movie does exist in almost its entirety. A nearly complete 16 millimeter version was discovered in Argentina and has now been integrated into the edition of "Metropolis" which is now available. Though it's still missing maybe 5 minutes of footage, this version is two and a half hours long.
@brianscotpatterson2101
2 жыл бұрын
You are one of my favorite movie reviewers. So thoughtful. So intelligent. This movie is an opera.
@MoviesWithMia
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you, Brian! Wow that really made my day 😁 thanks so much for watching!!
@AldWitch
2 жыл бұрын
For info, Hel means 'light'. It's biblical through and through. Hope you enjoyed it, Mia. Have you seen the Charlie Chaplin film, 'Modern Times' he uses a fair bit of imagery from Metropolis.
@MoviesWithMia
2 жыл бұрын
Interesting!! I saw Hel and immediately thought of the Norse Goddess of Death!! But I like the light version better 😂 I haven’t seen a Chaplin film yet, but I will definitely give him airtime!!
@porflepopnecker4376
2 жыл бұрын
@@MoviesWithMia As for Chaplin, either "Modern Times" or "City Lights" would be a great place to start.
@lisathuban8969
2 жыл бұрын
@@porflepopnecker4376 Love "City Lights".
@mattlawrence1932
Жыл бұрын
@@lisathuban8969 yes City Lights is the greatest ROM COM of all time in my opinion!!!! It's very funny & has one of the most beautiful endings in movie history!!!!!!!
@erinesque1889
Жыл бұрын
City Lights was my first Chaplin film! I watched it after I’d read Chaplin’s autobiography, and it’s still my favourite movie.
@johnmavroudis2054
2 жыл бұрын
Truly one of the most remarkable achievements in film. Fritz Lang's genius was so evident... between this, and his other masterpiece, "M," he's got to be considered at the very upper tier of cinema history. EVERY scene is a brilliant painting. The idea that he created this at THAT time, is mind-blowing. Thanks, as always, for your thoughtful commentary! A few films worth checking out: "M" (as mentioned above), "A Matter Of Life & Death" (sometimes known as "Stairway To Heaven"), and "The Cranes Are Flying." ... masterpieces all. Cheers!
@oobrocks
2 жыл бұрын
Most people don’t realize that most silents had music (played at the theater,) at least a piano but sometimes a full orchestra 🎉
@Galantski
2 жыл бұрын
And in some cases, an organ was used, such as this video regarding "Metropolis":! kzitem.info/news/bejne/raiXxYSIhmhzhZg
@Wanda711
Жыл бұрын
True, but only the most prestigious films had an orchestral score especially composed for them like Metropolis. Usually the movie theatres would have their own little orchestra, band, organ or even piano, and the musicians would play appropriate music based on cue sheets telling them the type of theme required: "Stormy night" "Village dance" "Love scene", etc. There's actually a book available full of musical themes prepared for silent music accompaniment; the musicians would be good enough to just vamp and play as long as necessary before switching to the next theme.
@Ratraccoon
5 ай бұрын
By the late 20's they had prerecorded music to play with the silent film. The problem is that it would get way off track sometimes by minutes. Talkies were not practical for a full-length movie until the 30's. That is why there are 2 intermissions for Metropolis. It is also why there are these weird hybrid of talkies/silent movies in the late 20's and early 30's where characters say a few lines of dialogue often preceding or following someone singing and the rest uses title cards for dialogue
@franciscogarza2304
2 жыл бұрын
Ohhhhh Nice! THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL in 1951 this one was directed by Robert Wise, he was same director who made two academy award winning musical classics West Side Story in 1961 and The Sound of Music in 1965 both for best picture and director, he was also the editor for Citizen Kane for which he was nominated for best film editing, looking forward to your reaction Mia.
@tommcewan7936
Жыл бұрын
Robert Wise also directed the original Andromeda Strain, which is another must-see sci-fi film.
@lewisner
Жыл бұрын
Robert Wise directed The Haunting, one of the best horror movies ever.
@PungiFungi
2 жыл бұрын
Brigitte Helm was amazing. She can be angelic as Maria and then go totally psycho as the robotic duplicate.
@drewdederer8965
2 жыл бұрын
Moloch was a deity in the Phoenician Pantheon (which included Carthage). Noted for receiving human (child) sacrifices, who were apparently consumed in fire (they've found evidence to back this up archeologically). This was pretty wild even for the era and was mentioned and condemned by both Biblical Writers and Roman historians. Here, the machine is being compared to a furnace that requires men be fed to it for it to function, a man-eating machine so to speak.
@MoviesWithMia
2 жыл бұрын
Truly horrifying!
@ajaxfernsby4078
2 жыл бұрын
Amazing how a 1927 machine age film can still feel futuristic. I would love to see your reaction to a landmark 1902 short film by Georges Melies called “A Trip To The Moon.” Perhaps you can screen it with another full length SiFi like in the old days. It’s only 14 mins long. Each frame was “hand” colored. You’ll love it!
@MoviesWithMia
2 жыл бұрын
That sounds like a fantastic idea!!
@Oakhart76
2 жыл бұрын
@@MoviesWithMia yes please. Its iconic as well
@totallytomanimation
2 жыл бұрын
@@MoviesWithMia much of the work of Georges Melies is amazing flights of fantasy, with his short "A Trip To The Moon" his best known and a crown jewel of that earliest era of film making. Georges Melies was stage magician before motion pictures hit the scene. He was fascinated with the illusions he could create through film. Martin Scorcese made a great film called "Hugo" that intertwines with the story of Georges Melies as a film maker, in a most masterful and satisfying way. Put it on your radar. Maybe you watch and react to "A Trip to The Moon" followed by a reaction to the movie "Hugo" as a single reaction... it's a natural.
@Wanda711
Жыл бұрын
Your reaction to the workers' revolt was spot on, and just what Fritz Lang wanted to convey. The workers were right to rebel against their intolerable conditions, but Lang always distrusted mobs, and thought that they were likely to take on a mind of their own and result in insane destruction. In the end, the workers would have destroyed themselves by the ruining the machines, and it's only because of Freder and Maria that anything was saved.
@williamblakehall5566
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for this! I've been away awhile, but when I noticed a nice long reaction to Metropolis I had to stop by. What I find wild is that after this, and Fritz Lang's Woman in the Moon in 1929, there seems to be a break in science fiction films until Destination Moon in 1950. Frankenstein is technically science fiction, but it's treated more as horror, and horror remains king through the Thirties and Forties, apart from strange exceptions like H. G. Wells' Things to Come in 1936, while science fiction is mainly left to Flash Gordon and heroes wearing rocket packs. I wonder if anyone can track down more non-horror science fiction before 1950. Metropolis remains intensely relevant to this day. If I may be so bold, in our own recent history we have seen a mob stirred up to revolt without appreciating the danger they pose to their civilization. This is always a keeper and always worth tracking down new fragments of it.
@Quirderph
2 жыл бұрын
There was also Just Imagine, a 1930 musical comedy (and a commercial flop - as was Metropolis - which may have scared filmmakers and especially studios away from the genre.)
@twofacetoo75
2 жыл бұрын
One of my personal favourite movies, so glad you checked it out and liked it so much. Regarding your comment about the music not quite matching... interestingly, there's a lot of different versions with different soundtracks. If you're ever curious about rewatching it, I'd honestly recommend (as strange as it sounds) the 1984 Giorgio Moroder version, which had a team of 80s pop singers providing original pieces, including Adam Ant, Freddy Mercury and Bonnie Tyler. It sounds bizarre on paper, but it really strangely worked, giving the whole movie more of a futuristic sort of feel, and the songs themselves matched the scenes very well, with Moroder providing some instrumental parts too.
@MoviesWithMia
2 жыл бұрын
Yes! I have heard of the Moroder version! And I love his work!! Will definitely have to check it out!!
@cjmacq-vg8um
Жыл бұрын
the nazi's weren't communists. they were fascists. they were anti-union and anti-human rights. Joh Fredersen is the representation of the fascist corporate police state. not much different than what we have today,. her name is german "HEL" not the english "HELL!" her name isn't a reference to damnation. this is such a wonderful film. i'm glad you're watching the fully restored version. i have the criterion restoration. which i think is even more complete. i'll have to watch this version to see. in the american edited versions the "thin man's" segments are almost completely removed. from here you might want to watch the 1936 british film "things to come." based on h. g well's novel "The Shape of Things to Come." its also a futuristic view of the world.
@donaldb1
2 жыл бұрын
Thea von Harbou's original novel is still availible in English translation and is worth checking out. It too is in an expressionist style, that is the way the setting and action are described heavily evokes the strong emotions of the characters.
@emilyfarfadet9131
2 жыл бұрын
The actress who plays Maria, was not only performing inside the robot suit- but the figure of death during Freder's hallucination of the seven sins.
@MoviesWithMia
2 жыл бұрын
How!?? I NEED ANSWERS!!!
@emilyfarfadet9131
2 жыл бұрын
@@MoviesWithMia Some incredible make up and her tiny frame and immense talent just come together perfectly. There are some very charming behind the scene photos of her in the suite- mask off having a cold drink.
@marcelorolandi4150
2 жыл бұрын
Well, I'm curious. Can you provide the source of that info? Thanks!
@joemummerth8340
Жыл бұрын
Moloch, also spelled Molech, a Canaanite deity associated in biblical sources with the practice of child sacrifice.
@moviemonster2083
2 жыл бұрын
As an older cinephile, it gives me satisfaction to see that younger people are watching and commenting on, not only the classics, but foreign film masterpieces and silent screen movies as well. In the same vein, why not try, 'The Cabinet of Dr Caligari", 1920, an early expressionist classic.
@MoviesWithMia
2 жыл бұрын
Yay! Thanks so much for watching! Oh yes! I am realizing now that I need to have a series of German expressionism in film!! And Dr. Caligari will DEFINITELY be on that list!
@stacieozuna1111
4 ай бұрын
it's so beautiful
@paulhorgan6152
2 жыл бұрын
The band Queen bought the rights to the film and found footage thought lost forever and put the film together and colourised it with a modern soundtrack in thw 1980s a great album to boot ❤🇬🇧😊😊😊
@garysatterlee9455
2 жыл бұрын
It was Giorgio Moroder who gave us that version of METROPOLIS in the 1980s.
@duncantanguay4820
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah queen were a bit dull??
@pleasantvalleypickerca7681
2 жыл бұрын
Hey Mia. don't worry about folks correcting you. The nature of youtube it seems. Still there are many more of us that enjoy you're efforts! It's all about having fun!!!!
@DanielOrme
2 жыл бұрын
Marvelously insightful reaction. You even caught much of the conflicting social currents at large in 1920's Germany which were reflected in the film and led to the ultimate rise of the Nazis. For more on that you might read Siegfried Kracauer's book "From Caligari to Hitler," which surveys German films of the 1920's and 30's with an eye on how the attitudes reflected in them revealed so much of where Germany would go. It was assigned reading for my college film history course back in the Jurassic era 😁 (I may still have the book somewhere amid the dusty pile of books in my closet.)
@MoviesWithMia
2 жыл бұрын
Well, first off! Hi Daniel 👋🏽 and thank you so much for watching! Oh I would be VERY interested in reading “From Caligari to Hitler” this specific period of German Cinema has the most interesting history behind it and I definitely want to learn more! I think it’s because the struggles of the German middle working class was conveyed so deeply at this time and it feeds my fascination with film history!! Thanks so much for recommending it!
@DanielOrme
2 жыл бұрын
@@MoviesWithMia You're very welcome! The book is really worth reading, especially if you love film history, and easily available online in PDF (I have meager Googling skills and I just found it in less than a minute. 😊)
@Muck006
Жыл бұрын
@@MoviesWithMia In case you want some "actual daily life" from Germany (Berlin, 1925) ... there is a silent "movie" *without any story,* which basically shows every part of Berlin back then and this includes "people on the street and in backyards: *Die Stadt der Millionen. Ein Lebensbild Berlins (Doku - Stummfilm - Berlin 1925)* it is on YT. It is a nice document to compare to today ... but it also makes me weep for all the beautiful architecture that was lost during the war AND AFTERWARDS ... because investors are still tearing down buildings that are 18th century to erect "bland blocks" instead.
@HannibalFan52
2 жыл бұрын
My father was born in 1901, so he saw the aftermath of the First World War. As he described the inflation, it would take a wheelbarrow load of Deutschmarks to buy a loaf of bread. It was one of the influences for him to emigrate to America in 1928. i used to read a magazine called 'Famous Monsters of Filmland', which contained a lot of information about 'horror' movies from the beginning of the film industry through the 1970s. One bit of trivia I remember regarding 'Metropolis' is that the robot didn't have a back, which is why it was never filmed from behind. I'm so glad you enjoyed 'Metropolis'. Yes, there's a lot to process, and you'll probably pick up more, but it was really ahead of its time.
@MoviesWithMia
2 жыл бұрын
Oh wow! How fascinating! It must have been so great listening to your father’s stories! Ahh! Yeah I guess they never did shoot the Machine Man from the back!! Wow, the more you know! Thank you so much for sharing!!
@Muck006
Жыл бұрын
a. It was not "Deutschmarks" back then ... Reichsmark is the correct term. b. I still have a bunch of 1000 Reichsmark bank notes from 1910 ... and they are absolutely beautiful (and about twice the size of a current bank note, requiring a different sized wallet).
@HannibalFan52
Жыл бұрын
@@Muck006 a. Technically, you're correct. However, my point still stands. b. Most non-U.S. paper money is more interesting than ours, especially the current ones. In the late 19th-century, we also had larger bills. Interestingly, Hollerith designed the punch cards used in the 1890 census to match them, because we already had sorting machines that fit bills that size, so why reinvent the wheel?
@MK-zj8sc
2 жыл бұрын
Wait, why not the 2010 restoration? It is the most accurate and most fixed up version. Plus, music is a ton better.
@PeterEvansPeteTakesPictures
2 жыл бұрын
Good on you for reviewing this fascinating gem of a film! Metropolis is beautiful, crazy, maddening, facile, mythic, unforgettable. The more you watch it the more you're left pondering as you reach for the a beer in the fridge. "Where is the police force in the city?" "Who IS Maria exactly?" and "Why does Joh Frederson - master of the city - have such an incredible self-destructive urge?" I saw the film on the big screen in Leeds with live accompaniment in the early 2000s and it blew me away. That cut was the one you just watched now. There is a later cut after they found footage presumed lost in Argentina, which features Maria's escape from Rotwang, the adventures of Josephat, and the enigmatic 'The Thin Man', the tall seemingly sinister butler of Joh Frederson. This beautifully restored cut is the must-see version, but the one you watched is good too. (Interestingly there's a bit more nuance to 'The Thin Man' in the full cut. He's more sensitive to the fate of the city and the pain of his master and has a bit of agency himself.) The making of Metropolis just as fascinating as the movie itself and it's well worth reading a few articles on the net. Especially read about the relationship between Fritz Lang and his wife, the screenwriter Thea Von Harbou, who remains a figure who's difficult to read. She was an early feminist, loved animals, had to put up with Lang's affairs for a long time before embarking on a couple of her own, and was a woman who nobody who met her has a bad word to say about personally. For all that though she did join the Nazi party while Lang fled, and upon her death in the fifties did have two framed photos on her wall - one of Ghandi, and one of Hitler. As for the practical effects a lot of it was done through giant matte paintings which involved filming through big sheets of painted glass and model work and using forced perspective placing masses of extras in cut-out portions of the diorama / glass paintings. It's an incredible work with some beautiful art design and some of the settings still feel more real to me today than CGI creations. Possibly because in a crazy way they were real. The film flopped but it left it's significant thumbprint on many a sci-fi epic. Blade Runner and Hunger Games owe a debt, but ever wonder where the look for C3P0 came from?
@MoviesWithMia
2 жыл бұрын
Oh man! So much to unpack with your comment! Thank you so much! Yes, Thea Von Harbou sounds like a complicated, yet fascinating woman! I would love to read more about her! And thank you for the insight into the production design of the film! Yeah the set pieces (especially the matte paintings) are stellar!! Wow, I wonder what it may have felt like to be a part of the cast or crew!!
@Quirderph
2 жыл бұрын
There is at least a police station which the Thin Man briefly visits in the book, but this doesn't change the fact that the cops never really *do* anything throughout the story.
@Wanda711
Жыл бұрын
Not to mention that Rudolf Klein-Rogge, who played Rotwang, was originally married to... Thea von Harbou. Fritz Lang broke up their marriage, then married her himself, yet they all still kept making movies together. So the story about Rotwang losing the woman he loved to Frederson in a way parallels the story of Klein-Rogge, von Harbou and Lang. Must have been a few weird emotions during the first script read-through!
@002DrEvil
2 жыл бұрын
Other relevant Fritz Lang films of the period would include M and The Testament of Dr Mabuse. The first was meant to be a condemnation of the Nazis, the second was practically a forerunner of the James Bond films.
@kriitikko
2 жыл бұрын
I truly hope to see you react more Weimar Germany cinema. Here are some of my favorites of the era: - The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) - Nosferatu (1922) - The Last Laugh (1924) - Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler (1922) - M (1931) Also recommend Sunrise (1927). Though made in America the director was from Germany and it does feel like part of Weimar cinema.
@MoviesWithMia
2 жыл бұрын
Oh I want to watch Sunrise SO BAD!! It sounds lovely! And oh yes there will be more German cinema to make an appearance on the channel!
@joebloggs396
2 жыл бұрын
@@MoviesWithMia Sunrise is nicely filmed but The Last Laugh which Murnau made in Germany is more unusual. It's good to look beyond Hollywood.
@luissegovia8205
2 жыл бұрын
What ever happened to baby Jane ? ...and Lolita both films of 1962 .....60 years ago ....please react next !!!!
@lisak2580
2 жыл бұрын
I was lucky enough to see this on the big screen during a film festival. I’m so glad you react to these fantastic older films. Thank you!
@jeffmartin1026
2 жыл бұрын
I am glad that you watched this film, it will help put so many modern movies into perspective. Few films can stand against this one. What I find fascinating about this film is the lack of need for too many "conversation" cards. So much of the film is expressed with facial/body moves but also through light and set design. I can't imagine what the insurance/safety/child labor folks would say about the flood scene these days!! I am looking forward to your view/review of TDTEST and throw in another vote for you to watch M. For a haunted house movie I will suggest The Haunting (1963).
@lynnkain
Жыл бұрын
The movie is fantastic but based upon earlier works. The movie has ties to HG wells, The Time Machine, written in 1895 with the the rich being the Eloi and the workers are Morlocks. Obviously, in the vision sequence they are sacrificing the workers lives to their god (Moloch - from the Bible) their happiness and luxury.
@stevetheduck1425
Жыл бұрын
Moloch is a name for a demon / god of the underworld that is represented in several myth cycles, such as the Titans that came before the Olympian Gods, of whom one (Cronus? 'Time') ate all of his children as they were fated to replace him. His being tricked into eating a stone instead of his son Zeus resulted in Zeus later leading the Titanomachy or 'Clash of the Titans' that overthrew them and replaced them with the Olympians. Learning your own destiny results in it happening, remember this, all aspiring politicoes.
@tubekulose
Жыл бұрын
Well, you butchered all of the German names as gruesomely as even possible (🤣🤣🤣) but your reaction/analysis was great as usual. 😊👍
@jomac2046
2 жыл бұрын
Re The Day the Earth Stood Still, My heart palpitations subsided when you said, don't worry, it's the 1951 original we'll be watching.
@MoviesWithMia
2 жыл бұрын
😂😂 lol! I knew I had to add that caveat 😂 or else we’d have an uprising in the comments!!
@johnnyjoyner5360
2 жыл бұрын
I am so looking forward to this. One of my top 5 movies of all time. Thank you
@jenniferyorgan4215
2 жыл бұрын
You're right, that part was Bible, from Revelation
@johnmadden1605
5 ай бұрын
Metropolis came out in 1927 some say it's about the future of the year 2000 some say it's a year 2020 or some say it's the year 3000 that's what some critics say but it's way ahead of its time
@bobbuethe1477
Жыл бұрын
A personal anecdote: In the mid-80s, when home VCRs were fairly new, my parents and I were at a party with a college friend of mine and his parents. Our fathers were talking. His Dad: "You want to know how stupid my son is? He's got a color TV and a tape player, but he goes out and buys a black and white movie. What a waste of money." My friend: "Dad, it's 'The Day the Earth Stood Still.' It's a science fiction classic!" My Dad: "You think that's bad? This one (meaning me) just bought a silent movie!" Me: "It's Fritz Lang's 'Metropolis!' It's a classic!" Both dads just shrugged and rolled their eyes.
@snakesnoteyes
2 жыл бұрын
During the Weimar Republic, while the German left very much wanted better conditions for the workers they were also absolutely terrified of the violence and upheaval of a Soviet style revolution.
@hernandemornay7559
2 жыл бұрын
Weimar Republic sucks
@MoviesWithMia
2 жыл бұрын
Yes! That’s what I read too! And how fascinating that we see it reflected in their cinema!
@snakesnoteyes
2 жыл бұрын
@@MoviesWithMia if you’re interested there’s a podcast called “the iron dice” and the first season is a deep dive into the Weimar Republic
@snakesnoteyes
2 жыл бұрын
@@hernandemornay7559 it was set up to fail by the conservative monarchists who lied to the German people and parliament throughout the latter part of the war. They made bad decisions, but those decisions are generally understandable. For instance: they didn’t get rid of the judiciary (which would prove to be a major problem) because there was no one to replace them with, the people teaching law had been subject to the same indoctrination as the judges and lawyers serving, so they would have had to bring a foreign power in to educate their prospective new legal class which would have only served to weaken their position.
@GrouchyMarx
2 жыл бұрын
Welcome to the Machine! Talk about a classic scifi here, Mia. The very first _drama_ or story ever made using the new "motion picture" camera invention was a science fiction of all things, and that movie is "Le Voyage Dan la Lune" made in 1902, by Georges Méliès in France. It's only about 15 minutes long and contains some imagery you will likely recognize. No need to do a react vid on it, unless you want to, but check it out either way. I had typed up a suggestion and was going to sell you the idea of doing "The Day the Earth Stood Still", but no need now! LOL! You've likely already done it and preparing it for upload. I'll definitely watch it when it appears. Though the colorized space movie "Destination Moon" came out a year earlier, "The Day the Earth Stood Still" had a real profound affect on people according to my dad who saw it in '51 when it first came out. 15:15 Awesome catch there! I wondered the same thing about that "V". But Mia, it makes me sad that you've already seen V For Vendetta because we won't get to see you do a react vid on it. 😭... 😁 Oh well, there's plenty other good flicks to behold. I watch "V" every November 5th ever since it came out. You could do a _review_ video of it and upload it on Nov 5th, just for fun. Couple more '50s scifi classics to consider, "The War of the Worlds" (1953) and "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" (1956). Enjoyed your video of Metropolis. Live long and prosper. 🖖😎
@OuterGalaxyLounge
Жыл бұрын
You're fearless, walking where all other movie reactors fear to tread. I saw a restored print of this in a theater 20+ years ago and it really does convey the grandeur of the thing. The skeletons coming to life is really scary on the big screen.
@samanthanickson6478
2 жыл бұрын
i discovered this movie when i was a teen in the 80’s, after our local pbs station showed it late night (you know, to keep little kids from watching deep themed works). i was so happy that i did. so many movies that i would have never thought about, but was so lucky to have seen, were brought to me by pbs. this movie is special, influential and transformative. i’m glad that you’re able to give it and other great movies life on your channel and therefore help intro good movies to others. special shout-out to wttw in chicago ❤️🤗, our “window to the world.”
@MoviesWithMia
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for watching 😁
@TTM9691
2 жыл бұрын
Totally agree about all the great stuff I was turned on to over the years by PBS, including many a great movie (especially in the 80s, when they'd show a movie you couldn't see on cable or broadcast TV like "Nosferatu".....or this one!). And that's before we get into the British series, the documentaries (saw "Thin Blue Line" first on PBS, with Bill Moyers interviewing the young Erroll Morris immediately after), the kids shows, the history shows, the science shows.....Monty Python...... Thank you, PBS, definitely!
@magic713m
Жыл бұрын
I enjoyed this film. It is very interesting looking at the very early versions of Sci-fi in film. I first heard of the film from the Doctor Who audio story Monsters in Metropolis and it was good to get some perspective on both the film that was referencing, and the overall feel of the post-WW1 Germany and mindset it was beginning to develop
@johnmadden1605
5 ай бұрын
All those children in the movie Metropolis were all from an orphanage that was close by
@richruksenas5992
2 жыл бұрын
Scenes from this were used in a video of In the Year 2525 by Zager and Evans. Spectacular film.
@damiensantiamo8755
Жыл бұрын
Moloch was a Phoenician god worshiped with infant sacrifice.
@AnastasiaCooper
2 ай бұрын
Special Effects: Schüfftan Process!!! I haven't seen a comment yet about the special effects and it is worth mentioning, that they came up with something that found use in many, many movies after that (e.g. Lord of the Rings) and it's called the Schüfftan Process, basically it's an arrangement of mirrors and glass that allows actors to appear in sets that are just the size of minatures, but thanks to the mirrors, the sets appear in scale with the actors
@MoviesWithMia
2 ай бұрын
So fascinating! Thank you for sharing that! Do you know of any other films, other than this one and LOTR, that uses the Schüfftan Process? I would be interested to know!
@qwerty-so6ml
2 жыл бұрын
Revelation 17:3 So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. 4 And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: 5 And upon her forehead was a name written, Mystery, Babylon The Great, The Mother Of Harlots And Abominations Of The Earth. Revelation 17:18 And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth. That Great City = NYC
@MoviesWithMia
2 жыл бұрын
The imagery is chilling
@Shnonan
2 жыл бұрын
I recommend Metropolis: The Giorgio Moroder Edition.
@oobrocks
2 жыл бұрын
U asked “is this from the Bible?” Yes: book of Revelation
@lisahumphries3898
2 жыл бұрын
Interesting that the have Freder in shortpants, which is what children used to wear until they were of age and wore dress pants.
@MoviesWithMia
2 жыл бұрын
Ooh great catch! I hadn’t noticed that! Maybe it’s to signify his innocence in this story!
@carlbaker7242
Жыл бұрын
I new the first time i saw your one of your posts., you where the one for me . This one top them all. Let's go my lady.
@steampunkbeatnik2133
2 жыл бұрын
I love that you watch classic films, and aren’t afraid of silents! Thank you! As to sci-fi, I’d love to see “Frau im Mond”, “Just Imagine”, and “The Day the Earth Stood Still”…
@Austral13
2 жыл бұрын
Ooo I"m like this theme for Sci-fi :) Excited for you watching the ol Day Earth stood still. It's fun watching these ol silent movies and seeing the ties and inspirations it had on the generation of films to come.
@reneescala7526
2 жыл бұрын
One of the inspirations of the film was the. NY subway system -- and the skyscrapers. Beautiful choice. Bravo
@MoviesWithMia
2 жыл бұрын
Yes! I can absolutely see it!!
@MickEMaus3000
3 ай бұрын
The Bible verse at 24:06 is from Revelation 17.
@psychoween
2 жыл бұрын
There was a version released in the ‘80s by music producer, Georgio Moroder, that featured contemporary music by the likes of Freddie Mercury and Pat Benetar. Moroder added bits of color and used production stills to fill in for missing footage. Much more footage has been found since then and added to the version you watched to make a more coherent story. The ‘80s version was my intro to the film and German Cinema while I was in my teens. It’s worth checking out to see how presentation add to ones experience.
@helvete_ingres4717
2 жыл бұрын
I saw a performance of it with a live score on synths - electronic sounds bring its futuristic spirit to life much better than the standard orchestra imo. An amazing film containing some of the most stunning sequences of the silent era that must still be influential today - the creation of the Maria gynoid anticipates a whole age of technological fetish, and the dream sequence cutting her apocalyptic dance with the hero's terrifying visions incl. Lang's recurring grim reaper blew me away personally. Sadly almost ruined by an ending/resolution that's beyond trite. It was obvious the film, while predicated on themes of class conflict, was coming from a conservative perspective - not a bad thing in itself. It does critique ideas of revolution by pulling a rather literal Maude Flanders 'won't someone please think of the childrennn!?'. But the imagery of the adults let to revolution by a false prophet all joining hands in a unified dance of destruction does make a striking image that, like much of the best silent cinema, prefigures the ideological horrors of the 20th century that were yet to come. But then the actual ending....the crap about the head and the heart, like what the hell. At no point does the film in any way critique this ultra-privileged kid who has appointed himself a literal messiah to the downtrodden after a few days slumbing it - you wait for it and it never comes, no he's a literal messiah. Only he's not bringing liberation or progress of any kind but..better slavery conditions - and this is presented as a happy ending for all. And to anyone who would say cut it some slack - of course silent cinema has to be simplistic or even trite, I point you to the Cabinet of dr. Caligari. An film older than this that deals in extreme ambiguity, avoids resolution to the point of being postmodern (really every film we would call today a 'psychological horror' is descended from this one) I always think of these two German classics from the '20s to illustrate a conundrum when it comes to rating films (which is arguably a silly enterprise). How would I rate a film that blew me away but was ultimately very flawed on some level (Metropolis) versus something that didn't make as strong an impression on me but was flawless, didn't make any mistakes (Caligari). Also when you said you liked how 'angular' the set designs and everything looked, that's called German Expressionism, Caligari is another examplar of that movement (also..Tim Burton's entire aesthetic is just GE)
@MoviesWithMia
2 жыл бұрын
Fantastic read! Yeah I hadn’t even picked up on the false prophet leading a people to revolution and how it parallels history! Fantastic! And I have to check out Cabinet of Dr. Caligari!! It looks amazing!!
@JordanVanRyn
Жыл бұрын
I really love your analysis on this film. "Metropolis" not only just started sci-fi filmmaking but it's an in-depth masterpiece in cinema. Also I want to point out that the reason there are some missing scenes is because the original cut of the film was lost. But fortunately they were found by the Museo del Cine in Argentina and they pieced it together as it was originally produced. This version is the closet you could get to the complete version of this movie.
@dennismason3740
2 жыл бұрын
Not unfortunate. That's how we learn. If you researched every name there would be no content.
@MoviesWithMia
2 жыл бұрын
Very true! I always want to make sure I am pronouncing names correctly because names have so much power and value! And ALMOST EVERYONE mispronounces my name and I HATE it 😅 they always say MYA instead of MIA! Oh grade school was tough for me 😅
@lewisner
Жыл бұрын
I wanted the Hel robot to free itself and go on a rampage, Terminator style.
@goldenager59
2 жыл бұрын
Delighted almost beyond words, Mia, to see a reactor tackling Lang's titanic _magnum_ _opus_ from 1927. Pity it wasn't the more fully-restored version, but this one is probably better for KZitem as the quality of the new-found footage is poor in comparison with the rest. 😎 A number of other commenters have recommended Lang's landmark crime thriller *M* - as do I - but equally as chilling in its fascination with the underworld is the final film Lang made in Germany, *The Testament of Dr. Mabuse* (pronounced mah-BOO-zuh), about a brilliantly twisted crime lord who has the city at his knees despite his being confined to a mental asylum. It's actually a sequel to Lang's silent epic from a decade previously, *Dr. Mabuse the Gambler* (although "Gameplayer" may be a better translation), which came in two parts nearly four hours long. Luckily, one doesn't have to wade through it in order to appreciate the later film. 🧐 On a different tack, the Thirties produced a science fiction extravaganza nearly as influential as *Metropolis* (and pretty much the last serious big-budget SF film until George Pal's *Destination Moon* of 1950. The film, portentously titled *Things to Come,* was based on a speculative book by the great H. G. Wells (who was actually engaged to write the screenplay; he gave it a good try, but his style was just not suited to the subtleties of cinematic writing). In its way, it is every inch as astounding and influential as the Lang film. It's all but essential for a full appreciation of SF in the movies. Like *Mabuse,* I cannot recommend it too highly. 🤓 May God commend you for your efforts even as we mortal cinephiles do, and give you much more screen time in the many months that are all but sure to come. ☺️
@Darkpaint84
2 жыл бұрын
Got a like and subscribe from me immediately! Not many reactions to these old movies. Please check out Lang's "M" from 1933, easily one of the finest films ever made
@donkfail1
Жыл бұрын
I like to watch and judge movies from the perspective of when they were made, and then this still is the best sci-fi movie to me. But I also like the novel and think it is well adapted into a movie. For another Fritz Lang classic that has been very inspiring in its genre, watch the 1933 criminal thriller The Testament of Dr. Mabuse. It's technically a sequel, but it's not necessary to watch Dr. Mabuse the Gambler from 1922 beforehand. I was surprised to see elements like suspenseful car chases in a movie this early. I remember watching (parts of?) this movie when I was still too young to read the subtitles, but the scene when Mabuse visits the doctor at his desk at night is still engraved in my mind more than 40 years later. Terrifying! Not a science fiction movie, but it has all the political messages a good sci-fi movie should have. As Hitler and his gang came to power just as it was finished, it was banned in Germany with the argument that it "would undermine the audience's confidence in its statesmen". Well, it depicted how an organisation planned to take power by violence and crime, so I guess it hit a little too close to home for them.
@CollideFan1
2 жыл бұрын
This movie is a masterpiece. I remember first seeing this, along with Birth of A Nation in history class in the 80s. Hel was the goddess of death and the underworld in Norse mythology
@littleghostfilms3012
2 жыл бұрын
It's amazing how many silent films of 1920's Germany had forebodings of what was to come under Hitler and the Nazi regime. This film with it's merciless machine society and it's mobs, "M", "Faust", "The Golem", "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari", along with others that explored the dark areas of the soul. Germany was a place of great contradictions at this time with a great shadow looming over the society but also in Berlin the '20's was a great free living culture of artists pushing the envelope in wild ways, with it's cabaret culture of cross dressing and anything goes attitude. You can't understand the whole future of cinema without seeing and understanding German Expressionism from the 1920's. Horror, suspense, film noir and crime dramas all have their roots in this time period.
@Muck006
Жыл бұрын
Due to the restrictions of the treaty of Versailles german manufacturers were not allowed to build airplanes. One manufacturer thus switched to making cars and created the "Rumpler Tropfenwagen" (it looks like a drop from the top), built 1921-24 and around 100 were built, which had the best air-drag coefficient of a production car until the 1970s. Fritz Lang used a bunch of them during the production of this movie ... and they were destroyed during production. There are only two of these cars left, one in Munich and the other in Berlin ... in the technology museums.
@Herod9
2 жыл бұрын
Fantastic reaction, as usual! I've seen that somebody already pointed out that you didn't see the complete version, but I can assure you that it adds very much to the film. As somebody who grew up watching it for almost 20 years in its 88 minute version (the "normal" and the Moroder version) I can assure you that it's like another film (even more beautiful). The history of the shortening is also quite interesting. Actually the name Hel has nothing to do with "hell" (in german it would be "hölle") but that was enough to let the american distribution think that the audience would laugh at it, so they completely removed it and the fact that Fredersen and Rotwang had this link. The playwright Channing Pollock was employed to "write" the short version, i.e. making sense of the film in the butchered form, and it was a disaster. One could admire the sheer beauty of it, but really get barely anything of the plot. Problem is that the american version was used as a blueprint for all the subsequent editions, making the original version lost forever. We have to thank an argentinian distributor who made a 16mm copy of the original before sending it back. That copy circulated for years in small cinemas, and then ended up in Buenos Aires, where it was found out again in 2008. The film was restored. The additional scenes were severely damaged, but modern technology saved them to a completely enjoyable form, except for one (the sermon in the cathedral). When I was a teenager in the 90's something inside told me that those scenes were not lost, so you can imagine how a grown up man could just burst in tears when he read the news of the discovery...
@MoviesWithMia
2 жыл бұрын
Oh wow! That is amazing! Yeah I knew of the newer version, which I plan to sit down and watch, as well as Moroder’s version! But yeah, that must have been a great moment when they announced more footage was found! I would have flocked to the theatre for that one!!
@Herod9
2 жыл бұрын
@@MoviesWithMia Every version has its own appeal. The complete one is THE film, and you'll see how it is even more an action movie than this version. No surprise, Fritz Lang's movie were full of movement and action inside the artistic frame (I suggest you see his other masterpieces from the 20's-30's). And you'll also get more of the fantastic soundtrack. Actually, Gottfried Huppertz's score was fundamental for the reconstruction, since every cue is perfectly linked and noted to its specific scene. Giorgio Moroder's version from 1984 is a strange, different beast. He put together all the scenes he could find, building the most complete version available at the time, restored and then proceeded to tint them in the same way they used to do in the silent era (blue for the night, amber for the day, other colours for certain effects). Nothing to do with the disgusting modern craze for colorization - he really used the tinting for purely artistic reasons. And he is the composer behind many classic songs and soundtracks, so he composed a magnificent soundtrack made of rock and electronic instrumentals, sounds, silences and songs (Freddie Mercury, Bonnie Tyler, etc.). Strange as it might appear on paper, it works magnificently! It was quite succesful at the time, and certainly brought back the movie to new audiences, becoming a cult movie twice. Unmissable.
@xtinkerbellax3
2 жыл бұрын
This is on TCM tonight, what perfect timing!
@MoviesWithMia
2 жыл бұрын
Oh what!?! That was an honest coincidence!! Wow! How cool!!
@franciscogarza9633
2 жыл бұрын
metropolis is a visually awe inspiring science fiction classic from the silent era, METROPOLIS (1927) 97/100% Certified Approved ☑️
@brentwebster6164
2 жыл бұрын
Love this! I’m so glad you picked up on the inventive camera movements. The almost surreal depictions of the worker conditions are mind-blowing. Such a great film! The robot in this strongly influenced the design of C-3PO in Star Wars.
@MoviesWithMia
2 жыл бұрын
Ha! I knew the Machine Man looked familiar!!
@miamicool666
8 ай бұрын
It all started from there, and it will all end like that.
@hamburgareable
2 жыл бұрын
Would you react like to Sand Pebbles (1966)? Dont forget, Mia. Robert Wise directed it too.
@drzarkov39
2 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately, you watched the wrong version. In 2008, a nearly complete negative was discovered, and in 2010, a restored version was released at a running time of 148 minutes (out of the original 153 minutes). Watching your reaction, I noticed some important elements were missing. Also, I found it interesting that you referred to the working class as the "middle class".
@MoviesWithMia
2 жыл бұрын
The middle class was in reference to the middle working class in Germany between 1918-1929. And yes, I realized that I watched a shorter version, but I think it got the point across, I like it 😁 I may go back and watch the other versions at a later time just to see what I didn’t see here!
@matthewconstantine5015
2 жыл бұрын
One of my favorites. If you get a chance, I'd recommend watching Fritz Lang's Spies. I may actually like it even more than Metropolis, and that's a pretty strong statement. Also, his film Women in the Moon is pretty great, too.
@MoviesWithMia
2 жыл бұрын
I will keep those in mind in case we ever venture further into classic German cinema!
@totallytomanimation
2 жыл бұрын
The scene where Freder has his Moloch vision - what you are seeing there is Freder's revelation that the new machine world is merely a facade and just the same old ancient world that used human sacrifice as a part of it's power structure. Humans were thrown into the flaming belly of the idol of Moloch to gain favor with the deity. Many times that included or was exclusively infants. Moloch is like, related to, or actually may be the god Ba'al, as Ba'al shared the same appetite for human lives. But in this story, the price for the new god (machines) is the same as the price for the old god (Moloch) - Next Fritz Lang movie for you to watch, "M" the movie that put Peter Lorre on the map.
@Ratraccoon
5 ай бұрын
The difference between Baal Hammon and Moloch is that Baal is a weather god who only demanded human sacrifice if there was a drought. It could be someone of any age. Moloch is the god of wealth who gives wealth in exchange for killing children particularly by burning babies alive. When they destroyed the heart machine it would have killed the workers' children had Maria not saved them. Joh Fredersen only realized his mistake when he realized his son was in the workers' city. In short the workers almost sacrificed their children for a violent revolution and Joh Fredersen almost lost his son in his ploy to destroy the workers' revolution.
@zvimur
2 жыл бұрын
17:37, pause and look. Between Fredersen's face and hair, the robot curved shape, and Rotwang's metal hand..... I see some influence on a late Seventies space opera.
@babcombob
Жыл бұрын
Georgio Moroder restored and rescored this movie in the 1980's. The score included works from some of the best musical artists of the time, and really upped the awesomeness. I still listen to the soundtrack, especially with the direction our current govt. is headded.
@BognarRegis
6 ай бұрын
The author/screenwriter and, at the time, wife of Fritz Lang, Thea von Harbou had been married to Alfred Abel (Joh Fredersen) then Rudolph Klein Rogge (Rotwang) before this film was made. She moved from one to the other like walking from one room to another, so the stand offishness between Fredersen and Rotwang has some rooting in things that happened between Abel, Rogge, and Lang in real life. There is a more complete edition of this with the footage missing from the one you watched, here. The film was influential on many films you may have seen Star Wars and Blade Runner draw directly from this. In Star Wars, the jarring resemblance between the Machine Man and C3PO and in Blade Runner, the architecture of the buildings and the replicants, themselves. I've been writing this as I watch your programme. The theme that you have caught on to in this is prevalent in Lang's previous film, Dr Mabuse: The Gambler (also featuring Alfred Abel and Rudolph Klein Rogge). and in Lang's second sound film, The Testament of Dr. Mabuse, which was banned by the Third Reich and caused Lang to leave Germany for the US in 1933. This film has so many layers. I still haven't been able get trhough all of them and I have viewed it too many times since I first saw it, forty years ago, before any of the restorations happened. Around the time Georgio Moroder attempted the first restoration of this (the original score was unearthed around 2000), The film showed up in a couple music videos, Queen's Radio Ga Ga and Madonna's Express Yourself.
@mktrafton7042
2 жыл бұрын
Moloch was a Canaanite god in the Bible which many apostate Jews worshiped through child sacrifice instead YHWH (the only real God). Throughout the old Testament the Jewish people struggled with idolatry because they wanted to be accepted by their polytheistic neighbors instead of being God's chosen people. Moloch was very similar to Baal Hammon (Phoenician/Carthaginian) or Cronus/Saturn (Greeks/Romans). Moloch was appeased through child sacrifice. King Mannasah of Judah (a bad king) the son of King Hezekiah (a good king) pushed for polytheism and child sacrifice unlike his father which outlawed it and only worshiped YHWH. King Mannasah sacrificed his own son to Moloch. The practice was cruel. The child would have its throat slit before its body was placed in the idols arms directly over the fire. As the body was burned the priests would play loud music to mask the crying and screaming of the child's family. The family may have even worn smiling masks to hide their pain. Quite fascinatingly King Mannasah repented towards the end of his life, becoming a devout worshiper of YHWH and an opponent of polytheism in Judah. One Christian writer referred to him as "the prodigal son of the Old Testament."
@MoviesWithMia
2 жыл бұрын
Wow! Fascinating! Thank you for sharing 😁
@002DrEvil
2 жыл бұрын
This is from an era when directors could pretty much do whatever they wanted. Studio bosses would soon exercise more control over them to cut costs.
@MoviesWithMia
2 жыл бұрын
Yup!! At least we have surviving footage of the era!
@DNulrammah
7 ай бұрын
Some of the interior designs used in the classic Doctor Who story "The Sum Makers" was inspired by the designs used in this movie. @ 26:10 Doesn't that remind you of some of the early FPS video games? heheh - "MARIA! I just lost a girl named MA-RI-AAAAAA!".
@rockinresurrection6542
Жыл бұрын
I also recommend "Siegfried" by Fritz Lang. It was the "Lord of the Rings" of it's time. It's based on the legend that is mentioned in Tarantino's "Django Unchained"
@louismonnichii7619
12 күн бұрын
Also ...they found MORE lost footage in Argentina! A tiny bit of footage is lost forever unfortunately (like a few minutes worth), but we now have what is considered THE complete version!
@geoffmason7215
2 жыл бұрын
How else does one respond to MASTERPIECE except......AWE
@louismonnichii7619
12 күн бұрын
Moloch, also known as Molech or Melek. A pagan deity, since the medieval period portrayed as bull-headed humanoid idol, with arms outstretched over a fire, requiring a very costly and awful sacrifice.
@Aaahrg
Жыл бұрын
Greetings from Germany (that pronounciation was actually not bad) I love your reactions to classical cinema. I would like to see you react to "M" (1931) Fritz Langs other best film IMO. Also might interesst you to see Peter Lore (Senior Ugarte) from Casablanca again ;)
@williambranch4283
5 ай бұрын
The Apple Macintosh 1984 advert ... ironically copied this worker scene, because Apple is deeply connected to the CCP ;-(
@RedwoodTheElf
8 ай бұрын
If yuou want to try out another classic Fritz Lang movie, try the original version of "M", which features the very first screen appearance of Peter Lorre, and was a prototype for crime drama type movies to come. Yes, it's in German with Subtitles, but that doesn't make it any less of an amazing film.
@porflepopnecker4376
2 жыл бұрын
Great reaction. Love to see someone appreciating the silent classics.
@johankaewberg8162
9 ай бұрын
German Expressionism rules BTW. Put *everything* onto your face.
@johankaewberg8162
10 ай бұрын
I watched this projected onto a whole wall of Stockholm Grand Central, partially coloured, with live music by Kroumata. Epic.
@oobrocks
2 жыл бұрын
Bc u did a silent, I’ve subscribed: congratulations for your courage 🎉
@MoviesWithMia
2 жыл бұрын
Yay! Welcome! I have reacted to other silent films on the channel (Wings and The General) and plan on getting more in!! Thank you so much for subscribing!
@oobrocks
2 жыл бұрын
Welcome & good luck!
@MrGadfly772
9 ай бұрын
The Germans had to deal with hyperinflation because American banks wouldn't forgive British and French war debts (unlike tradition to that point) and the British and French passed the debt onto the Germans through the Versailles Treaty. The British and French knew that America was trying to take their colonies through finance. Instead of losing those colonies they passed the pain onto the Germans. Hence... hyperinflation and eventually World War Two. All very tragic and the result of greed.
@misseva7404
Жыл бұрын
Absolutely thrilled to find this vid - my dad loves this movie and played it for us more than once when I was a preteen/teen. The Giorgio Moroder edit uses some early '80s rock and, as I recall, some color tinting on some shots/scenes and gives an already-cool movie an absolutely amazing cyberpunk edge. I read the book a year or two ago - it's a little unfocused, but it does bring more to the backstory and relationships of Frederson and Rotwang. It's absolutely amazing, the power this production has almost an entire 100 years later. The Moroder version is absolutely worth a viewing; it hits a bit different, especially the transformation scene and the sin statues coming to life. absolutely chilling with darker music behind it.
@duncantanguay4820
2 жыл бұрын
Would like some American 2 wach any Denise poter series penny's from heaven? The singing detective? America tried to do a film of 1 with Robert downy but was crap! ! He subverted TV film time etc !!!
@jnagarya519
Жыл бұрын
Another from the period, also published by Kino, is "The Golem" -- precursor to "Frankenstein".
@deogiriyadav8399
2 жыл бұрын
Still waiting for "sardar udham" Movie 😒😒😒..,...
@DerekB99
Жыл бұрын
Hel robot > C-3PO
@deadman746
7 ай бұрын
Lang wasn't half-Jewish. He was either Jewish or not depending on how pedantic one is. His mother was born Jewish but converted to Catholicism. Depending on the liberalism of the rabbi, it could go either way. This Jew counts him as a Jew, but others think the idolatry of Christianity makes one not Jewish for the purposes of birth. Note that a Jew who converts to Islam is still Jewish according to most because Islam does not deify a human. There is also the question of whether his mother converted before or after his birth and how many of the mitzvot his family kept.
@joerenaud8292
7 ай бұрын
What you left out about Germany and the Weimar Republic was that, that government was basically a coalition of 3 communist parties which ushered in a lot of gay and lesbian culture into a predominately Christian country. The Weimar Republic supported gay/lesbian theaters, museums and early childhood education books for children on how to be gay/lesbian. The first surgeries to turn a man into a woman was done in Berlin. Prostitution was rampant and so was petophilia. So when the National Socialists won the 1933 election and appointed Hitler to chancellor to clean up the mess the Weimar created; a lot of communists who were part of the Weimar Republic political parties were being arrested for what they did and because a lot of those communists were in fact Jewish, the outside world was told this was Jewish antisematism, when in fact it was a justifiable arrest of people who were burning and bombing German infrastructure after they lost that election. Bankers were also arrested and one of them happened to be a Rothschild by name and of course the World Jewish League was livid wehn that happened and they officially announced in newspapers across the world that they were declaring war on Germany in 1934. These are only a very small portion of facts that the western allies refused to put into history books because when you win wars, you get to rewrite history.
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