For sale, a snap of sci-fi history
AUCTIONEERS expect movie collectors to go ‘ga ga’ for this rare photograph.
The image is from ground-breaking science fiction film Metropolis, which is credited with starting the genre – and famously featured in Queen’s 1984 Radio Ga Ga music video.
The original double-weight semi-gloss photograph from Fritz Lang’s 1927 classic is being auctioned in Los Angeles, and is expected to fetch £7,800 ($10,000).
It shows scientist Rotwang, played by Rudolf Klein-Rogge, downloading the ‘essence’ of Maria, brought to life by Brigitte Helm, into a robot body.
The dystopian movie was hailed by critic Roger Ebert as ‘one of the great achievements of the silent era’.
Joe Maddalena, from auctioneers Profiles in History, said: ‘This picture is an original German photograph release, which are super, super rare.’ Bidding has opened and ends on Wednesday.