Scottish Daily Mail

For sale, a snap of sci-fi history

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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.

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