Metropolis at 100

One hundred years after its January 1927 premiere, Fritz Lang’s silent film Metropolis remains one of cinema’s most visionary achievements.

Set in a futuristic city of stark class division, it combines groundbreaking visual design with an orchestral score that helped shape the sound of Hollywood.

For the film’s centenary, Covent Garden Sinfonia performs a newly prepared live-orchestra version of Gottfried Huppertz’s original symphonic score, meticulously edited by silent-film specialist Hans Brandner and conductor Ben Palmer, making this an unmissable live-to-picture event.