The Medieval in the Modern : The Cathedral and the Skyscraper in Fritz Lang’s Metropolis

• The relationship between the medieval catherdral and the modern skyscraper is the dominating theme of Fritz Lang’s Metropolis. The article claims that Metropolis should be seen as an anti-expressioninst film, which poses a critical stance with regard to the Bauhaus tradition.

Subject headings

HUMANIORA  -- Konst -- Filmvetenskap (hsv//swe)

HUMANITIES  -- Arts -- Studies on Film (hsv//eng)

Keyword

Film

History

City planning

Architecture

Metropolis

Fritz Lang

Cathedrals and Skyscrape

Weimar Republicrs

Historia

History

Publication and Content Type

vet (subject category)

kap (subject category)