zeit magazine
a journey to metropolis
2008metropolis, the great german silent movie by fritz lang. for more than seven decades, a quarter of the film was presumed to be missing. and here, in a forgotten museum in buenos aires, surrounded by warehouses and factories, a copy of the film which was 30 minutes longer than any other surviving copy was discovered. a world sensation.© zintel / fuessenich
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museo del cine
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museum staff
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paula félix-didier, director of the mueso del cine
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the film reel canisters
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museum staff
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fernado peña gave the key clue
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one of the three film reel canisters
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archivist felipe costa
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the archive where the film was found
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felipe costa working with the negative
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the negative
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archivist felipe costa
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conservator enno patalas
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one of the lost scenes
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experts in berlin
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first screening for the experts in berlin