100th Anniversary Screening of
Metropolis
Saturday, August 22
12:00pm - 3:00pm
Clark County Library
Main TheaterReleased in 1927 and set in the year of 2026!
Metropolis (1927, NR, 2h 28m).
Starring: Brigitte Helm, Alfred Abel, & Gustav Frohlich.
Written by Thea von Harbou & Fritz Lang.
Directed by Fritz Lang.
Released: March 13, 1927 (USA)
Join us for as we commemorate the 100th anniversary of the release of Metropolis. This is the definitive 2010 restoration. The one with those legendary 25+ minutes of long-lost footage finally pieced back in from a dusty Buenos Aires vault. No more chopped-up versions missing the real chaos: the full mad-scientist robot creation, the heart-machine meltdown, the underground rebellion cranked to 11.
See the gleaming dystopian mega-city where the elite lounge in pleasure gardens while workers slave below, Brigitte Helm owning the screen as both saintly Maria and the seductive Machine-Human who sparks total anarchy. It's prophetic as hell—class warfare, AI gone rogue, corporate overlords—looking sharper than ever in pristine HD with the original orchestral score thundering in surround.
This is the closest we'll ever get to Lang's full fever dream, the blueprint for Blade Runner, Star Wars, everything futuristic since.
Free & open to the public.
Seating is on a first come, first-served basis.
AGE GROUP: | Teens | Seniors | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | Entertainment & Theater |
Clark County Library
| Mon, Jun 08 | 10:00AM to 8:00PM |
| Tue, Jun 09 | 10:00AM to 8:00PM |
| Wed, Jun 10 | 10:00AM to 8:00PM |
| Thu, Jun 11 | 10:00AM to 8:00PM |
| Fri, Jun 12 | 10:00AM to 6:00PM |
| Sat, Jun 13 | 10:00AM to 6:00PM |
| Sun, Jun 14 | 10:00AM to 6:00PM |
Originally opening in 1966 as a three-room library within the Airport Annex building, the Clark County Library moved in 1967 to a storefront. In 1971, the library moved again to its current location using deeded land from the County and with money awarded by the Max C. Fleishman Foundation. The building went on to have two remodels: one completed in 1986, and the second completed in 1994, which resulted in the three-story, 120,000-square-foot building it is today. This redesign notably included a 399-seat theater and an 80-seat black box theater/dance studio. The Library District also added the Best Buy Teen Tech Center, which provides a place for teens to explore and master new technologies and digital skills.
