Faust/Murnau/1926
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World’s Most Expensive Movie Poster Seized in Bankruptcy Case
A rare and coveted Metropolis movie poster—one of only four known surviving copies from the 1927 silent film classic—has been seized as part of a Chapter 7 liquidation bankruptcy case involving its owner Kenneth Schacter, a well-known collector. The poster will be auctioned off soon.
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In the bankruptcy filing, [Schacter] estimates its value at just $250,000, a number most observers view as comically low. High estimates put the value of the poster at more than $1 million, making it the first poster to cross that barrier in a public sale.](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m61lhwpJ7c1qzj6lto1_500.jpg)
World’s Most Expensive Movie Poster Seized in Bankruptcy Case
A rare and coveted Metropolis movie poster—one of only four known surviving copies from the 1927 silent film classic—has been seized as part of a Chapter 7 liquidation bankruptcy case involving its owner Kenneth Schacter, a well-known collector. The poster will be auctioned off soon.
[…]
In the bankruptcy filing, [Schacter] estimates its value at just $250,000, a number most observers view as comically low. High estimates put the value of the poster at more than $1 million, making it the first poster to cross that barrier in a public sale.
Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari/Weine/1920
M (1931) by director Fritz Lang
Conrad Veidt in The Cabinet Of Dr. Caligari (1920, dir. Robert Wiene) (via)
Spione/Lang/1928 (Watch it here)
(And this is the last of the 8 silent films of Lang that I’ve watched in cinema)
1-3: Fritz Lang (right) directs Peter Lorre (left) on the set of M (1931), 4: Production sketch by M art director Emil Hasler
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