Original Metropolis Movie Posters

Metropolis movie posters rank among the most celebrated and valuable items in the entire history of film collecting — the theatrical campaigns for Fritz Lang's 1927 science-fiction epic produced advertising art of such graphic power that original examples command prices matched by virtually no other film in any market. The mechanised city, the robot Maria, and the workers' dystopia provided illustrators with imagery of timeless and universal force. Shop our Metropolis collection for original and vintage-reissue theatrical materials from one of cinema's supreme achievements. Genuine first-release German poster examples are among the rarest items in existence — surviving originals are held almost exclusively by major institutions and long-established private collectors who acquired them generations ago. Period reissue materials from the 1930s through 1950s offer collectors a more accessible route into the Metropolis market. German, French, and American reissue posters from these decades retain extraordinary graphic quality and genuine age. Even these circulate in small quantities — fine flat unfolded copies are increasingly difficult to source at any price. The film's restoration history — multiple versions reconstructed over a century — produced distinct international campaign materials across each reissue generation, giving collectors a rich historical record of how this masterwork was presented to successive audiences across a full century of exhibition and rediscovery. Browse alongside our Fritz Lang and science fiction collections. All Film/Art Gallery movie posters and items are authenticated originals.