Old Hollywood
Cinema
1900-1979
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Art director Erich Kettelhut & crew create the futuristic city set of Metropolis (1927, dir. Fritz Lang) (via)

Art director Erich Kettelhut & crew create the futuristic city set of Metropolis (1927, dir. Fritz Lang) (via)

Above: Model for the dragon in Die Nibelungen (1924, dir. Fritz Lang) by set designer Erich Kettelhut; below, Paul Richter & Lang on the set of Die Nibelungen.

You can see the dragon in action here.

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