Possible footsie scene in "Metropolis" (1927)

Nitro · Post by **Nitro** » Mon Aug 22, 2011 2:09 am

I just discovered this online not too long ago. Apparently, there was a footsie in the 1927 movie "Metropolis", but it was removed with some other sensual scenes that was "risque" for it's time. There is a updated version of that movie on Blu-Ray DVD, complete with all of the missing scenes that had never been seen before since its actual release. A brief description and a link is below...

"Maria is certainly a very sexy female robot in the erotic dance and, had the original audiences believed her to be a human being, she would probably have been labelled a hussy. Wearing a most delicate see-through gown, she cavorts with intent and the lust is well-portrayed, in the male actorsâ€™ staring eyes. I should imagine she also had the same effect on the male audience of that time. Today, films portray very real sex scenes, yet the â€˜scandalous scenesâ€™ that Metropolis had to remove â€˜or face arrestâ€™ included people playing footsy under the table and Maria removing her dress, though still well-clad in her underwear."

http://www.female-robots.com/2009/07/me ... st-fembot/

Feeture Feature · Post by **Feeture Feature** » Mon Sep 26, 2011 1:46 pm

The restored version has aired on Turner Classic Movies and there is no footsie scene. The restored version is the export version of the film, not the original film before cuts in Germany. Those scenes are almost certainly lost forever as they were not in any released version.

Nitro · Post by **Nitro** » Mon Sep 26, 2011 11:52 pm

Feeture Feature wrote:The restored version has aired on Turner Classic Movies and there is no footsie scene. The restored version is the export version of the film, not the original film before cuts in Germany. Those scenes are almost certainly lost forever as they were not in any released version.

Biggest thanks for the info, Feeture. Well, back to the footsie mine.