
06 Feb 1927

Metropolis
In a futuristic city sharply divided between the rich and the poor, the son of the city's mastermind meets a prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their differences.
Paris, 1926... there was nothing more modern.
Nick Hart is a struggling American artist who lives amongst the expatriate community in 1920s Paris. He spends most of his time drinking and socializing in local café's and pestering gallery owner Libby Valentin to sell his paintings. He becomes involved in a plot by wealthy art patroness Nathalie de Ville to forge three paintings. This leads to several run-ins with American rubber magnate Bertram Stone, who happens to be married to Hart's ex-wife Rachel.
Nick Hart
Rachel Stone
Oiseau
Libby Valentin
Nathalie de Ville
Hemingway
Bertram Stone
Gertrude Stein
Alice B. Toklas
New York Critic
Surrealist Poet
Laurette
Armand
Art Critic
Art Critic
Francis
Abigail
Rose Selavy
Stone's Bodyguard #1
Stone's Bodyguard #2
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