![A tall, cylindrical building with many windows is in the middle behind a row of rectangle buildings. Some are lit up and two rays of light shine toward the middle building.](/sites/default/files/styles/half_image/public/2022-23-season-images/Metropolis-Peter-Richard-Conte/Metropolis_8_WebGallery.jpg.webp?itok=VV5Ka7XW)
Check out these featured facts about Fritz Lang’s Metropolis: Silent Film with Live Music Featuring Peter Richard Conte, organ
In-person, livestream on Sun, Mar 13, and on-demand through Mar 26.
Fritz Lang’s Metropolis. Photo courtesy of Kino Lober.
A Science Fiction Breakout
![Peter Richard Conte. A black-haired white man wearing glasses and all black sits on a bench with their back to an organ console with their hands crossed on their lap.](/sites/default/files/styles/half_image/public/2022-23-season-images/Metropolis-Peter-Richard-Conte/Conte-Workshop/Web-Half-Banner-2200x1500_ConteClass.jpg.webp?itok=_F2ay6rn)
Peter Richard Conte. Photo courtesy of Artist.
Putting Sound to Silence
![Conte plays the Wanamaker Grand Court organ](/sites/default/files/styles/half_image/public/2022-23-season-images/Metropolis-Peter-Richard-Conte/Metropolis-FFF-5.jpg.webp?itok=Q16DnlhO)
Photo by Emma Lee/whyy.org
Top of the Mountain
![Northrop Organ](/sites/default/files/styles/half_image/public/half-images/Copyright-2017-University-of-Minnesota_Photo_Patrick_O%27Leary_01-sm.jpg.webp?itok=g4lz6HRV)
Photo by Patrick O'Leary/University of Minnesota
Fanworthy
![Fritz Lang](/sites/default/files/styles/half_image/public/2022-23-season-images/Metropolis-Peter-Richard-Conte/Bundesarchiv_Bild_102-08538%2C_Fritz_Lang_bei_Dreharbeiten_%28cropped%29.jpg.webp?itok=Ybjem8Tp)
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Fritz Lang: Film-Noir Visionary
![cityscape in Metropolis](/sites/default/files/styles/half_image/public/2022-23-season-images/Metropolis-Peter-Richard-Conte/Metropolis-FFF-2.jpg.webp?itok=ltklbAon)
Fritz Lang’s Metropolis. Photo courtesy of Kino Lober.