Artificial Intelligence Metropolis and the Machine Man
A contribution by Bertina Schulze-Mittendorff, Master of Arts, M.A., Hamburg, January 2022 (PDF in German)
Bertina Schulze-Mittendorff is the daughter of the sculptor and filmmaker Walter Schulze-Mittendorff (1893 - 1976), who created the sculptures for the film Metropolis in 1925/26, including the "Machine Man", which has become a cult figure.
Typewritten manuscript by Walter Schulze-Mittendorff on the emergence of the machine man (in German).
(PDF) © WSM Art Metropolis
Walter Schulze-Mittendorff (1893 - 1976)
Walter Schulze-Mittendorff was a German sculptor who came to film in 1921 through Fritz Lang and worked increasingly for film from 1935. Since the beginning of the Second World War, he has worked exclusively as a costume designer for film.
© WSM Art Metropolis - Bertina Schulze-Mittendorff
The death, 1926
From the figure ensemble 'Death and the Seven Deadly Sins‘
Metropolis, 1927
© WSM Art Metropolis - Bertina Schulze-Mittendorff