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This is a link post I’ll get round to watching Metropolis one of these days.
I’ve only seen the Japanese anime version (that supposedly only resembles the original by sheer coincidence). Anyway, the colourisation looks surprisingly good; perhaps AI-assisted?

For another modern take on early German cinema have a look at Shadow of the Vampire. It really is very good.
youtu.be/_B15iesNMa8
(I helped save b3ta! jonbob loves you, Wed 21 Sep 2022, 21:41, , Reply)
This is a normal post The original must have really cooked their noodles 95 years ago
Can't imagine what that version would have done to them.
 (I helped save b3ta! Varmint, Wed 21 Sep 2022, 22:09, , Reply)
This is a normal post To be fair I think audiences in the twenties had actually seen colours before.

(I helped save b3ta! jonbob loves you, Wed 21 Sep 2022, 22:19, , Reply)
This is a normal post I was thinking more of the increased resolution and detail.

(I helped save b3ta! Varmint, Thu 22 Sep 2022, 11:29, , Reply)
This is a normal post I’ve no idea. I didn’t think resolution really applies to film emulsions.
The poor quality might be more a consequence of the age of the film when it was duplicated or digitised. It’s fair to say that they weren’t filming with good glass at 60fps though.

Do have a look at that vampire film, it has Eddie Izzard, Udo Kier, and Cari Els explaining how to do slow-motion while wielding a Luger.
 (I helped save b3ta! jonbob loves you, Thu 22 Sep 2022, 12:56, , Reply)
This is a normal post Isn't a lot of the issues with quality/resolution often down to the prints/transfer that have been seen in subsequent decades rather than the original?
Thinking mainly of copies used by or made for TV rather than more recent restorations.
 (Mehitabel_Itrang, Thu 22 Sep 2022, 16:03, , Reply)
This is a normal post Watch Metropolis...
the longest edit you can get your hands on, which will include the "lost" grainy bits (which are in this video), but without colourisation, modern soundtracking, etc., and appreciate it in its original context....such an incredible piece of cinema...
 (I helped save b3ta! Happosai _,,,,_(O ; o)_,,,, Wed 21 Sep 2022, 23:53, , Reply)
This is a normal post apart from the fact that more than 90% of all films made before 1945 are lost forever and German cinema turned predominantly into a steaming pile of shit after 1945 (with exceptions, of course)
Metropolis is one of the glories of Weimar cinema
 (I helped save b3ta! Woodkovsky ☹️➝🚻➝🚽➝😣➝💩➝🧻➝😁, Thu 22 Sep 2022, 3:44, , Reply)