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On this day in 1927, the classic science fiction film Metropolis was released in German cinemas. Directed by Fritz Lang, the film - which depicts a futuristic mega-city bristling with exciting new technology - took over a year to film and cost over 5 million Reichsmarks (€18 million if adjusted for inflation). The plot centres…
Leon Trotsky in 1918. (source: Wikimedia Commons) On this day in 1927 Ukrainian politician Leon Trotsky was expelled from the Soviet Communist Party. Trotsky and a colleague, Ukrainian Grigory Zinoviev, had attempted to stage a commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the Bolshevik victory during the October Revolution in November 1917; Joseph Stalin and Trotsky's…
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