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Metropolis

8.1

Released February 06, 1927Runtime 2h 33min

There can be no understanding between the hands and the brain unless the heart acts as mediator.

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.

Genres

Drama

Science Fiction

Production Companies

UFA

Production Countries

Germany

Finances

Budget: $5,300,000
Revenue: $1,350,322
Profit/Loss: $-3,949,678

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Cast

Gustav FröhlichFreder Fredersen

Brigitte HelmMaria / The Machine Man

Alfred AbelJohann 'Joh' Fredersen

Rudolf Klein-RoggeC.A. Rotwang

Theodor LoosJosaphat

Fritz RaspThe Thin Man

Erwin BiswangerNo. 11811 - Georgy

Heinrich GeorgeGrot

Fritz AlbertiCreative Human - Man Who Convinces Babel (uncredited)

Grete BergerWorking Woman (uncredited)

Olly BoeheimWorking Woman (uncredited)

Heinrich GothoMaster of Ceremonies (uncredited)

Gottfried HuppertzMan Playing Violin (uncredited)

Georg JohnWorking Man Who Causes Explosion of M-Machine (uncredited)

Margarete LannerWoman of Eternal Gardens / Lady in Car (uncredited)

Rose LichtensteinWorking Woman (uncredited)

Hanns Leo ReichMarinus (uncredited)

Arthur ReinhardtWorking Man (uncredited)

Curt SiodmakWorking Man (uncredited)

Henrietta SiodmakWorking Woman (uncredited)

Olaf StormJan (uncredited)

Rolf von GothSon in Eternal Gardens (uncredited)

Helen von MünchofenWoman of Eternal Gardens (uncredited)

Helene WeigelWorking Woman (uncredited)

Crew

Fritz LangDirector

Slatan DudowAssistant Director

Fritz LangScreenplay

Thea von HarbouScreenplay

Thea von HarbouNovel

Erich PommerProducer

Günther RittauDirector of Photography

Gottfried HuppertzOriginal Music Composer

Walter RuttmannDirector of Photography

Aenne WillkommCostume Design

Edgar G. UlmerSet Designer

Fritz LangEditor

Karl FreundDirector of Photography

Eugen SchüfftanVisual Effects

Robert BaberskeFirst Assistant Camera

Frank StrobelMusic Editor

Ernst KunstmannSpecial Effects

Horst von HarbouStill Photographer

Konstantin Irmen-TschetSpecial Effects

Walter Schulze-MittendorffSculptor

Robert BaberskeAssistant Camera

Otto HunteSet Designer

Otto HarznerOriginal Music Composer

Erich KettelhutSet Designer

Karl FreundCamera Operator

Erich HolderProduction Office Assistant

Erich KettelhutProduction Office Assistant

Günther RittauCamera Operator

Frank StrobelConductor

Otto HunteArt Direction

Erich KettelhutArt Direction

Karl VollbrechtArt Direction

Karl VollbrechtSet Designer

Rudi GeorgeProduction Artist

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Reviews

Metropolis is one of the greatest films ever made. It's amazing set design, brilliant cinematography, groundbreaking special effects and futuristic story truly makes it one of the must-sees in cinema! It is set in the future, in a city called Metropolis where the citizens are divided into two g...

This has got to be the ultimate cinematic illustration of the strata of human existence. Whether it be a story of the survival of the fittest; the cleverest; the most devious; most beautiful - or a hybrid of some/all - it reflects poignantly how humanity always seeks to exist within a hierarchical ...