Metropolis
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.
- 8.1
- 1927
- Released
- 2h 28m
Gustav Fröhlich
Freder Fredersen
Brigitte Helm
Maria / The Machine Man
Alfred Abel
Johann 'Joh' Fredersen
Rudolf Klein-Rogge
C.A. Rotwang
Theodor Loos
Josaphat
Fritz Rasp
The Thin Man
Erwin Biswanger
No. 11811 - Georgy
Heinrich George
Grot
Fritz Alberti
Creative Human - Man Who Convinces Babel (uncredited)Grete Berger
Working Woman (uncredited)Heinrich Gotho
Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)
Georg John
Working Man Who Causes Explosion of M-Machine (uncredited)
Margarete Lanner
Woman of Eternal Gardens / Lady in Car (uncredited)Rose Lichtenstein
Working Woman (uncredited)Hanns Leo Reich
Marinus (uncredited)Arthur Reinhardt
Working Man (uncredited)Henrietta Siodmak
Working Woman (uncredited)
Olaf Storm
Jan (uncredited)
Rolf von Goth
Son in Eternal Gardens (uncredited)Helen von Münchofen
Woman of Eternal Gardens (uncredited)Helene Weigel
Working Woman (uncredited)
Released
de
$5,300,000.00
$1,350,322.00
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Reviews
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 structure (merited or otherwise, but perfectly epitomised here by the matriarchal, deific robot), but
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 groups: workers (who live under the ground and are working 10 hour shifts by enormous machines that ke