Metropolis
1927
There can be no understanding between the hands and the brain unless the heart acts as mediator.
Directed by Fritz Lang
User Rating
Intensity
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.
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- Director
- Fritz Lang
- Written by
- Thea von Harbou, Fritz Lang
- Produced by
- Erich Pommer
- Composers
- Gottfried Huppertz, Otto Harzner
- Cinematographers
- Günther Rittau, Karl Freund, Walter Ruttmann
- Editor
- Fritz Lang
- Studio
- UFA
- Origin country
- Germany
- Runtime
- 2h 28m
- Language
- de
- Rating
- NR
- Also known as
- The Complete Metropolis
- TMDB
- 8.1/10 (3,092 votes)
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 97% Fresh
- Metacritic
- 98/100
- IMDb
- 8.2/10 (199,601 votes)
Cast
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)
Olly Boeheim
Working Woman (uncredited)
Heinrich Gotho
Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)
Gottfried Huppertz
Man Playing Violin (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)
Crew
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Score
Gottfried Huppertz, Frank Strobel, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Metropolis (Original Motion Picture Score)
