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Metropolis

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

1927 · NR · 2h 28m

Directed by Fritz Lang

8.1

TMDB audience score
3,257 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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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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)