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Metropolis

1927 German science fiction film directed by Fritz Lang

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Metropolis is a 1927 German silent science fiction drama film directed by Fritz Lang, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Thea von Harbou and served as editor. Produced by Erich Pommer for UFA, the film features a cast including Alfred Abel, Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Gustav Fröhlich, and Brigitte Helm. The production design was handled by Otto Hunte, with cinematography by Karl Freund, Günther Rittau, and Walter Ruttmann. The score was composed by Gottfried Huppertz.

The film was filmed in Berlin and presented in black-and-white with a 4:3 aspect ratio. Its runtime is listed as 148 minutes on TMDb and 150 minutes on IMDb. The story explores themes of class society, the future, and the conflict between man and machine. It has received ratings of 8.1 from TMDb and 8.2 from IMDb. The production cost was 5,300,000, while the revenue reached 1,350,322.

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Film · TMDB

8.1

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.

Released: 1927-01-10148 minDir: Fritz LangDrama, Science FictionBudget: $5.3MBox office: $1.4M

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Cast

Gustav Fröhlich as Freder Fredersen
Brigitte Helm as Maria / The Machine Man
Alfred Abel as Johann 'Joh' Fredersen
Rudolf Klein-Rogge as C.A. Rotwang
Theodor Loos as Josaphat
Fritz Rasp as The Thin Man

Themes

future
metropolis
class society
man vs machine
underground world
tower of babel
based on novel or book
inventor
dystopia
delirium

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Ratings

IMDb

8.2/10

201,482 votes

Year: 1927
Runtime: 150 min
Genres: Drama, Sci-Fi

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Described at

Metropolis2011textefrançaispdf2

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: film
Part of: Vatican's list of films
Country of origin: Weimar Republic
Original language: German
Based on: Metropolis
Main subject: love
Movement: German Expressionism
Director: Fritz Lang
Screenwriter: Thea von Harbou
Cast member: Arthur Reinhardt
Composer: Gottfried Huppertz
Producer: Erich Pommer
Production company: UFA
Cinematographer: Walter Ruttmann
Filming location: Berlin
Duration: 153
FilmAffinity ID: 282386
Distribution format: video on demand
Image: Horst von Harbou - Metropolis set photograph 05.jpg

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Commons category: Metropolis (film)
publication date: 1927-05-06
film editor: Fritz Lang
title: Metropolis
distributed by: Netflix
production designer: Otto Hunte
aspect ratio (W:H): 4:3
public domain date: 2047-01-01
described at URL: www.cinematheque.fr/zooms/robot-metropolis/fr/telechargement/metropolis2011-VF.pdf
topic's main category: Category:Metropolis (1927 film)
color: black-and-white
archive URL: archive.org/details/MetropolisGriggsMoviedrome
capital cost: 5300000
narrative motif: mad scientist
inspired by: Book of Revelation
review score: 8.2/10
uses: Schüfftan process
fabrication method: Schüfftan process
scenographer: Erich Kettelhut
copyright status: public domain
set in period: 2026
streaming media URL: wikiflix.toolforge.org/#/entry/152350

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Encyclopedic overview

Metropolis is a 1927 German expressionist science-fiction silent film directed by Fritz Lang and written by Thea von Harbou in collaboration with Lang, based on von Harbou's 1925 novel of the same name (which was written as a treatment). It stars Gustav Fröhlich, Alfred Abel, Rudolf Klein-Rogge, and Brigitte Helm. Erich Pommer produced it in the Babelsberg Studio for Universum Film A.G. (UFA). Metropolis is regarded as a pioneering science-fiction film, being among the first feature-length ones of that genre. Filming took place over 17 months in 1925–1926 at a cost of more than five million Reichsmarks, or the equivalent of about €21 million .

Made in Germany during the Weimar period, Metropolis is set in a futuristic urban dystopia and follows the attempts of Freder, the wealthy son of the city master, and Maria, a saintly figure to the workers, to overcome the vast gulf separating the classes in their city and bring the workers together with Joh Fredersen, the city master. The film's message is encompassed in the final intertitle: "The Mediator Between the Head and the Hands Must Be the Heart".

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