Metropolis (1927)
Metropolis (1927)
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Cast & Crew.
![Brigitte Helm](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/22351-brigitte-helm.webp)
Brigitte Helm
Maria
![Alfred Abel](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/22344-alfred-abel.webp)
Alfred Abel
Johann (Joh) Fredersen
![Gustav Fröhlich](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/22345-gustav-frohlich.webp)
Gustav Fröhlich
Freder Fredersen - Joh Fredersens Sohn
![Rudolf Klein-Rogge](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/22346-rudolf-klein-rogge.webp)
Rudolf Klein-Rogge
Erfinder C.A. Rotwang
![Fritz Rasp](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/22347-fritz-rasp.webp)
Fritz Rasp
Der Schmale
![Theodor Loos](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/22348-theodor-loos.webp)
Theodor Loos
Josaphat
![Olly Boeheim](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Olly Boeheim
Working Woman (uncredited)
![Heinrich Gotho](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Heinrich Gotho
Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)
![Erwin Biswanger](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/22349-erwin-biswanger.webp)
Erwin Biswanger
11811 - Georgy
![Heinrich George](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/22350-heinrich-george.webp)
Heinrich George
Grot -Wärter der Herzmaschine
![Georg John](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/22374-georg-john.webp)
Georg John
Working Man Who Causes Explosion of M-Machine (uncredited)
![Margarete Lanner](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/22354-margarete-lanner.webp)
Margarete Lanner
Woman of Eternal Gardens / Lady in Car (uncredited)
![Fritz Alberti](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/233133-fritz-alberti.webp)
Fritz Alberti
Schöpferischer Mensch
![Rose Lichtenstein](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/233140-rose-lichtenstein.webp)
Rose Lichtenstein
Working Woman (uncredited)
![Hanns Leo Reich](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Hanns Leo Reich
Marinus (uncredited)
![Arthur Reinhardt](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Arthur Reinhardt
Working Man (uncredited)
![Grete Berger](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/22376-grete-berger.webp)
Grete Berger
Arbeiterin
![Curt Siodmak](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/92056-curt-siodmak.webp)
Curt Siodmak
Working Man (uncredited)
![Fritz Lang](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/22355-fritz-lang.webp)
Fritz Lang
Director
![Henrietta Siodmak](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Henrietta Siodmak
Working Woman (uncredited)
![Thea von Harbou](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/161686-thea-von-harbou.webp)
Thea von Harbou
Writer
![Olaf Storm](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/22352-olaf-storm.webp)
Olaf Storm
Jan (uncredited)
![Rolf von Goth](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/91494-rolf-von-goth.webp)
Rolf von Goth
Son in Eternal Gardens (uncredited)
![Erich Pommer](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/112832-erich-pommer.webp)
Erich Pommer
Producer
![Helen von Münchofen](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Helen von Münchofen
Woman of Eternal Gardens (uncredited)
![Helene Weigel](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/22353-helene-weigel.webp)
Helene Weigel
Working Woman (uncredited)
![Sandro Forte](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Sandro Forte
Composer
![Gottfried Huppertz](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Gottfried Huppertz
Composer
![Aenne Willkomm](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Aenne Willkomm
Costume Design
![Karl Freund](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/11448-karl-freund.webp)
Karl Freund
Cinematographer
![Günther Rittau](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Günther Rittau
Cinematographer
![Walter Ruttmann](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/82412-walter-ruttmann.webp)
Walter Ruttmann
Cinematographer
![Edgar G. Ulmer](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/49752-edgar-g-ulmer.webp)
Edgar G. Ulmer
Set Designer
![Karl Vollbrecht](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Karl Vollbrecht
Art Direction / Set Designer
![Erich Kettelhut](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Erich Kettelhut
Art Direction / Production Office Assistant / Set Designer
![Otto Hunte](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Otto Hunte
Art Direction / Set Designer
![Horst von Harbou](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Horst von Harbou
Still Photographer
![Ernst Kunstmann](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Ernst Kunstmann
Special Effects
![Eugen Schüfftan](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Eugen Schüfftan
Visual Effects
![Frank Strobel](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/1194939-frank-strobel.webp)
Frank Strobel
Music Editor / Conductor
![Robert Baberske](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Robert Baberske
First Assistant Camera / Assistant Camera
![Konstantin Irmen-Tschet](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Konstantin Irmen-Tschet
Special Effects
![Walter Schulze-Mittendorff](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Walter Schulze-Mittendorff
Sculptor
![Slatan Dudow](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/380134-slatan-dudow.webp)
Slatan Dudow
Assistant Director
![Rudi George](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Rudi George
Production Artist
![Otto Harzner](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Otto Harzner
Original Music Composer
![Hans Taussig](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Hans Taussig
Production Office Assistant
![Erich Holder](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Erich Holder
Production Office Assistant
Media.
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Details.
Release DateFebruary 6, 1927
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 29m
Content RatingNR
Budget$5,300,000
Box Office$1,350,322
Filming LocationsBerlin, Germany
Genres
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Wiki.
Metropolis is a 1927 German expressionist science-fiction silent film directed by Fritz Lang and written by Thea von Harbou in collaboration with Lang from von Harbou's 1925 novel of the same name (which was intentionally written as a treatment). It stars Gustav Fröhlich, Alfred Abel, Rudolf Klein-Rogge, and Brigitte Helm. Erich Pommer produced it in the Babelsberg Studios 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 1925–26 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 inter-title: "The Mediator Between the Head and the Hands Must Be the Heart".
Metropolis met a mixed reception upon release. Critics found it visually beautiful and powerful – the film's art direction by Otto Hunte, Erich Kettelhut, and Karl Vollbrecht draws influence from opera, Bauhaus, Cubist, and Futurist design, along with touches of the Gothic in the scenes in the catacombs, the cathedral and Rotwang's house – and lauded its complex special effects, but accused its story of being naive. H. G. Wells described the film as "silly", and The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction calls the story "trite" and its politics "ludicrously simplistic". Its alleged communist message was also criticized.The film's long running time also came in for criticism. It was cut substantially after its German premiere. Many attempts have been made since the 1970s to restore the film. In 1984, Italian music producer Giorgio Moroder released a truncated version with a soundtrack by rock artists including Freddie Mercury, Loverboy, and Adam Ant. In 2001, a new reconstruction of Metropolis was shown at the Berlin Film Festival. In 2008, a damaged print of Lang's original cut of the film was found in a museum in Argentina. According to the explanation in the restored film, "the material was heavily damaged and, because it had been printed on 16mm film stock, does not have the full-aperture silent picture ratio" and "in order to maintain the scale of the restored footage, the missing portion of the frame appears black" while "black frames indicate points at which footage is still lost". After a long restoration process that required additional materials provided by a print from New Zealand, the film was 95% restored and shown on large screens in Berlin and Frankfurt simultaneously on 12 February 2010.
Metropolis is now widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential films ever made, ranking 67th in Sight and Sound's 2022 critics' poll. In 2001, the film was inscribed on UNESCO's Memory of the World Register, the first film thus distinguished.
On 1 January 2023, the film's American reserved copyright expired, thereby entering the film into the public domain.
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