Metropolis / 1927

In a futuristic city sharply divided between the working class and the city planners, the son of the city's mastermind falls in love with a working class prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their differences.

Sometime in the future, the city of Metropolis is home to a Utopian society where its wealthy residents live a carefree life. One of those is Freder Fredersen. One day, he spots a beautiful woman with a group of children, she and the children quickly disappear. Trying to follow her, he is horrified to find an underground world of workers who apparently run the machinery that keeps the Utopian world above ground functioning. One of the few people above ground who knows about the world below is Freder's father, John Fredersen, who is the founder and master of Metropolis. Freder learns that the woman is called Maria, who espouses the need to join the "hands" - the workers - to the "head" - those in power above - by a mediator who will act as the "heart". Freder wants to help the plight of the workers in their struggle for a better life. But when John learns of what Maria is advocating and that Freder has joined their cause, with the assistance of an old colleague. an inventor called...

Rating: PG-13
Genre: Action & Adventure, Art House & International, Classics, Drama, Science Fiction & Fantasy
Directed By: Fritz Lang
Written By: Fritz Lang, Thea von Harbou
Runtime: 2:28:57
Studio: Paramount Pictures

Alfred Abel...Joh Fredersen
Gustav Fröhlich...Freder - Joh Fredersen's Son
Rudolf Klein-Rogge...C.A. Rotwang - the Inventor
Fritz Rasp...The Thin Man
Theodor Loos...Josaphat
Erwin Biswanger...11811 - Georgy
Heinrich George...Grot - the Guardian of the Heart Machine
Brigitte Helm...The Machine Man / Maria

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