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Metropolis is a 1927 German expressionist science-fiction silent film directed by Fritz Lang and written by Thea von Harbou in collaboration with Lang [4] [5] 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.
A silent film about a futuristic city divided between the wealthy and the working class, with a prophet who predicts a savior to unite them. IMDb provides cast and crew, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, and more for this classic of expressionist cinema.
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- Drama, Sci-Fi
- Fritz Lang
- 1927-03-13
May 16, 2024 · Metropolis, German silent film, released in 1927, featuring director Fritz Lang’s vision of a grim futuristic society and containing some of the most impressive images in film history. (Read Lillian Gish’s 1929 Britannica essay on silent film.)
- Lee Pfeiffer
Mar 28, 1998 · Roger Ebert praises Fritz Lang's \"Metropolis\" as a visionary and hallucinatory science-fiction film that influenced many later movies. He admires its visual style, sets, effects and themes, but criticizes its plot and logic.
Apr 23, 2024 · Fritz Lang, Austrian-born American motion-picture director whose films, dealing with fate and people’s inevitable working out of their destinies, are considered masterpieces of visual composition and expressionistic suspense. His most notable movies included Metropolis (1927), M (1931), and The Big Heat (1953).
- Michael Barson
In the pioneering science fiction feature film, Metropolis tells the story of man and machines living alongside one another, whether one rules the other or enslaves the other no one can truly know for sure: unless you live in the privileged The Tower of Babel.
Jul 5, 2020 · By Quinn Hough. Published Jul 5, 2020. Link copied to clipboard. Directed by Fritz Lang, Metropolis remains one of the best genre movies ever made. The 1927 classic transcended filmmaking of the time and also foreshadowed industry trends that are now commonplace nearly 100 years later.
