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With Alfred Abel, Gustav Fröhlich, Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Fritz Rasp. 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.
- Fritz Lang
- 2 min
Alfred Peter Abel (12 March 1879 – 12 December 1937) was a German film actor, director, and producer. He appeared in more than 140 silent and sound films between 1913 and 1938. His best-known performance was as Joh Fredersen in Fritz Lang's 1927 film Metropolis.
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Alfred Abel as Joh Fredersen, the master of Metropolis; Gustav Fröhlich as Freder, Joh Fredersen's son; Rudolf Klein-Rogge as Rotwang, the inventor; Fritz Rasp as The Thin Man, Fredersen's spy; Theodor Loos as Josaphat, Fredersen's assistant and Freder's friend; Erwin Biswanger as 11811, a worker, also known as Georgy
- 10 January 1927
- Gottfried Huppertz
- 5.3 million ℛ︁ℳ︁ (estimated) (equivalent to €21 million 2021)
- Erich Pommer
Alfred Abel. Actor: Metropolis. This elegant actor of the golden age of German cinema appeared in several masterpieces, before the cameras of such inspired geniuses as Lang, Lubitsch and Murnau. Vocation had come rather late in his life, though. Abel was indeed already 33 when he made his first film.
- January 1, 1
- Leipzig, Germany
- January 1, 1
- Berlin, Germany
Mar 28, 1998 · The city is run by the ruthless Joh Fredersen ( Alfred Abel ), a businessman-dictator. His son Freder ( Gustav Froehlich) is in the Pleasure Gardens one day when Maria ( Brigitte Helm ), a woman from the subterranean city, brings a group of workers' children to the surface.
Feb 20, 2024 · (From left) Alfred Abel, Brigitte Helm, and Rudolf Klein-Rogge in Metropolis, directed by Fritz Lang, 1927. (more) Metropolis. Brigitte Helm in Metropolis (1927), directed by Fritz Lang. Despite advances in filmmaking technology, no other film has surpassed Metropolis in terms of its impact on production design.
Freder Fredersen (Gustav Fröhlich), the son of city master Johann 'Joh' Fredersen (Alfred Abel), is being presented with female consorts, when the beautiful and evangelical figure Maria (Brigitte Helm) enters the garden with a large group of workers' children.