Metropolis

(Metropolis)

 Credits

Cast

Joh Fredersen
Alfred Abel
Freder - Joh Fredersen's Son
Gustav Fröhlich
C.A. Rotwang - the Inventor
Rudolf Klein-Rogge
The Thin Man
Fritz Rasp
Josaphat
Theodor Loos
11811 - Georgy
Erwin Biswanger
Grot - the Guardian of the Heart Machine
Heinrich George
The Machine Man / Maria
Brigitte Helm
Creative Human - Man who Convinces Babel
Fritz Alberti (*)
Working Woman
Grete Berger (*)
Working Woman
Olly Boeheim (*)
Working Man
Max Dietze (*)
Working Woman
Ellen Frey (*)
Woman of Eternal Gardens
Beatrice Garga (*)
Master of Ceremonies
Heinrich Gotho (*)
Working Woman
Dolly Grey (*)
Woman of Eternal Gardens
Anny Hintze (*)
Working Man Who Causes Explosion of M-Machine
Georg John (*)
Working Man
Walter Kuehle (*)
Lady in Car / Woman of Eternal Gardens
Margarete Lanner (*)
Working Woman
Rose Lichtenstein (*)
Marinus
Hanns Leo Reich (*)
Working Man
Arthur Reinhardt (*)
Working Man
Curt Siodmak (*)
Working Woman
Henrietta Siodmak (*)
Jan
Olaf Storm (*)
Working Man
Erwin Vater (*)
Son in Eternal Gardens
Rolf von Goth (*)
Woman of Eternal Gardens
Helen von Münchofen (*)
Working Woman
Helene Weigel (*)
Woman of Eternal Gardens
Hilde Woitscheff (*)

Director

Director
Fritz Lang

Writing credits

Screenplay
Thea von Harbou
Novel
Thea von Harbou
Screenplay
Fritz Lang (*)

Producer

Producer
Erich Pommer

Cinematography

Cinematographer
Karl Freund
Cinematographer
Günther Rittau
Cinematographer
Walter Ruttmann

Art direction

Art director
Otto Hunte
Art director
Erich Kettelhut
Art director
Karl Vollbrecht

Costume design

Costume designer
Aenne Willkomm

Art department

Set designer
Otto Hunte
Set designer
Erich Kettelhut
Sculptor
Walter Schultze-Mittendorf (Walter Schulze-Mittendorff)
Set designer
Karl Vollbrecht
Set designer
Edgar G. Ulmer (*)

Special effects

Special effects
Ernst Kunstmann
Special photographic effects sequences
Konstantin Irmen-Tschet (*)
Trick photography
Erich Kettelhut (*)

Visual effects

Color and opticals
Jeff Matakovich (1984 restoration)
Special visual effects
Eugen Schüfftan
Painting effects
Erich Kettelhut (*)
Assistant compositing effects artist
Ernst Kunstmann (*)
Model maker
Willy Muller (*)
Assistant trick photography
Hugo O. Schulze (*)

Camera

Camera operator
Karl Freund
Camera operator
Gunther Rittau (Günther Rittau)
Assistant camera
Robert Baberske (*)
Still photographer
Horst von Harbou (*)

Wardrobe department

Wardrobe
Hermann J. Kaufmann (*)

Editorial department

Colorist
Blake Jones (Home video)
Colorist
Blake Jones

Music department

Mixing engineer
Brian Reeves
Music editor
Frank Strobel
Conductor
Otto Harzner (*) (Original score)
Conductor
Frank Strobel (*)

Other crew

Key production assistant
Rudi George (*)
Production assistant
Erich Holder (*)
Technical consultant
Erich Kettelhut (*)
Production assistant
Gustav Püttjer (*)
Production assistant
Hans Taussig (*)

(*) uncredited