Metropolis

(Metropolis)

Synopsis

Set around the year 2,000 (then a lifetime away in the future), a mammoth city is ruled by the super-efficient industrialist John Fredersen and, on the surface, appears to be a utopian dream with wealthy inhabitants living in palatial apartments set in colossal glass and concrete spires. But inderground it's a diiferent story: armies of slaves work gruelling shifts to maintain the luxurious lifestyles of their masters. The workers, a sub-human species of sluggish creatures, are led by the 'saintly' Maria, who urges them not to rebel but to wait patiently for the arrival of a 'Mediator'. Frederson has Maria kidnapped and orders mad scientist, Rothwang, to create a robot to take her place. His plan is doomed when the evil mechanical Maria incites the massed workers to revolt and destroy everything in sight...

A movie directed by Fritz Lang

1927 - 153 minutes - Black & White - Dolby Digital - 1.33

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Main Cast

  • Joh Fredersen
  • Freder - Joh Fredersen's Son
  • C.A. Rotwang - the Inventor
  • The Thin Man
  • Josaphat
  • 11811 - Georgy
  • Grot - the Guardian of the Heart Machine
  • The Machine Man / Maria

Also Known As

  • Метрополис (inc)
  • The Complete Metropolis (inc)

Release dates

  • March 13, 1927
  • April 07, 1928 (Melbourne)
  • April 14, 1928 (Sydney)
  • October 04, 1984
  • January 10, 1927 (Berlin premiere)
  • August 05, 1927 (Stuttgart, edited version)
  • February 15, 2001 (2001 restored version, Berlin International Film Festival)
  • February 12, 2010 (2010 restored version, Berlin International Film Festival)
  • November 17, 2001 (2001 restored version, London Film Festival)
  • January 17, 2003 (restored version)
  • September 10, 2010 (2010 restored version)
  • March 06, 1927 (New York City, New York)
  • March 13, 1927
  • August 10, 1984
  • July 12, 2002 (restored version, limited)
  • April 25, 2010 (2010 restored version, TCM Classic Film Festival)
  • May 07, 2010 (New York City, New York, 2010 restored version)
  • May 14, 2010 (Los Angeles, California, 2010 restored version)
  • July 16, 2010 (2010 restored version, San Francisco Silent Film Festival)
  • September 28, 2010 (2010 restored version, Milwaukee Film Festival)
  • April 14, 2015 (restored version, Dallas International Film Festival)