Metropolis
There can be no understanding between the hands and the brain unless the heart acts as mediator.
8.1(3,146) 1927-01-10 148 minDramaScience Fiction
In a futuristic city sharply divided between the rich and the poor, the son of the city's mastermind meets a prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their differences.
ProducerErich Pommer
DirectorFritz Lang
Original Music ComposerGottfried Huppertz
ScreenplayFritz Lang
ScreenplayThea von Harbou
Original Music ComposerOtto Harzner
Cast & characters
Gustav Fröhlich
as Freder Fredersen
Brigitte Helm
as Maria / The Machine Man
Alfred Abel
as Johann 'Joh' Fredersen
Rudolf Klein-Rogge
as C.A. Rotwang
Theodor Loos
as Josaphat
Fritz Rasp
as The Thin Man
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Erwin Biswanger
as No. 11811 - Georgy
Heinrich George
as Grot
Fritz Alberti
as Creative Human - Man Who Convinces Babel (uncredited)
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Grete Berger
as Working Woman (uncredited)
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Olly Boeheim
as Working Woman (uncredited)
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Heinrich Gotho
as Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)
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Gottfried Huppertz
as Man Playing Violin (uncredited)
Georg John
as Working Man Who Causes Explosion of M-Machine (uncredited)
Margarete Lanner
as Woman of Eternal Gardens / Lady in Car (uncredited)
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Rose Lichtenstein
as Working Woman (uncredited)
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Hanns Leo Reich
as Marinus (uncredited)
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Arthur Reinhardt
as Working Man (uncredited)
Curt Siodmak
as Working Man (uncredited)
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Henrietta Siodmak
as Working Woman (uncredited)
Olaf Storm
as Jan (uncredited)
Rolf von Goth
as Son in Eternal Gardens (uncredited)
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Helen von Münchofen
as Woman of Eternal Gardens (uncredited)
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Helene Weigel
as Working Woman (uncredited)
