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Metropolis Snapshot

Release Year

1927

Tagline

There can be no understanding between the hands and the brain unless the heart acts as mediator.

Plot Summary

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.

Run Time

153 min, Germany:147 min (2001 restored version), Germany:210 min (premiere cut), Germany:80 min (Giorgio Moroder version), Germany:93 min (re-release version), USA:114 min (25 fps) (1927 cut version), USA:123 min (2002 Murnau Foundation 75th aniversary restored version), Spain:118 min (DVD edition), USA:117 min

Aspect Ratio

1.33 : 1

Genre

Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Language

German

Keyword

Worker, Future, Vision, Bible Quote, Class Conflict

Movie Rating

Sound Mix

Dolby Digital, Silent

Colour

Black and White

Film Type

Feature

Themes

Future Dystopias, Social Injustice, Technology Run Amok, Fighting the System, Robots and Androids

Tones

Grim, Atmospheric, Disturbing, Harsh, Bleak, Lurid, Ominous

Mood

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1, 2, 3

Wikipedia Text

Metropolis is a 1927 German expressionist film in the science-fiction genre directed by Fritz Lang. Produced in Germany during a stable period of the Weimar Republic, Metropolis is set in a futuristic urban dystopia and makes use of this context to explore the social crisis between workers and owners in capitalism. The film was produced in the Babelsberg Studios by Universum Film A.G. (UFA). The most expensive silent film ever made, it cost approximately 5 million Reichsmark.

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Release Date

10 January 1927

Country

Germany

Country Of Origin

Germany