Metropolis backdrop

Metropolis 1927 Directed by Fritz Lang

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

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.

Country Germany
Production Country Germany
Language German
Spoken Language No Language
Production Company UFA
Budget $5,300,000
Revenue $1,350,322
Release Date 6 February 1927
153 mins
Cast
Gustav Fröhlich Freder Fredersen
Brigitte Helm Maria / The Machine Man
Alfred Abel Johann 'Joh' Fredersen
Rudolf Klein-Rogge C.A. Rotwang
Theodor Loos Josaphat
Fritz Rasp The Thin Man
Erwin Biswanger No. 11811 - Georgy
Fritz Alberti Creative Human - Man Who Convinces Babel (uncredited)
Grete Berger Working Woman (uncredited)
Olly Boeheim Working Woman (uncredited)
Heinrich Gotho Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)
Gottfried Huppertz Man Playing Violin (uncredited)
Georg John Working Man Who Causes Explosion of M-Machine (uncredited)
Margarete Lanner Woman of Eternal Gardens / Lady in Car (uncredited)
Rose Lichtenstein Working Woman (uncredited)
Hanns Leo Reich Marinus (uncredited)
Arthur Reinhardt Working Man (uncredited)
Curt Siodmak Working Man (uncredited)
Henrietta Siodmak Working Woman (uncredited)
Olaf Storm Jan (uncredited)
Rolf von Goth Son in Eternal Gardens (uncredited)
Helen von Münchofen Woman of Eternal Gardens (uncredited)
Helene Weigel Working Woman (uncredited)