Metropolis
1927
Release Date
January 10th, 1927
Runtime
- 148 minutes
Synopsis
- 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.
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, Heinrich George - Grot, 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)