Drama · Science Fiction
Metropolis
Avg rating 8.9 / My rating TBC
1927 · Directed by Fritz Lang · With Gustav Fröhlich, Brigitte Helm, Alfred Abel
- Silent Cinema
- German Expressionism
- Science Fiction
In a towering future city, the wealthy rule from gleaming skyscrapers while an underground workforce keeps the machines running. The pampered son of the city's master is drawn into that hidden world, and a mad inventor and a young woman preaching patience pull at the fragile order.
Film info
- Runtime
- 2h 28m · 148 min
- Format
- Silent, black and white, roughly 4:3 frame, with intertitles. The restored version carries Gottfried Huppertz's original orchestral score.
- IMDb
- 8.2 / 10 (199,601 votes)
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 97% (critics)
- Metacritic
- 98 / 100
- TMDB
- 8.1 / 10 (audience, 3,213 votes)
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