Drama · Science Fiction
German
1927 · Directed by Fritz Lang · 148 min
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.
Why it matters in cinema history
A defining late-Expressionist film and the first great science-fiction epic, it brought Weimar-era design, architecture and special effects together on a scale that no European studio matched again.
Watch with intention
Watch it as a film built from architecture: ask how bodies, buildings and machines are arranged to express who holds power.
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