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Film · 1927
Metropolis
GERMANYSCIENCE FICTION · DRAMA150 MIN
poster · metropolis (1927)
In the vertical city of 2026, the owners’ children dance in the gardens while the workers disappear underground. The founding dystopia of science fiction — mutilated for decades and found almost whole again in Buenos Aires.
Details
- Original title
- Metropolis
- Year
- 1927
- Country
- Germany
- Genre
- Science fiction, Drama
- Running time
- 150 min
- Language
- Silent (German intertitles)
- Image
- 1.33:1 · black and white
- Studio
- UFA
- Distributor
- UFA · Parufamet
- Release
- 1927 · full restoration in 2010
Credits
- Directed by
- Fritz Lang
- Screenplay
- Thea von Harbou
- Main cast
- Brigitte Helm, Gustav Fröhlich, Alfred Abel, Rudolf Klein-Rogge
- Cinematography
- Karl Freund, Günther Rittau
- Original music
- Gottfried Huppertz
Awards
The first film inscribed on UNESCO’s Memory of the World register (2001)
On physical media
Recommendations · Physical media and books
Where to find it — Metropolis
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Metropolis — Blu-ray (2010 restoration)Film on disc · Near-complete version
Also on: UKCAJPDEFRITESBEBRView on Amazon US ↗Fritz Lang: The Nature of the Beast — biographyBook · In English
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Images
still · the vertical city
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