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Metropolis

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

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  • Science Fiction
  • Drama

Overview

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.

Keywords

  • future
  • dystopia
  • robot
  • based on novel or book
  • man vs machine
  • destruction
  • seven deadly sins
  • depravity
  • inventor
  • mad scientist
  • class society
  • steampunk
  • black and white
  • underground world
  • defiant
  • metropolis
  • silent film
  • grim reaper
  • tower of babel
  • delirium
  • prophet
  • expressionism
  • mob justice
  • downtrodden
  • saviour
  • social unrest
  • german expressionism
  • mediator
  • partially lost film

Details

Status
Released
Release date
January 10, 1927
Original language
German
Spoken languages
NO LANGUAGE
Countries
Germany
Production
UFA
Budget
$5,300,000
Revenue
$1,350,322
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