Metropolis (1927) - Page 4

What comes next is a scene that could embarrass Mr. Rogers, a dripping moralistic overacted conciliation between Joh Fredersen and the workers where Freder acts as a mediator between the “Hands” and the “Head, excuse me while I puke.

All in all, the movie was an extremely stylized morality play whose effects were way ahead of their time. In the genre of Proto-Nazi Fag Flicks it stands alone.

Brigette Helm: Maria/The Robot
Gustav Frohlich: Freder Fredersen
Rudolf Klein-Rogge: Rotwang
Alfred Abel: Joh Fredersen
Theodor Loos: Joseph
Heinrich George: The Foreman
Fritz Rasp: The Man of Black
Erwin Biswanger: Georg, No. 11811
Producer: Erich Frommer
Director: Fritz Lang
Writer: Fritz Lang and Thea von Harbou

The StarBanker of the Intergalactic Capitalist

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