Number 67 on IMDb's Top 250
Nominated by Me
In the future, the society of Metropolis is divided in two social classes: the workers, who live in the underground below the machines level, and the dominant classes that lives in the surface. The workers are controlled by their leader Maria (Brigitte Helm), who wants to find a mediator between the upper class lords and the workers, since she believes that a heart would be necessary between brains and muscles. Maria meets Freder Fredersen (Gustav Fröhlich), the son of the Lord of Metropolis Johhan Fredersen (Alfred Abel), in a meeting of the workers, and they fall in love for each other. Meanwhile, Johhan decides that the workers are no longer necessary for Metropolis, and uses a robot pretending to be Maria to promote a revolution of the working class and eliminate them. Hilarity ensues.
Trivia:This film included no fewer than 1,100 bald extras. An original version, according to Fritz Lang himself, has not existed since the middle of 1927. Being one of the most expensive movies of the time, around 7,000,000 marks ($200,000,000 today), it nearly sent UFA (Universum Film) into bankruptcy. It is estimated that as much as 1/4 of the original film is lost forever.
Okay, I have been wanting to see this movie for awhile. It is considered to be the best silent science fiction movie ever made. The movie is set in the year 2026, complete with biplanes that fly around the city. Very cool movie. Thanks Will.
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funny, i just saw that movie, too. those crazy germans sure knew how to predict the future. all those inner city bi-planes and robots and stuff.
the birth of the maria robot did have some cool special effects, though. i give it a thumbs up.
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