Metropolis

Metropolis

  • Director: Fritz Lang
  • Writer: Thea von Harbou,Fritz Lang
  • Countries of origin: Germany
  • Language: None, German
  • Release date: March 13, 1927
  • Runtime: 2h 33min
  • Sound mix: Silent
  • Aspect ratio: 1.33 : 1
  • Also known as: The Complete Metropolis
  • "Metropolis" is a drama film released by Ufa Film Company (Germany) and Paramount Pictures (USA), directed by Friedrich Christian Anton Lang , Alfred Abel , Gustav Flesch, Bridget Herr The leading role of Erm et al. The film was released on January 10, 1927. 
    The film tells the story that in 2000, human beings were divided into two classes and lived in two completely different worlds. However, when the son of the Metropolis ruler fell in love with Maria in the underground city, the great change began. 

    Details

    • Release date March 13, 1927
    • Filming locations Berlin, Germany
    • Production companies Universum Film (UFA)

    Box office

    Budget

    DEM 6,000,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $1,236,166

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $19,386

    Gross worldwide

    $1,349,711

    Movie reviews

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    • By Daija 2022-04-23 07:01:40

      metropolis

      The set (expressionist) props, costumes and makeup are amazing. The story itself and the actors' performances make modern people look a little embarrassed, but does it reflect the aesthetics and pursuits of that era? The editing is messy and repetitive. It is a relatively immature and bright pioneer work. The screenwriter is the director's wife, who likes European romantic mythology (the robot's name Reaper), "Modern Times" satirizes the "Fifth Element" set, "Blade Runner"...

    • By Virgil 2022-04-23 07:01:40

      metropolis

      bizarre metropolis

      Adonis's Nude Garden

      The fleeting woman escapes into the underworld

      The airship hovering on the ladder of Qian Mo

      Atlas is making a noise

      subterranean

      If the baton shakes the crowd

      Accompanied by the billowing smoke of the explosion

      Towards the scythe of death methodically

      Father's peace of mind lashes out at son's fantasies

      make it voluntarily go down the ladder

      Escape into the abyss of...

    • By Sophie 2022-04-23 07:01:40

      Movies are not just awesome sci-fi scenes

      1. In 1927, German filmmakers built such a fraudulent metropolitan scene. After 90 years, it is highly consistent and avant-garde with the current metropolis;

      2. The proletariat lives in underground cities, and the rich enjoy a luxurious life on the ground. Seeing this setting, you will not be surprised by some sci-fi works and movies of later generations;

      3. In the 1920s, the proletariat movement was rising all over the world, and violent movements were frequent, and the...

    • By Merl 2022-04-23 07:01:40

      Just punch in

      Unparalleled sci-fi movie. 1. Religious metaphors, seven deadly sins/Virgin Mary/Children/Statues 5. The fantasy of technology is amazing. Many films in later generations come from here. 6. The acting is a little exaggerated, which is normal. 7. Why don't you resist? ? ? Why adjust? What is the result of the adjustment? [Watching the movie] "Metropolis" 5 points, Fritz Lang. A film that needs to be seen through a dichotomy and a historical lens. Luxurious sets, post-human prophecies, and...

    • By Einar 2022-04-23 07:01:40

      1.21

      a German film, 1927. "the mediator between hand and head is the heart"


      a lot of religious elements from Christianity :

      Freder-Christ, the God. for freder, the orientation of sextuality (bad maria dance) is related with his bad dream. (the seven deadly sins) the meet of freder and good maria is about

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      • By Dillon 2023-06-10 10:16:59

        8.6 Fritz Lang displayed the concepts of the future and science fiction on the screen naturally and realistically, creating special effects of robots, scheduling group performances, and shaping the background. These are all epoch-making milestones in science fiction movies. Although it is a silent film, the expression is clear and the style is comedic, and the look and feel is not boring. Several symbols of montage and expressionism make the visual effect of the film very good. Brigitte...

      • By Trisha 2023-05-07 19:44:08

        How can such a movie be made in 1927! It should be in 2027, 3027, 4027... German Expressionism, and it ends but doesn't stop there. It belongs to every thousand years, dreams, nightmares, struggles, and eerie beauty wrapped in fear and hysteria. With such a wonderful musical expression, dancing puppets and beauties, robots and devils. The devil chops off your head with a scythe, and you see an...

      • By Conrad 2023-04-03 22:55:43

        The earliest dystopian cyberpunk films, with cyber control and punk rebellion. In the sci-fi films of the era after direct radiation, there is a Metropolis screw in each CT. Cyberpunk originally had nothing to do with neon lights. It aimed to explore the confrontation between man and power and high pressure, the relationship between man and machine, and considered the negative impact of technology on human beings. The advance of "Metropolis" is that there is "Metropolis" first, and then there...

      • By Retta 2023-02-12 21:25:08

        I am glad that such a movie was completely restored in 2010. It is indeed a very good movie. 1895's "The Arrival of the Train" may have scared people, but 1927's "Metropolis" surprised me - how much did the director spend to hire so many actors and build such a grand the scenery. Finally, I complained that the daring labor movement was shaped into a mob...

      • By Melissa 2023-02-07 05:33:53

        (150min) The idea of ​​this film is very good. The female protagonist's body language is sophisticated and provocative, and the others show pain either with a head or a bitter face. The male and female protagonists of "Titanic" resemble the male and female protagonists of the film, and the prototype may be the flooded part of the film. Can't tempt human nature, who didn't have a good intention at the beginning. The only people who can stand the test in their lives are the few people who are...

      Movie plot

      In the future metropolis, society is divided into two classes. The capitalists who built and planned the huge machines on which the entire city relies are capitalists headed by John Fredson (Afred Abel) . They live in magnificent skyscrapers; they rely on labor with their hands. The machines that have been built and maintained day and night are large groups of workers, who live in groups in dark dungeons. One day, in the beautiful...
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      Shooting process

      The first completed version of the film lasted three and a half hours, and the premiere version in Berlin, Germany, lasted 153 minutes (the film length was 4189 meters and was screened at 24 frames per second) , and was edited by the publisher into a two-hour version. Released in Germany and overseas. However, based on factors such as box office revenue and political censorship, the versions that have been shown around the world in the...
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      Evaluation action

      This is a classic among the classics, a masterpiece of the silent film era that has been imitated; it is the first monument in the history of science fiction movies, and its influence can be seen everywhere in future generations of science fiction, no matter the crazy Frankenstein of the 1930s, or " The imagination of future urban landscapes in Blade Runner, Brazil, The Fifth Element, and Star Wars, as well as the image design of...
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      Movie quotes

      • Freder: What if one day those in the depths rise up against you?

      • 11811 - Georgy: - the machine!... Someone has to stay at the machine!

      • Maria: Oh mediator, have you finally come?

        Freder: You called me - - here I am!