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 romance , not sextuality.
(good) Maria-saint Maria, mother teresa. The bad maria is from the city. city & gender
tower of Babel (story) --city in metropolis (we dont know whether it's a critic or celebration of the city)
great work was done for the filming-- eg, biulding of the city scene, eight days of work for 10 secends
The heroine Brigitte Helm is super expressive
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