Metropolis is a 1927 German expressionist science-fiction silent film directed by Fritz Lang and written by Thea von Harbou in collaboration with Lang from ...
Metropolis
1927 ‧ Sci-fi/Thriller ‧ 1h 54m
This influential German science-fiction film presents a highly stylized futuristic city where a beautiful and cultured utopia exists above a bleak underworld populated by mistreated workers. When the privileged youth Freder (Gustav Fröhlich)...
Release date: March 13, 1927 (USA)
Director: Fritz Lang
Story by: Thea von Harbou
Distributed by: UFA GmbH, Paramount Pictures, and Parufamet
Location: Germany
Box office: 75,000 ℛ︁ℳ︁ (estimated), $1 million (U.S. and Canada rentals)
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