Metropolis

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Metropolis is a landmark 1927 German expressionist science-fiction film directed by Fritz Lang, renowned for its pioneering special effects and dystopian vision of a futuristic urban society.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf German Expressionist film
film
science fiction film
silent film
artDirector Erich Kettelhut NERFINISHED
Karl Vollbrecht NERFINISHED
Otto Hunte
authorOfSourceWork Thea von Harbou
basedOn Metropolis (novel)
cinematographyBy Günther Rittau
Karl Freund
Walter Ruttmann
colorProcess black-and-white
composer Gottfried Huppertz NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Germany
director Fritz Lang
distributor UFA
features robotic double of Maria
filmMovement Expressionism
surface form: German Expressionism
genre drama film
dystopian film
science fiction
hasCharacter Freder Fredersen
Freder Fredersen
surface form: Joh Fredersen

Maria
Rotwang
influenced Blade Runner
Brazil (1985 film)
Dark City
surface form: Dark City (1998 film)
notableFor depiction of class struggle
influential production design
pioneering special effects
originalLanguage German
premiereDate 1927-01-10
premiereLocation Berlin
producer Erich Pommer
productionCompany UFA
publicationDate 1927
registryInclusion National Film Registry
surface form: National Film Registry (United States)

Memory of the World International Register
surface form: UNESCO Memory of the World Register
restoredVersionRuntime approximately 148 minutes
runtime original cut over 150 minutes
screenwriter Fritz Lang
Thea von Harbou
setDesigner Erich Kettelhut NERFINISHED
Karl Vollbrecht NERFINISHED
Otto Hunte
setting fictional city of Metropolis
futuristic urban dystopia
sound silent with musical score
stars Alfred Abel
Brigitte Helm
Gustav Fröhlich NERFINISHED
Rudolf Klein-Rogge
theme class conflict
industrialization
mediation between classes
technology and humanity

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Fritz Lang notableWork Metropolis
Fritz Lang directed Metropolis
Fritz Lang screenwriterOf Metropolis
George Grosz notableWork Metropolis
Weimar culture notableWork Metropolis
Spies followsWork Metropolis
Thea von Harbou notableWork Metropolis
this entity surface form: Metropolis (1927 film screenplay)
Thea von Harbou wrote Metropolis
Thea von Harbou coWroteScreenplayFor Metropolis
this entity surface form: Metropolis (1927 film)
I Am a Camera basedOn Metropolis
Karl Freund notableWork Metropolis
Karl Freund workedOn Metropolis
Friedrich Christian Anton Lang notableWork Metropolis
subject surface form: Fritz Lang
Silent notableWork Metropolis
subject surface form: Silent film
The Midsummer Station hasSingle Metropolis
UFA producedFilm Metropolis
Homestead followedBy Metropolis