Allegorical drama about authoritarianism, revolt and reconciliation in an industrialized metropolis of the 21st century.
Fritz Lang's classic film about a totally mechanized society and those who rebel against it. A robot incites the working class of Metropolis, city of the future, to destroy their hedonistic rulers.
An expressionistic vision of the struggle between capital and labor in the city of the future.
Features
Metropolis, the acclaimed science fiction masterpiece directed by the legendary Fritz Lang, takes place far into the future where "workers" battle the "thinkers" for control of society. This dark and grom portrait of the future reflects the class struggle in 1920s Germany. Metropolis is a landmark film and is acclaimed for its daring look into the future and innovative use of special effects.
Fantasy films
"Takes place in 2026, when the populace is divided between workers who must live in the dark underground and the rich who enjoy a futuristic city of splendor. The tense balance of these two societies is realized through images that are among the most famous of the 20th century"--DVD sleeve.
SUMMARY: 'An expressionistic vision of a struggle between management and labor in a city of the future.' (SFSU)
Videodiscos BD
Fitz Lang's science fiction classic. The story takes place in the 21st century, in a large city autocratically run by a "super trustee" and his collaborators who live in a paradise-like garden. Workers are totally enslaved by machines and condemned to live underground. In the midst of the misery, a young woman--"Maria"--Arises, who attempts to inspire the workers to throw off their oppressors.
DVD-Video
An expressionistic vision of a struggle between management and labor in a city of the future. Made in Germany in 1926, it has English titles and subtitles.
In 2026, the inhabitants of Metropolis are divided into two classes: an elite "ruling" class and the working class, who work below ground. When the son of the ruler of the city falls in love with a woman of the lower class, confrontation occurs.
En la ciudad del futuro, dividida en dos clases muy diferenciadas (los poderosos amos y los obreros-esclavos), María, una profetisa pregona el conformismo y la esperanza. Uno de los dirigentes hace construir un robot, réplica exacta de María, para provocar la revuelta de los trabajadores y justificar su represión. Nacida después de un viaje de Fritz Lang a Nueva York, esta película es una de las cumbres del expresionismo alemán (impresionantes y opresivos decorados, multitudes desplazándose en recorridos geométricos, sofisticados juegos de luces y sombras). Su particular visión de la sociedad industrial del futuro y del hombre dominado por fuerzas superiores aparece aquí en su mayor expresión.
An expressionistic vision of a struggle between management and labor in a city of the future using science fiction and spectacular special effects to tell a story of biting social satire. In a futuristic time and place, an above ground city of lightness, culture and respectability is kept going only by the enslaved proletariat laboring beneath in the underground city: a nightmarish, cruel, and dark place. A banker's son rejects the upper world and joins the workers of the underworld. He meets Maria who urges a peaceful change and passive progress for the workers. The hero's father hires an evil scientist to make a violent robot who looks like Maria, who will incite the workers to riot, thereby giving the banker an excuse to enslave the workers. The workers riot and almost destroy society, until the real Maria appears to tranquilize them. The banker learns his lesson, and designates his son as mediator between society and workers.
Directed by Fritz Lang, with Alfred Abel, Brigette Helm and Rudolf Klein-Rogge, this classic science-fiction spectacle of the year 2000, acclaimed for its technical work and scope, is one of the most ambitious and expensive German productions made by the UFA studios. Over a year in production, with 36,000 players, it has become one of the definitive science-fiction films with its incredible city of the future, excellent special effects and underlying story of love against a background of social conflict.
Uses science fiction and spectacular special effects to tell a story of biting social satire. In a futuristic time and place, an above ground city of lightness, culture and respectability is kept going only by the enslaved proletariat laboring beneath in the underground city: a nightmarish, cruel, amd dark place.
En el siglo 21 el dictador Fredersehn domina una megápolis con puño de hierro. La clase elegida vive una vida de lujos y placeres disfrutando todas las ventajas del futuro, mientras una clase social de esclavos trabaja en el subsuelo para mantener a sus amos. Sin embargo el amor de Freder, hijo del dictador, por María, una muchacha líder social del subsuelo, va a cambiar esa situacón drásticamente, llevando a esta distocia al desastre. Federsen ordena que María sea el modelo para un autómata femenino creado con el fin de sembrar la discordia entre los operarios esclavos.
"Basándose en la novela homónima de su esposa, Fritz Lang construyó una de las mejores superproducciones del cine alemán mudo. Ciudad donde viven infrahombres como esclavos"
A German silent science fiction fantsy that looks into the future and finds a gigantic city controlled by an authoritarian industrialist.
This a classic silent film fantasy of a futuristic city and its mechanized society which, even today, powerfully depicts the dehumanization of cities.
Metropolis : Fritz Lang's 1926 classic
An expressionistic vision of a struggle between management and labor in a city of the future. The rich capitalist class plays and rules from above while the workers toil below. Worker Maria urges the downtrodden to act with love instead of violence, but the Great Industrialist who controls this society hires a mad scientist to create an evil robot-Maria to incite the workers to revolt. While trying to mediate between the two classes, the industrialist's son falls in love with Maria. During the research for this study version, the original piano score was found; missing pictorial material is supplemented by text and still photos.
The year 2026 where total oppression and manipulation of the masses is wielded by the unquestionable power of the few."
Motion pictures, German
Metropolis (Motion picture)
Depicts a world of the future in which the rich and intelligent live on the Earth's surface, and the workers who make society go, live beneath the surface in caves. A banker's son rejects the upper world and joins the workers of the underworld. He meets Maria who urges a peaceful change and passive progress for the workers. The hero's father hires an evil scientist to make a violent robot who looks like Maria, who will incite the workers to riot, thereby giving the banker an excuse to enslave the workers. The workers riot and almost destroy society, until the real Maria appears to tranquilize them. The banker learns his lesson, and designates his son as mediator between society and workers.
The story takes place in the 21st century in a large city autocratically run by a "super trustee" and his collaborators who live in a paradise-like garden. Workers are totally enslaved by machines and condemned to live underground. In the midst of this misery, a young woman, Maria arises, who attempts to inspire the workers to throw off their oppressors.
Metropolis
Metropolis (Película cinematográfica)
Film adaptations
Metropolis : with new musical soundtrack
Futuristic fantasy about the horrors of a mechanized Utopia showing the struggle between capital and labor in the city of the 21st century.
Der Industriemagnat Fredersen (Alfred Abel) herrscht über die geteilte Stadt Metropolis. In den Hochhäusern residieren die Herren, die Arbeiter leben tief unter der Erde. In den "ewigen Gärten", in denen sich die Söhne der Reichen vergnügen, taucht Maria (Brigitte Helm) auf, die Heldin aus der Unterstadt. Freder (Gustav Fröhlich), der Sohn des Herrschers, verliebt sich in die Frau. Sein Vater beauftragt den Erfinder Rotwang (Rudolf Klein-Rogge), dem Roboter, an dem er arbeitet, das Aussehen Marias zu geben. (Quelle: Umschlag).
Ciencia ficción y fantasía
Foreign films
Classic about a totally mechanized society and those who rebel against it. A robot incites the working class of Metropolis, city of the future, to destroy their hedonistic rulers.
Documentales
Fritz Lang's Metropolis
Giorgio Moroder presents Metropolis
History
In the year 2000, the workers of a modernistic city live underground and unrest is quelled by the persuasion of a saintly girl, Maria ; but a mad inventor creates an evil Maria to incite them to revolt.
This version of Fritz Lang's science fiction classic contains shots early in the film which are not generally found in other circulating versions (e.g. the athletic contest). As with virtually all currently circulating prints, this print has its origin in the American release version re-edited in 1927 by playwright Channing Pollock and others to less than two-thirds of the original length.
SUMMARY: An expressionistic vision of the struggle between capital and labour in the city of the 21st century. Fritz Lang's 1926 science fiction epic.
An expressionsistic drama about authoritarianism and revolt in an industrialized metropolis of the 21st century.
Society in the year 2020 A.D. is divided into two classes: an elite who live for pleasure, and the workers who are virtual slaves. The son of the master of the city of Metropolis falls in love with a girl from the lower class.
A Metropolis, una megalopoli del XXI secolo, il dittatore Frederson vive con il figlio e pochi eletti in un giardino pensile, mentre la massa operaia lavora nelle fabbriche automatizzate del sottosuolo.
Dystopian films
"In a futuristic city sharply divided between the working class and the city planners, the son of the city's mastermind falls in love with a working class prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their differences." www.imdb.com
An expressionistic vision of a struggle between management and labor in a city of the future. This newly restored version was commissioned by the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung for the 75th anniversary of the original release of the film.
In 2026, a city is run by a "super trustee" and his collaborators who live in a paradise-like garden, while the workers are totally enslaved by machines and condemned to live underground. In the midst of this misery, a young woman, Maria, arises and attempts to inspire the workers to throw off their oppressors.
Drame de science-fiction classique du cinéma expressionniste allemand dans un nouveau montage supervisé par Giorgio Moroder, avec coloration des images et bande musicale de Moroder. Intertitres français.
An expressionistic vision of the struggle between management and labor in a city of the future.
Metropolis [video]
In 2020 A.D., Metropolis is coldly ruled by Joh Fredersen. A small privileged class frolics above ground while the oppressed mass of workers toil below ground. Freder, son of Joh, falls in love with the saintly Maria, a young lower-class woman who preaches secretly to the workers. Metropolis is nearly destroyed when Joh's attempt to use a robot bearing the likeness of Maria backfires and the nihilistic robot incites the workers to violence.
"The future. Metropolis is a wonderful city, high above the ground its towers stand. The people prosper, the economy is flourishing, the suspended streets are busy. But Metropolis also has a great secret, so hidden that not even Freder Fredersen, son of founder Joh Fredersen knows about it. He is spending his free time in the Eternal Gardens, when suddenly a woman shows up, with what looks like a class of children. They're from the City of Workers, in the depth, Freder learns. "These are your brothers," she tells the children, before she is forced to leave. Freder is so intrigued he follows them into the depth and doesn't like what he sees. The workers are exploited, they must do labor like robots. Freder tries to convince his father to change, while the woman tries to keep workers' morale high by predicting a man will stand up that will mediate. Someone that will use both hands and head, someone that will be the heart." -- www.imdb.com
Películas mudas
Métropolis est la cité modèle de l'avenir : aux leviers de commande, une caste privilégiée, coulant des jours heureux au sommet d'immenses gratte-ciel, pendant qu'une masse d'esclaves travaille à des cadences infernales, rivée aux machines qui les broient...
Documentary films
Set in the year 2026 when the world's inhabitants are divided into two classes: an elite, "ruling" class, who spend their time in futile pursuits living in luxury on the planet's surface; and the working class, who live below ground and act as slaves to the machines they tend. Features some color tinting of the original black and white footage and a new music score composed by Giorgio Moroder. Directed by Fritz Lang.
The future. Metropolis is a wonderful city, high above the ground its towers stand. The people prosper, the economy is flourishing, the suspended streets are busy. But Metropolis also has a great secret, so hidden that not even Freder Fredersen, son of founder Joh Fredersen knows about it. He is spending his free time in the Eternal Gardens, when suddenly a woman shows up, with what looks like a class of children. They're from the City of Workers, in the depth, Freder learns. "These are your brothers," she tells the children, before she is forced to leave. Freder is so intrigued he follows them into the depth and doesn't like what he sees. The workers are exploited, they must do labor like robots. Freder tries to convince his father to change, while the woman tries to keep workers' morale high by predicting a man will stand up that will mediate. Someone that will use both hands and head, someone that will be the heart. Soon after its premiere, Metropolis was severely shortened and altered. Since then, more than a quarter of the film was assumed to have been lost. In 2008, an almost complete version of the film was discovered in Buenos Aires. The material was heavily damaged and, because it had been printed on 16mm film stock, does not have the full-aperture silent picture ratio. Utilizing the footage from Argentina, a virtually complete Metropolis has been reconstructed and its proper editing has been restored. The text of the intertitles was taken from German censorship records and has been translated into English. In order to maintain the scale of the restored footage, the missing portion of the frame appears black. Black frames indicate points at which footage is still lost. Intertitles in a different typeface have been added to summarize the contents of the missing scenes.
Nosferatu: Johathan Hutter es un agente inmobiliario al que su jefe, Knock, encarga que viaje a Transilvania para cerrar un trato con el conde Orlok. Hutter deja a su mujer Ellen con unos amigos y marcha hacia el castillo del conde, indiferente a las advertencias de los lugareños. En un castillo desolado, conoce a Orlok, y pasa unos días en su castillo, sufriendo pesadillas y unas extrañas mordeduras en el cuello. Finalmente se da cuenta de que el conde tiene algún secreto y lo halla durmiendo en un sarcófago: es un vampiro. Orlok se esconde en un ataúd lleno de tierra que envía a la ciudad donde vive Hutter. Extrañas muertes se suceden a su paso, y su llegada es anunciada como una plaga que casi aniquila a los habitantes del pueblo. Solo el sacrificio de un alma pura puede terminar con la amenaza.
Visión épica y extraña del futuro (año 2026) en el que los habitantes del mundo están divididos en dos clases: una élite dominante que vive lujosamente en la superficie y la clase trabajadora que vive bajo tierra condenada a trabajar como esclava desde que nace hasta que muere.
Fritz Lang's classic Metropolis
German films
Fritz Lang's Metropolis [DVD]
In 2026, the rich rule over the poor, who live underground. One man tries to bridge the gap between the two classes. In July 2008 a complete copy of the film was discovered with an additional 25 minutes of lost footage that had not been seen since the films premiere in 1927. After years of restoration the sci-fi epic was re-released in theaters in 2010 as The Complete Metropolis.
A video copy of Fritz Lang's science fiction classic transferred at 16 frames per second from a colour tinted 35 mm. nitrate release print from the Harry Davidson collection now in the custody of the National Film and Sound Archive, Canberra. This version contains shots early in the film which are not generally found in other circulating versions (e.g. the athletic contest). As with virtually all currently circulating prints, this print has its origin in the American release version re-edited in 1927 by playwright Channing Pollock and others to less than two-thirds of the original length.
Métropolis est la cité modèle de l'avenir : aux leviers de commande, une caste privilégiée, coulant des jours heureux au sommet d'immenses gratte-ciel, pendant qu'une masse d'esclaves travaille à des cadences infernales, rivée aux machines qui les broient. Des ouvriers travaillent dans les souterrains d'une fabuleuse métropole de l'an 2000. Ils assurent le bonheur des nantis qui vivent dans les jardins suspendus de la ville. Un androïde mène les ouvriers vers la révolte...
Story of a city in the year 2000. A revolt by the people is countered by a robot, made in the image of the workers' favored girl, which turns against the Master threatening annihilation of the city.
Science fiction epic set in a towering city in 2026 whose populace is divided between the idle ruling class and the dehumanized workers who toil underground. The son of the ruler of the city falls in love with a young woman who attempts to inspire the workers to throw off their oppressors.
Expressionist films
Set around the year 2000, a mammoth city is ruled by the super-efficient industrialist John Fredersen. The workers, a subhuman species of sluggish creatures, are led by the 'saintly' Maria, who urges them not to rebel but to wait patiently for the arrival of a Mediator. Fredersen has kidnapped Maria and orders mad scientist Rothwang to create a robot replica to take her place. But his plan is doomed when the evil mechanical Maria incites the massed workers to revolt and destroy everything in sight.
The first great science-fiction epic is a fantasy about an industrial society of the future, in which a factory owner uses a robot woman to subvert his workers.
Set around the year 2000 (then a lifetime away in the future), a mammoth city is ruled by the super efficient industrialist Joh Fredersen (Alfred Abel) and, on the surface, appears to be a utopian dream with wealthy inhabitants living in palatial apartments set in colossal glass and concrete spires. But underground it's a different story: armies of slaves work gruelling shifts to maintain the luxurious lifestyles of their masters...
Set in the future, the city of Metropolis is divided into two classes; an elite of idle people who live only for pleasure and the workers, a faceless mass who are doomed to serve as slaves to the monstrous machines they tend. The son of the master of Metropolis falls in love with a girl from the lower class.
Fantascientifico (Genere)
Fritz Lang's classic film about a totally mechanized society and those who rebel aganist it. A robot incites the working class of Metropolis, city of the future, to destroy their hedonistic rulers.
Fritz Lang's 1926 classic, Metropolis
Metropolis [videorecording]
En l'an 2026, l'industriel Fredersen dirige les destinées d'une ville gigantesque d'une architecture ultra-moderne. Son fils Freder s'aventure dans les souterrains de la cité où il découvre un peuple d'ouvriers traités en esclaves dont le travail favorise la vie des privilégiés de la surface. Il s'éprend de Maria, une jeune fille qui prêche la bonne parole aux prolétaires. Un savant fou, Rotwan, enlève Maria pour qu'elle serve de modèle à un robot qu'il a conçu. Le robot s'anime et se met à semer la révolte.
The Metropolis case: A documentary on Fritz Lang's 1927 film Metropolis. Before - After: Metropolis as an example for film restoration: another documentary on the restoration of Fritz Lang's 1927 film Metropolis.
The story of a 21st century city coldly ruled by Joh Fredersen. A small privileged class frolics above ground while the oppressed mass of workers toils below ground. Freder, son of Joh, falls in love with the saintly Maria, a young lower-class woman who preaches secretly to the workers. The city is nearly destroyed when Joh's attempt to use a robot bearing the likeness of Maria backfires and the robot incites the workers to violence.
Classic film about a totally mechanized society and those who rebel against it. A robot incites the working class of Metropolis, city of the future, to destroy their hedonistic rulers.
The year is 2020 A.D. Society is divided into two classes; an elite of idle people who live only for pleasure and the workers, a faceless mass who are doomed to serve as slaves to the monstrous machines they tend. The son of the master of the great city of Metropolis falls in love with a girl from the lower class.
An expressionistic vision of the city of the future where workers are enslaved by machines.
Ventunesimo secolo, un futuro vicino per l'umanità: la Terra è governata da un dittatore che vive con il figlio e tutta la sua corte nel grandioso giardino di una città futuristica. Gli operai, ridotti ad essere schiavi, vivono invece nei sotterranei, senza potere sul proprio futuro. Un giorno, Freder, figlio del despota, rendendosi conto della malvagità del padre si ribella... (Musicafilm).
Science fiction films
A stunning futuristic fantasy from the master of German expressionism, Fritz Lang.
In 2026, when the populace is divided between workers who live in dark squalid subterranean homes and the rich who enjoy a futuristic city of splendor, these two societies are on the brink of conflict, but an optimistic idealist encourages the workers to be patient, better days are coming. Lang's dark vision takes an idealized turn after 93 minutes of screen time, concluding with a final scene where industrialists and labor shake hands for a better future. Metropolis was made by Lang at Berlin's UFA studio with an unprecedented budget; the director spent one year and 7 million marks to realize his cinematic masterpiece. 25,000 men, 11,000 women, 1,100 bald people and 250 children were employed as extras on the mammoth sets that the film required. Metropolis was partially based on two medieval myths, The Golem, and Hommunculus. Fritz Lang said in 1959, "I don't like Metropolis. The ending is false. I didn't like it even when I made the film." Nevertheless, the film is one of the great masterpieces of the silent film era.
An expressionistic vision of a struggle between management and labor in a city of the future. Originally a German silent film made by Fritz Lang in 1926. Color, music, and English subtitles have been added to this 1984 version.
Sumario: En el año 2026, la población mundial se divide en dos clases: una elite dominante y una clase operaria; ésta última está condenada desde la infancia a vivir en suburbios, ser esclavos de monstruosas máquinas que controlan a Metropolis. Cuando el hijo de un criado de Metropolis se apaciona por María, una lider de operarios, se inicia la más simbólica lucha de clases jamás vista en la historia.
An expressionistic vision of the struggle between capital and labor in the city of the 21st century.
Visión épica y extraña del futuro año 2026, en el que los habitantes del mundo están divididos en dos clases: una élite dominante que vive lujosamente en la superficie y la clase trabajadora que vive bajo tierra condenada a trabajar como esclava desde que nace hasta que muere.
Metropolis takes place in 2026, when the populace is divided between workers who must live in the dark underground and the rich who enjoy a futuristic city of splendor.
Elaborately fantasizes a subterranean factory, which is ruled by titans, betrayed by robots, and saved by love. Shows the struggle between management and labor in a city of the future.
Summary: Portrays the city of the future, where man has been reduced to a cipher and the machine is all.
A silent film fantasy of a futuristic city, Metropolis, and its mechanized society depicting the dehumanization of cities. Set in the year 2000, the story follows a young, upper-class man who abandons his life of luxury to join oppressed workers in a revolt.
The story of a 21st century city run by a 'super trustee' and his collaborators who live in a paradise-like garden. Workers are totally enslaved by machines and condemned to live underground. In the midst of this misery, a young woman, Maria, arises and attempts to inspire the workers to throw off their oppressors.
In a city of the future, one employed as a thinker dares to visit the underground where the workers toil, and is astonished by what he sees.
Feature films
Allegorical drama about authoritarianism, revolt and reconciliation in an industrialized metropolis of the 21st century. The potentially disastrous results of a worker's revolt are avoided through the intervention of Freder, the boss's son, and Maria, the saintly activist.
Metropolis (Vídeo)
Metropolis: En una megalópolis del siglo XXI los obreros viven en un gueto subterráneo donde se encuentra el corazón industrial con la prohibición de salir al mundo exterior. Incitados por un robot se rebelan contra la clase intelectual que tiene el poder, amenazando con destruir la ciudad que se encuentra en la superficie, pero Freder (Gustav Frölich), hijo del dirigente de Metrópolis, con la ayuda de la hermosa María (Brigitte Helm) de origen humilde, intentarán evitar la destrucción apelando a los sentimientos y al amor.
Story of a city in the year 2000. A revolt by the people is countered by a robot, made in the image of the workers' favorite girl, which turns against the master threatening annihilation of the city.
Metropolis [reconstructed & restored]
Metropolis, la ville de demain où s'oppose à une classe de privilégiés, une masse d'esclaves parqués dans des souterrains et soumis à des cadences infernales. La révolte gronde mais elle est apaisée par la jeune Maria. pour contrer l'influence de cette dernière, le chef de la cité demande à Rotwang de lui construire un robot à l'image de Maria afin de pousser les ouvriers à la révolte.
Science fiction epic about the inhabitants of Metropolis in the year 2026. They are divided into two classes: an elite "ruling" class and the working class, who work below ground. When the son of the ruler of the city falls in love with a woman of the lower class, confrontation occurs.
Drame de science-fiction. En l'an 2026, l'industriel Fredersen dirige les destinées d'une ville gigantesque d'une architecture ultra-moderne. Son fils Freder s'aventure dans les souterrains de la cité où il découvre un peuple d'ouvriers traités en esclaves dont le travail favorise la vie des privilégiés de la surface. Il s'éprend de Maria, une jeune fille qui prêche la bonne parole aux prolétaires. Un savant fou, Rotwan, enlève Maria pour qu'elle serve de modèle à un robot qu'il a conçu. Le robot s'anime sous cette forme féminine et se met à semer la révolte. Freder et Maria s'emploient à sauver les enfants des ouvriers d'une catastrophe provoquée par l'arrêt du travail.
Classic about a utopian society of chosen elite and the underground city of workers that services it, and about those who rebel against this corrupting division of capitalists from the working class. A robot, created at the request of the leading industrialist, incites the working class of Metropolis to destroy the city and its rulers.
Freder enters the underground machine room for the first time . He sees an accident resulting from the exhaustion of a worker and has a vision of the machine as Moloch, the god of fire to whom sacrifices were offered. He then goes to his father in his office above the city.
In 2026, the rich rule over the poor, who live underground. One man tries to bridge the gap between the two classes. In July 2008 a complete copy of the film was discovered with an additional 25 minutes of lost footage that had not been seen since the film's premiere in 1927. After years of restoration the sci-fi epic was re-released in theaters in 2010 as The Complete Metropolis.
In una megalopoli del XXI secolo dominata dal dittatore Frederson, gli operai, che vivono nei sotterranei in stato di semischiavitù, ripongono la loro fiducia nella mite Maria, di cui si innamora Freder, figlio del dittatore. Per rompere l'unità degli operai, Frederson impone all'inventore-mago Rothwang di costruire un robot sosia di Maria, che semini discordia, ma questo incita gli operai alla rivolta e alla distruzione. Toccherà alla vera Maria e a Freder riconciliare le parti, ponendo le basi per un nuovo ordine sociale. (Mereghetti).
In 2020 A.D., Joh Fredersen rules Metropolis. A privileged class plays above ground while oppressed workers toil below ground. Freder, son of Joh, falls in love with Maria, a young lower-class woman who secretly preaches to the workers. Joh's attempt to use a robot bearing Maria's likeness backfires, Metropolis is nearly destroyed, and the robot incites the workers to violence.
Perhaps the most famous German film of all time, and certainly one of the most influential of all silent films, this restoration of "Metropolis" is the most complete and authentic since its day or release in 1927. The setting is the future, where people are divided into two groups: poor workers living beneath the ground, and the rich who enjoy a decadent city of luxury. The tense balance of these two societies is realized through images that are among the most famous of the 20th century, influencing later science-fiction films such as "Blade Runner" and "Star Wars".
The classic German silent from the 1920's about life in a futuristic city where a mad scientist creates a female robot in a bid to take over the metropolis. Restored version with original Gottfried Huppertz musical score.
A futuristic fantasy describing a mechanized city, where the enslaved working masses revolt against their rich masters. The film's production designs is an important example of German expressionist style.
This science fiction film portrays a grim view of a future world in which mechanization has succeded in dehumanizing the human race. The influence of German Expressionism lends a mystical and emotional atmosphere to the film. Silent with English intertitles. B & W.
Metrópolis
"Metropolis - die Anti-Utopie einer Großstadt: In der streng getrennten Klassengesellschaft leben die Arbeiter versklavt in unterirdischen Fabriken, die Reichen dagegen genießen ein luxurioses Dasein in der Oberstadt. Persönliche Leidenschaften und Intrigen, ein weiblicher Maschinenmensch als Instrument eines dämonischen Wissenschaftlers und ein Arbeiteraufstand beschwören einen zerstörerischen Machtkampf herauf, der die gesamte Stadt und ihre Bewohner zu vernichten droht"--http://www.arte.tv
Maps
Feature film from Germany. Sci-fi. Silent. Screen adaptation of the novel by Thea von Harbou. Set in a Utopian city of the future whose citizens are unaware of the plight of the workers down below.
Au 21e siècle, une gigantesque métropole est gouvernée autoritairement par un super-trusteur qui vit avec son fils et des collaborateurs dans le jardin suspendu d'Yoshiwara. Ses ouvriers sont rélégués dans des souterrains et exhortés à la résignation. Un inventeur fou fabrique un robot à la ressemblance d'une pacifiste. Une révolte éclate.
Musical
Metropolis (Film)
Set in a futuristic urban dystopia, the story follows the attempts of Freder, the wealthy son of the city's ruler, and Maria, a poor worker, to overcome the vast gulf separating the classes in their city.
Futuristic projection of contemporary social and political systems.
In een gigantische ondergrondse fabrieksstad rond het jaar 2000 komen arbeiders, opgehitst door een duivelse robot, in opstand tegen de de heersende intellectuele klasse en dreigt de schitterende bovenstad vernietigd te worden.
Metropolis (Motion picture : 1927)
The year 2020 where total oppression and manipulation of the masses is wielded by the unquestionable power of the few.
Metropolis can now be appreciated in its full glory! It is, as A.O. Scott of the New York Times declared, "A fever dream of the future. At last we have the movie every would-be cinematic visionary has been trying to make since 1927."
Metropolis (Motion picture : 1926)
The Wizard of Oz, is the original silent film adaptation of the classic story by L. Frank Baum, and follows the original story much closer than later films. Look for Oliver Hardy (of Laurel and Hardy fame) as the brave but heartless Tin Man. Tons of Keystone Kops like action really highlight this hard to find masterpiece of mayhem and mirth.
Fiction films
The story of a 21st century city run by a "super trustee" and his collaborators who live in a paradise-like garden. Workers are totally enslaved by machines and condemned to live underground. In the midst of this misery, a young woman, Maria, arises and attempts to inspire the workers to throw off their oppressors.
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Metropolis [Das Schicksal einer Menschheit im Jahre 2000]
In 2026, the rich rule over the poor, who live underground. One man tries to bridge the gap between the two classes.
"The future. Metropolis is a wonderful city, high above the ground its towers stand. The people prosper, the economy is flourishing, the suspended streets are busy. But Metropolis also has a great secret, so hidden that not even Freder Fredersen, son of founder Joh Fredersen knows about it. He is spending his free time in the Eternal Gardens, when suddenly a woman shows up, with what looks like a class of children. They're from the City of Workers, in the depth, Freder learns. "These are your brothers," she tells the children, before she is forced to leave. Freder is so intrigued he follows them into the depth and doesn't like what he sees. The workers are exploited, they must do labor like robots. Freder tries to convince his father to change, while the woman tries to keep workers' morale high by predicting a man will stand up that will mediate. Someone that will use both hands and head, someone that will be the heart." -- www.imdb.com This newly restored version of the film is the closest yet to the version Fritz Lang debuted to theatrical audiences in 1927 Berlin. In 2008, a duplicate negative created from an original 1927 Argentinian theatrical print was discovered in Buenos Aires' Museo del Cine. Extensive preservation work on that and other footage, in addition to a newly acquired copy of Gottfried Huppertz' original performance score, and intertitles translated into English from German censorship records, has led to a newly edited story line, with rearranged shots and scenes.
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"Basándose en la novela homónima de su esposa, Fritz Lang construyó una de las mejores superproducciones del cine alemán mudo. Ciudad donde viven infrahombres como esclavos."
An expressionistic drama about authoritarianism and revolt in an industrialized metropolis of the 21st century.
Comedy
The story takes place in the 21st century, in a large city autocratically run by a " Super Trustee" and his collaborators who live in a paradise-like garden. Workers are totally enslaved by machines and condemned to live underground. In the midst of the misery, a young woman ..."Maria"...arises, who attempts to inspire the workers to throw off their oppressors.
"Fritz Lang's 1927 masterpiece Metropolis is perhaps the most famous and influential of all silent films. Now that the original director's cut has been found, the film can be seen as the director intended. Metropolis is the crowning achievement of German Expressionist cinema. This is Lang's vision of a dystopian future - where the rich live in splendid luxury, while a literal underclass toil in a vast subterranean workshop"--Container.
"Metropolis takes place in the future, where people are divided into two groups: poor workers living beneath the ground and the rich who enjoy a decadent city of luxury. The tense balance of these two societies is realized through images that are among the most famous of the 20th century, many of which pre-empt such science fiction classics as Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey and Ridley Scott's Blade Runner Lavish and spectacular, with elaborate sets and jawdropping production values, Metropolis stands today as a testament to Lang's ambitious vision of what cinema could be" -- Container.
Nonfiction films
"En una megalópolis del año 2000 los obreros viven en un gueto subterráneo donde se encuentra el corazón industrial con la prohibición de salir al mundo exterior. Incitados por un robot se rebelan contra la clase intelectual que tiene el poder, amenazando con destruir la ciudad que se encuentra en la superficie... pero Freder (Gustav Frölich), hijo del soberano de Metrópolis, con la ayuda de la hermosa María (Brigitte Helm) de origen humilde, intentarán evitar la destrucción apelando a los sentimientos y al amor. El filme se desarrolla en el año 2026, en una ciudad-estado de enormes proporciones llamada Metrópolis. La sociedad se ha dividido en dos grupos antagónicos y complementarios: una élite de propietarios y planeadores, que viven en la superficie, viendo el mundo desde los grandes rascacielos y paisajes urbanos, y una casta de trabajadores, que viven bajo la ciudad y que trabajan sin cesar para mantener el modo de vida de los de la superficie. El presidente-director de la ciudad es Johhan 'Joh' Fredersen (interpretado por el actor Alfred Abel). Una figura carismática y pacificadora llamada María defiende la causa de los trabajadores. Pero en lugar de incitar a una revuelta, insta a los trabajadores a buscar una salida pacífica y tener paciencia, esperando la llegada del "Mediador", que unirá ambas mitades de la sociedad. El hijo de Fredersen, Freder (Gustav Fröhlich) conoce a María y queda prendado de ella. Al seguirla sin que ésta se dé cuenta, penetra en el mundo subterráneo de los trabajadores y mira con sus propios ojos las pésimas condiciones en que éstos viven y trabajan, así como el desdén absoluto de los propietarios, que prefieren traer más trabajadores para que las máquinas no se detengan, que auxiliar a los que sufren accidentes en ellas. Asqueado por lo que ve, Freder decide unirse a la causa de María."--Wikipedia.
Classique du cinéma expressionniste allemand, en version muette à laquelle fut ajoutée la partition musicale originale. Au 21e siècle, une gigantesque métropole est gouvernée autoritairement par un super-trusteur qui vit avec son fils et des collaborateurs dans le jardin suspendu d'Yoshiwara. Ses ouvriers sont rélégués dans des souterrains et exhortés à la résignation. Un inventeur fou fabrique un robot à la ressemblance d'une pacifiste. Une révolte éclate.
Freder Fredersen is the son of Joh Fredersen, who reigns over the great city of Metropolis. Freder is surprised to discover his lifestyle has been built on the unseen but backbreaking labor of an entire class of unseen workers who tend the machines that make the city run, and he descends to the subterranean levels of Metropolis in an effort to understand their lives. In 1981 Giorgio Moroder began a three-year endeavor to restore the science fiction classic Metropolis.
The story takes place in the 21st century, in a large city autocratically run by a "Super Trustee" and his collaborators who live in a paradise-like garden. Workers are totally enslaved by machines and condemned to live underground. In the midst of the misery, a young woman "Maria" arises, who attempts to inspire the workers to throw off their oppressors.
Futuristic fantasy about the horrors of a mechanized Utopia.
Discusses the history of London through its everchanging maps - fire maps from the Great Fire of 1666, the 1737 city survey, "sin and gin" maps and cholera maps.
This is not a reconstruction but a new version of Fritz Lang's classic. Moroder went back to the original intertitles using the explanatory ones as narration and turning the others into dialogue printed as subtitles. Production stills are used as establishing shots and linking devices to produce a sense of coherent narrative logic probably more precise than was contained even in the original complete Metropolis screened at the Berlin premiere.
Complete Metropolis
Metropolis takes place in 2026, when the populace is divided between workers who must live in the dark underground and the rich who enjoy a futuristic city of splendor. The tense balance of these two societies is realised through images that are among the most famous of the 20th century, many of which presage such sci-fi landmarks as 2001: A Space Odyssey and Blade Runner. Lavish and spectacular, with elaborate sets and modern science fiction style, Metropolis stands today as the crowning achievement of the German silent cinema.
A futuristic city is controlled by tyrannical industrialists who live in splendour, while slave-like workers live underground in squalour, tending the machines. A classic meditation on futuristic technology and mass mentality, this silent film fantasy concerns mechanized society. Original set design and special effects made this an innovative and influential film in 1926.
UCLA preservation
A robot incites the working class of Metropolis, a totally mechanized city of the future, to rebel against and destroy their hedonistic rulers.
"Director Fritz Lang's immortal si-fi fantasy classic of how the future may unfold, a futuristic mechanized society an oppressed working class come together with violent implications. The young aristocrat joins the social conflict on the side of the workers who desire a life as more than extentions of the machines they work."--Container.
The peaceful, idyllic life in the automated, mechanized & regimented city of the future is shattered when a mad inventor intentionally seeks to disrupt things.
The peaceful, idyllic life in the automated, mechanized and regimented city of the future is shattered when a mad inventor intentionally seeks to disrupt things.
In una megalopoli del XXI secolo dominata dal dittatore Frederson, gli operai che vivono nei sotterranei, in stato di semischiavitù, ripongono la loro fiducia nella mite Maria di cui si innamora Freder, figlio del dittatore. Per rompere l'unità degli operai, Frederson impone all'inventore-mago Rothwang di costruire un robot, sosia di Maria, che semini discordia, ma questo incita gli operai alla rivolta e alla distruzione. Toccherà alla vera Maria e a Freder riconciliare le parti, ponendo le basi per un nuovo ordine sociale. (Mereghetti).
"En la metrópoli, Yoshiwara, los obreros, quienes viven en una ciudad subterránea, buscan esperanza en la palabra de la predicadora María. Cuando el científico Rotwag le muestra su nuevo invento un robot concebido para remplazar la mano de obra el dueño de la ciudad le ordena ponerle el rsotro de María para enviarlo entre los obreos y dividirlos. Conocedor del plan y enamorado de María, el hijo del magnate se aventura por la ciudad subterránea."
The story of a 21st century city run by a "super trustee" and his collaborators who live in a paradise-like garden. Workers are totally enslaved by machines and condemned to live underground. In the midst of this misery, a young woman, Maria, arises, who attempts to inspire the workers to throw off their oppressors.
Anime retelling of Fritz Lang's 'Metropolis'. Ruled by the despotic Duke Red, ultra-futuristic city Metropolis is a playground for its rich citizens, but is serviced and kept going by an underclass of Robots toiling below ground. The Duke who lost his biological daughter is consumed by the desire to create a robot version of her, much to the chagrin of his adopted son, the belligerent loner Rock. Arriving in the poorer side of the city are Kenichi and his uncle, who are in search of missing scientist Dr. Laughton. But Dr Laughton is the genius behind Duke Red's robot-building centre and also mastermind of the part-human, part-robot replacement daughter the Duke has requested, known as Tima. Ever more jealous of his father's interest in the Tima project, Rock attempts to kill the Doctor and Tima just as Kenichi and his uncle arrive. However, Kenichi and his uncle rescue Tima and Rock pursues them through the robot underworld. Tima then starts to learn what it's like to be a girl and p.
Drama
SUMMARY: The 1925 German science fiction classic with robots and the city of the future. A silent film, now with music score.
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Portrays the city of the future, where man has been reduced to a cipher and the machine is all.
An expressionistic vision of a struggle between management and labor in a city of the future.
Fritz Lang's expressionistic drama about Metropolis - a futuristic urban dystopia in the 21st century, a subterranean city in which the underground-dwelling workers toil constantly in factories owned by wealthy authoritarian industrialists who rule the vast city from high-rise tower complexes in the luxurious Upper Town - until the vast gulf separating the social classes is threatened by a workers' uprising that threatens to destroy the entire city and its inhabitants.
Il conflitto tra magia e tecnologia moderna ispirò a Fritz Lang uno dei più importanti film di ogni epoca, realizzato nel 1926 con tecniche rivoluzionarie per l̉epoca. Antesignano del cinema di fantascienza, dramma potente e imponente, rappresenta uno dei capolavori del cinema espressionista. (LaFeltrinelli).
"In this influential silent classic, set in a sprawling city of the future, a workers' uprising threatens to destroy the metropolis. In the 21st century, society has been divided into two classes- the lowly workers who live underground , and they wealthy ruling class who indulge in a decadent existence in the towering skyscrapers above. Until one day, when a member of the ruling class, lured below ground by an attractive female worker, is horrified by what he witnesses. He endeavors to help improve their plight, but a mad scientist and his evil robots are enlisted to thwart the young man and crush the labor reform efforts."--Container.
Silent films
Fritz Lang epic collection
"Esta película es una de las cumbres del expresionismo alemán con impresionante y opresivos decorados, multitudes desplazándose en recorridos geométricos, sofisticados juegos de luces y sombras. Su particular visión de la sociedad industrial del futuro y del hombre dominado por fuerzas superiores aparece aquí en su mayor expresión". -- Envase.
Au 21e siècle une gigantesque métropole est gouverné autoritairement par un super-truster qui vit avec son fils et des collaborateurs dans un jardin suspendu d'Yoshiwara. Ses ouvriers sont relégués dans des souterrains et exhortés à la résignation. Un inventeur fou fabrique un robot à la ressemblance d'une pacifiste. Une révolte éclate.
A video edition of Fritz Lang's science fiction classic newly restored and overlaied with a music score now in the custody of the National Film and Sound Archive, Canberra. This version from 1994 contains shots early in the film which are not generally found in other circulating versions (e.g. the athletic contest). As with virtually all currently circulating prints, this print has its origin in the American release version re-edited in 1927 by playwright Channing Pollock and others to less than two-thirds of the original length.
This classic of science fiction tells of an underground city run by evil minds that use a robot to influence and control the people. Made in Germany in 1926, it has English titles and subtitles.
Science fiction
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