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Metropolis

Movie (1927)

Metropolis is Fritz Lang’s monumental silent science fiction film from 1927. The film’s strong imagery shows us the future city of Metropolis where the society has been divided into the elite living high above ground and the workers living underground. Joh Frederson, the son of the leader of the city falls in love with a beautiful woman, Maria, who is fighting to break the societal sep ...

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Released:	Mar 13th, 1927
Budget:	$92,620,000.00
Revenue:	$650,422.00

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Alfred Abel
plays Joh Fredersen

Gustav Fr�hlich
plays Freder, Joh Fredersen's son

Rudolf Klein-Rogge
plays C. A. Rotwang, the inventor

Fritz Rasp
plays The Thin Man

Theodor Loos
plays Josaphat

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Being one of the most expensive movies of the time, costing around 5,000,000 marks, this film nearly sent UFA (Universum Film) into bankruptcy.
Movie Goof (continuity error): Towards the close of the film, as Freder is grabbed by the mob, his shirt is pulled open. When next seen, it is fastened up again.
This film took 2 years to shoot.
Movie Goof (continuity error): After having worked at the machine for ten hours, Freder is clearly exhausted when he enters the catacombs and goes down the last stairwell. When he relieved Georgy (worker 11811) earlier in the film, Georgy was sweating--implying Freder should now be sweating too. However, when he takes off his beanie in the catacombs, his hair isn't wet from sweat at all.

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