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Germany10 Essential German FilmsStop 2 of 10
Metropolis
In a towering future city where a pampered elite lives in luxury above the toiling masses below, the son of the city's master falls for a working-class prophet and glimpses the coming clash. Fritz Lang's monumental, visionary silent epic.
Why it’s here
Fritz Lang’s Weimar production established a visual language for dystopian science fiction and is among the defining works of German cinema.
- Runtime
- 148 min
- Genre
- Drama · Science Fiction
- Mood
- thoughtful
- Entry
- easy entry
- Best for
- first visit · film history