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Metropolis

1927 · 148 min · Drama

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