Metropolis

Drama, Thriller, Silent, Romance

Alfred Abel	Johhan Fredersen
Gustav Fröhlich	Freder Fredersen
Brigitte Helm	Maria/The Machine Man/Death/The Seven Deadly Sins
Rudolf Klein-Rogge	C.A. Rotwang
Fritz Rasp	Der Schmale/Slim
Theodor Loos	Josaphat
Erwin Biswanger	Georg
Heinrich George	Grot
Fritz Alberti	Creative human - man who convinces Babel
Grete Berger	Working woman
Rudolph Kleine Rogge

Director	Fritz Lang
Producer	Giorgio Moroder; Erich Pommer
Writer	Fritz Lang; Thea von Harbou
Cinematography	Karl Freund; Walter Ruttmann; Günther Rittau
Musician	Gottfried Huppertz

In a society where the haves are separated from the have-nots by the confines of a privileged world supported from beneath by an unseen class of workers, idealistic young Freder (Gustav Frohlich), the son of city Master John Frederson (Alfred Abel), stumbles one day into the previously unknown realm of the workers and learns first-hand of the forced torment and hopelessness of their lives. There, in their harsh, underground world, they labor, day and night, manning the machines which keep his beautiful world above functioning. Distressed by what he sees, Freder returns to the surface and asks his father for fairer treatment and an equal share in their city above for the workers who’ve built it. His father rebuffs him, however, and instead puts into action a plan to undermine the workers and maintain the status quo. But his nefarious deeds may only serve to destroy Metropolis for everyone and his own son along with it.