Metropolis (1927)
En 2026, une métropole à l’architecture fantastique vit sous le joug d’un groupe de tyrans. Les aristocrates se prélassent et se divertissent dans de somptueuses demeures et de luxuriants jardins, tandis que la grande masse de la population travaille, dort et survit durement dans les profondeurs de la terre. Le fils du maître de la ville découvre avec effarement l’existence du monde souterrain, où se rencontrent en secret les ouvriers, peu enclins à supporter pour toujours leur situation. Pendant ce temps, un savant invente une femme‐robot qui doit détourner les opprimés de leur révolte…
Directeur:
Fritz Lang
écrivains:
Fritz Lang, Thea von Harbou.
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Gustav Fröhlich as Freder Fredersen |
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Brigitte Helm as Maria / The Machine Man |
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Alfred Abel as Johann 'Joh' Fredersen |
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Rudolf Klein-Rogge as C.A. Rotwang |
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Theodor Loos as Josaphat |
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Fritz Rasp as The Thin Man |
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Erwin Biswanger as No. 11811 - Georgy |
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Heinrich George as Grot |
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Fritz Alberti as Creative Human - Man Who Convinces Babel (uncredited) |
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Grete Berger as Working Woman (uncredited) |
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Olly Boeheim as Working Woman (uncredited) |
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Heinrich Gotho as Master of Ceremonies (uncredited) |
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Gottfried Huppertz as Man Playing Violin (uncredited) |
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Georg John as Working Man Who Causes Explosion of M-Machine (uncredited) |
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Margarete Lanner as Woman of Eternal Gardens / Lady in Car (uncredited) |
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Rose Lichtenstein as Working Woman (uncredited) |
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Hanns Leo Reich as Marinus (uncredited) |
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Arthur Reinhardt as Working Man (uncredited) |
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Curt Siodmak as Working Man (uncredited) |
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Henrietta Siodmak as Working Woman (uncredited) |
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Olaf Storm as Jan (uncredited) |
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Rolf von Goth as Son in Eternal Gardens (uncredited) |
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Helen von Münchofen as Woman of Eternal Gardens (uncredited) |
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Helene Weigel as Working Woman (uncredited) |
| Production | Erich Pommer | Producer |
| Directing | Fritz Lang | Director |
| Sound | Gottfried Huppertz | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Fritz Lang | Editor |
| Camera | Karl Freund | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Günther Rittau | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Walter Ruttmann | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Aenne Willkomm | Costume Design |
| Art | Edgar G. Ulmer | Set Designer |
| Writing | Fritz Lang | Screenplay |
| Art | Walter Schulze-Mittendorff | Sculptor |
| Crew | Ernst Kunstmann | Special Effects |
| Crew | Konstantin Irmen-Tschet | Special Effects |
| Visual Effects | Eugen Schüfftan | Visual Effects |
| Camera | Robert Baberske | First Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Horst von Harbou | Still Photographer |
| Sound | Frank Strobel | Music Editor |
| Camera | Robert Baberske | Assistant Camera |
| Writing | Thea von Harbou | Screenplay |
| Writing | Thea von Harbou | Novel |
| Directing | Slatan Dudow | Assistant Director |
| Art | Otto Hunte | Set Designer |
| Art | Erich Kettelhut | Set Designer |
| Art | Karl Vollbrecht | Set Designer |
| Camera | Karl Freund | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Günther Rittau | Camera Operator |
| Sound | Otto Harzner | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Frank Strobel | Conductor |
| Crew | Erich Holder | Production Office Assistant |
| Crew | Erich Kettelhut | Production Office Assistant |
| Crew | Rudi George | Production Artist |
| Art | Karl Vollbrecht | Art Direction |
| Art | Erich Kettelhut | Art Direction |
| Art | Otto Hunte | Art Direction |