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Metropolis

19272h 33mMovie

Original language: German

“There can be no understanding between the hands and the brain unless the heart acts as mediator.”

In a towering future city the rich live in gardens above ground while the workers keep the machines running below. The industrialist's son follows a woman down into the depths and cannot unsee what he finds there.

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  • Subjective avg 3

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  • Story & Writing avg 2.5

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  • Cinematography avg 5

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  • Special Effects avg 5

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  • Costume & Production Design avg 4.5

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  • Pacing & Editing avg 2

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  • Compared to everything avg 3.5

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  • Compared to its genre avg 5

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  • IMDb

    7/10

  • Letterboxd

    3.5★

  • Rotten Tomatoes

    3.5★

    Fresh
  • TMDB

    7.5/10

  • Trakt

    7/10

  • Metacritic (user)

    6/10

  • Percent

    62.1%

Cast

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Director
Fritz Lang
Cinematography
Karl Freund

Recent reviews

  • Demo Watcher

    24 Apr 2026

    Every frame is a poster and every scene is twice as long as it needs to be. Rating the two separately is the only honest way to do this.