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★
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Rotten Tomatoes
3.5★
TMDB
7.5/10
Trakt
7/10
Metacritic (user)
6/10
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62.1%
Cast
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- Director
- Fritz Lang
- Writing
- Thea von Harbou
- Cinematography
- Karl Freund
- Music
- Gottfried Huppertz
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