Metropolis

Futuristic city, underground workers' bells ringing, machinery humming. The city's elite live in skyscrapers, the poor in darkness, a prophet emerges. Lang's dystopian vision still influences sci-fi today.

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Fritz Lang directed Metropolis in 1927. See Fritz Lang's full filmography, where to start with Fritz Lang, or where to go after you've seen everything by Fritz Lang.

Metropolis was released in 1927 (DE original-language production), with a runtime of 148 minutes.