Metropolis

Cast

Actor/-ess

Brigitte Helm (Maria / robot)

Alfred Abel (Joh Fredersen, the master of Metropolis)

Gustav Fröhlich (Freder Fredersen)

Rudolf Klein-Rogge (Rotwang, a Scientist)

Fritz Rasp (Thin Man, Fredersen's spy)

Theodor Loos (Josaphat, Fredersen's assistant and Freder's friend)

Erwin Biswanger (Georgy Nr. 11811, a Worker)

Heinrich George (Grot, the foreman of the Heart Machine)

Olaf Storm (Jan)

Hanns Leo Reich (Marinus)

Heinrich Gotho (Master of Ceremonies of Eternal Gardens)

Margarete Lanner (Lady in Car / Woman of Eternal Gardens)

Max Dietze (Arbeiter)

Georg John (Working Man Who Causes Explosion of M-Machine)

Walter Kurt Kühle (Working Man)

Arthur Reinhardt (Working Man)

Erwin Vater (Working Man)

Grete Berger (Working Woman)

Olly Boeheim (Working Woman)

Ellen Frey (Working Woman)

Lisa Gray (Working Woman)

Rosa Liechtenstein (Working Woman)

Helene Weigel (Working Woman)

Beatrice Garga (Woman of Eternal Gardens)

Annie Hintze (Woman of Eternal Gardens)

Helen von Münchhofen (Woman of Eternal Gardens)

Hilde Woitscheff (Woman of Eternal Gardens)

Fritz Alberti (Creative Human)

Ilse Davidsohn

Direction

Director

Fritz Lang

Director intern

Slatan Dudow

Writing

Screenplay

Thea von Harbou

Fritz Lang

Based on

Thea von Harbou

Camera & Light

Director of photography

Günther Rittau

Karl Freund

Assistant camera / focus puller

Robert Baberske

Günther Anders

H. O. Schulze

2nd Camera unit

Günther Rittau

Optical effects

Eugen Schüfftan

Ernst Kunstmann

Optical effects camera

Helmar Lerski

Konstantin Tschet

Still photographer

Horst von Harbou

Camera (other)

Erich Kettelhut

Decor

Production design

Otto Hunte

Erich Kettelhut

Karl Vollbrecht

Edgar G. Ulmer (Assistenz)

Sculptor

Walter Schulze-Mittendorff

Costume design

Aenne Willkomm

Cutting & Mixing

Editing

Fritz Lang

Music

Music

Gottfried Huppertz

Production

Producer

Erich Pommer

Companies

Production company

Universum-Film AG (UFA)