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Metropolis
1927
Germany
feature film -
Sci-Fi
153 min.
(4189 m.)
Studio shooting / no Berlin story line
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)