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Metropolis (1927)

Metropolis (1927)
Edit Storyline Sometime in the future, the city of Metropolis is home to a Utopian society where its wealthy residents live a carefree life. One of those is Freder Fredersen. One day, he spots a beautiful woman with a group of children, she and the children who quickly disappear. Trying to follow her, he, oblivious to such, is horrified to find an underground world of workers, apparently who run the machinery which keeps the above ground Utopian world functioning. Plot Summary | Add Synopsis Taglines: There can be no understanding between the hands and the brain unless the heart acts as mediator. Edit Details Release Date: 13 March 1927 (USA) See more » Box Office Budget: DEM 6,000,000 (estimated) Opening Weekend: $1,070 (USA) (8 August 2003) Gross: $26,435 (USA) (11 November 2011) See more » Company Credits Technical Specs Runtime: Aspect Ratio: 1.33 : 1 See full technical specs » Edit Did You Know? Goofs Quotes Crazy Credits Connections Referenced in Der Fall Metropolis (2003) See more » Soundtracks

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