Metropolis

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PG13,1hr 55min

Genres:

Sci-Fi,Drama

Released:

March 13, 1927

Distributor:

Paramount Pictures

Starring:

Alfred Abel, Gustav Froehlich, Rudolf Klein-Rogge ... More

Synopsis: The biggest-budgeted movie ever produced at Germany's UFA, Fritz Lang's gargantuan Metropolis consumed resources that would have yielded upwards of 20 conventional features, more than half the studio's entire annual production budget. And if it didn't make a profit at the time -- indeed, it nearly bankrupted the studio -- the film added an indelible array of images and ideas to cinema, and has endured across the many decades since its release. Metropolis had many sources of inspiration, including ... Full Synopsis

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	Dan Jardine, AMG Review Set around the apocalyptic year of 2000, Metropolis has had a seminal influence on science fiction and futuristic movies as diverse as The Bride of Frankenstein, Blade Runner, and Dark City. Featuring literally a cast of thousands, Metropolis creates a reality so complex and artistically unified the viewer gets swept away to this future world. Director Fritz Lang's surreal and occasionally incomprehensible ... Read Review