Words can't describe it!  "Metropolis" must be seen!

Starring: Brigitte Helm, Alfred Abel, Gustav Fröhlich, Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Fritz Rasp, Theodor Loos, Erwin Biswanger, Heinrich George, Heinrich Gotho, Fritz Alberti, Grete Berger

DML Rating: ★★★★★★★★★★ - perfect

"Your magnificent city, Father - and you the brain of this city - and all of us in the city's light... and where are the people, father, whose hands built your city...?" - Freder to his father Jon

Why watch this? This masterpiece is ground-zero for sci-fi influence in films.

Plot Summary: This is a morality tale set in a futuristic city dystopia where the wealthy rule and abide in shining skyscrapers above, while the workers live below in concrete squalor. The city's creator and administrator is the cold Jon Fredersen. His privileged, good-hearted son, Freder, by chance, encounters Maria, a saintly woman caring for the underworld's children. This inspires Freder to learn the truth about the oppressed workers, who slave away, operating massive computers, themselves becoming cogs in the brutal machinery. Jon becomes frustrated that the workers are planning to rebel, so he enlists the city's inventor, Rotwang, to covert a female robot into the likeness of Maria, to quell the upstart insurrection.

Dad's Preview: German director, Fritz Lang and his wife, Thea von Harbou, created the silent film, Metropolis, over 17 grueling months. This film's influence on science fiction film can be seen in the likes of Blade Runner, Frankenstein and Star Wars, to name a few. It is an epic spectacle that used religious allegory, satire, and insane special effects to tell its story. The plot, which is eerily pertinent to today's political arena, illustrates the dangers of a rich, billionaire ruling-class that revels in a gulf of separation from the working class who keep things running. Most versions available have been restored to their former glory. 

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