Metropolis
1927 | Sci-Fi | Germany | Directed by Fritz Lang
Overview
A towering city of the future divided between planners above and workers below. Lang imagery, the robot Maria and the machine made flesh, set visual templates for Blade Runner, for Star Wars droids, and for every dystopia since. Restored versions reunited long lost footage in 2010. The mother of science fiction cinema.
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