Metropolis

Metropolis is a 1927 German expressionist science-fiction film directed by Fritz Lang. The film was written by Lang and his wife Thea Von Harbou, and starred Brigitte Helm, Gustav Fröhlich, Alfred Abel and Rudolf Klein-Rogge. The film was produced in the Babelsberg Studios by UFA. Made in Germany during the Weimar Period, Metropolis is set in a futuristic urban dystopia, and follows the attempts of Freder, the son of a wealthy intellectual, and M... More

Initial release date:

  • Jan 10, 1927

Directed by:

Runtime:

  • 3 h 30 min

Also known as:

  • Metropolis Restored,
  • Metropolis,
  • Metrópolis,
  • The Complete Metropolis

Film

Directed by

Fritz Lang

Friedrich Christian Anton "Fritz" Lang (December 5, 1890 – August 2, 1976) was an Austrian-American filmmaker, screenwriter, and occasional film producer and actor. One of the best known émigrés from Germany's school of Expressionism, he was dubbed the "Master of Darkness" by the British Film...

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Release date(s):

Film release region Release Date Film release distribution medium
  • 1927
  • 1926
  • Feb 18, 2003
  • Mar 13, 1927
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Costume design by:

Runtime:

Runtime Note
  • 3 h 30 min
  • Germany
  • 2 h 27 min
  • 2 h 4 min
  • 2 h 28 min
  • 2 h 20 min
  • 1 h 35 min
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Estimated budget:

Currency Amount
  • 1,300,000

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Awards

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Award Nominations:

Year Award Award Nominee Nominated work
  • 1984

Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Musical Score Nominees

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