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Metropolis

1927

Fritz Lang

Gustav Fröhlich, Brigitte Helm, Alfred Abel, Rudolf Klein-Rogge ...

8.2

39,372

Sci-Fi. Drama In Metropolis, society is divided in two classes: the rich, who have all the power and all kinds of luxuries and the workers, doomed to work and confined to live in poor conditions. One day, Freder (Alfred Abel), the son of the powerful Joh Fredersen (Gustav Frohlich), the man who is in charge of the whole city, after falling in love with Maria (Brigitte Helm), discovers the hard conditions in which the workers live and warns his father about a possible rebellion. [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Jami Bernard New York Daily News	"Each frame of this classic is drop-dead stunning"	POS
United States	Kenneth Turan Los Angeles Times	"One of the icons of the silent era (...) once you give yourself up to its turbulent spirit, you too will be swept away"	POS
United States	Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times	"Few films have ever been more visually exhilarating"	POS
United States	Mick LaSalle SFGATE	"A masterpiece of art direction, the movie has influenced our vision of the future ever since"	POS
United Kingdom	Philip French The Guardian	"One of the landmarks of world cinema, among the last of the silent classics."	POS
United Kingdom	Jonathan Romney The Independent	"The film's futurism is still breathtaking"	POS
United States	Mordaunt Hall The New York Times	"A technical marvel (...) A remarkable achievement (...) Its scenes bristle with cinematic imagination"	POS
United States	Simon Abrams Slant	"What's most amazing about 'Metropolis' is the way that its characters' neuroses are given such a wide range that they totally and completely supersede narrative logic (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United Kingdom	Ben Walters Time Out	"Lang’s film is a mammoth marvel, fusing modernism and expressionism, art deco and Biblical spectacle, Wagnerian bombast, sentimental Marxism and religiose millenarianism (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Keith Phipps AV Club	"Lang’s film placed its grim vision in the future, but he didn’t have to look far ahead to see it coming."	POS
United States	Variety	"From a photographic and directorial standpoint it is something entirely original (...) The weakness is the scenario by Thea von Harbou. It gives effective chances for scenes, but it actually gets nowhere."	NEU
United States	Ciara Wardlow Film School Rejects	"Featuring visual effects and cinematic techniques that are still intriguing and impressive to the modern viewer, Metropolis is epic in every sense of the word (...) the scope of its influence, particularly in the realm of science fiction, is remarkable."	POS

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