Gustav Fr�ohlich, Brigitte Helm, Alfred Abel, Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Theodor Loos, Fritz Rasp, Erwin Biswanger, Heinrich George. Originally produced as a motion picture in Germany in 1927; then remade in 1984. Based on the novel by Thea von Harbou. Special features: "The fading image" a documentary about the restoration of Metropolis, produced by Giorgio Moroder in 1984; original trailer; gallery; A personal message from Giorgio Moroder.
Summary:
Freder Fredersen is the son of Joh Fredersen, who reigns over the great city of Metropolis in the year 2026. The younger Fredersen is surprised to discover his lifestyle has been built on the unseen, but backbreaking, labor of an entire class of workers who tend the machines that make the city run, and he descends to the subterranean levels of Metropolis in an effort to understand their lives. This version was produced in 1981 when Giorgio Moroder began a three-year endeavor to restore the science fiction classic.
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