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Watch: Metropolis 1927 123movies, Full Movie Online – Sometime in the future, the city of Metropolis is home to a Utopian society where its wealthy residents live a carefree life. One of those is Freder Fredersen. One day, he spots a beautiful woman with a group of children, she and the children quickly disappear. Trying to follow her, he is horrified to find an underground world of workers who apparently run the machinery that keeps the Utopian world above ground functioning. One of the few people above ground who knows about the world below is Freder’s father, John Fredersen, who is the founder and master of Metropolis. Freder learns that the woman is called Maria, who espouses the need to join the “hands” – the workers – to the “head” – those in power above – by a mediator who will act as the “heart”. Freder wants to help the plight of the workers in their struggle for a better life. But when John learns of what Maria is advocating and that Freder has joined their cause, with the assistance of an old colleague. an inventor called Rotwang, who turns out to be But their nemesis goes to works towards quashing a proposed uprising, with Maria at the centre of their plan. John, unaware that Rotwang has his own agenda., makes plans that include shutting down the machines, with the prospect of unleashing total anarchy both above and below ground..
Plot: In a futuristic city sharply divided between the rich and the poor, the son of the city’s mastermind meets a prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their differences.
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	8.3/10 Votes: 174,823
	97% | RottenTomatoes
	98/100 | MetaCritic
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This has got to be the ultimate cinematic illustration of the strata of human existence. Whether it be a story of the survival of the fittest; the cleverest; the most devious; most beautiful – or a hybrid of some/all – it reflects poignantly how humanity always seeks to exist within a hierarchical structure (merited or otherwise, but perfectly epitomised here by the matriarchal, deific robot), but how much more effectively mankind can succeed if it accepts and values everyone and works together. It also clearly identifies the perennial problem of those with the brain always ending up far more successful, comfortable – and powerful than those who do the labour. Hence, this wonderful tale from Fritz Lang takes us to “Metropolis” – a totalitarian – though not necessarily intentionally malevolent – society, in which everyone has their place and role. Except, that is – for the son of the “Master”. Like many a fickle youth; he has little to occupy his time and his meaningless existence leaves him ripe for new ideas. When he takes pity on a recently sacked employee of his father and shortly afterwards is exposed to a lifestyle he couldn’t even have imagined, the story starts to gain a thought-provoking and unstoppable pace. The score magnificently guides us from the drudgery of day-to-day-life through the emancipating revolution that inevitably follows, with all of the ill-foreseen, largely devastating consequences – like a bottle of champagne that has been shaken, sooner or later the cork pops! It is also a story of love between the son and a woman way, way, way beneath his station. Yes, there is light on the sunlit uplands – and much like a forest fire that destroys all in it’s path; this film clearly suggests at the end that hope and optimism will triumph and a green shoots of recovery starts to grow again… It also, as a piece of cinema, is clearly the inspiration for so many directors, cinematographers and story tellers that followed…

Metropolis is one of the greatest films ever made. It’s amazing set design, brilliant cinematography, groundbreaking special effects and futuristic story truly makes it one of the must-sees in cinema!

It is set in the future, in a city called Metropolis where the citizens are divided into two groups: workers (who live under the ground and are working 10 hour shifts by enormous machines that keeps Metropolis working) and the royals (living in luxury in the great city on the surfice). And over them all, is the creator of Metropolis: Joh Fredersen (Alfred Abel). His son Freder (Gustav Fröhlich) falls in love with a woman of the working-class called Maria (Brigitte Helm) who preaches that a mediator will come and create peace and equality for both workers and royals. Joh Fredersen sees Maria as a big threat agains his “order”, so he and the inventor Rotwang (Rudolf Klein-Rogge) kidnaps her and copies her appearence onto a robot, which will destroy the workers faith in Maria. However, Rotwang secretly plans to programme the robot to make the workers destroy the city and crush Joh Fredersen, as an act of vengeance against Fredersen for a sin he committed in the past…

Lang made this film in 1927, and it was a huge blockbuster event of that year. However, after the premiere, the US distributor heavily cut down the film, and thereafter the original version was considered lost for almost a decade. In 2008 they found the original version in Argentina (very damaged, but watchable), which became the basis for the most recent reconstruction (2010). If you are going to watch this movie (as I highly recommend that you do!) that’s the version to watch!

Overall, Metropolis is a REALLY REALLY great movie, that you, once again, MUST watch!

I give it a 10/10

Early science fiction story that presents a pessimistic prediction of a future society.
Who ever heard of an epic science fiction film? Especially in the 1920s? Sure, some science fiction movies are huge today, such as George Lucas’ latest goofy Star Wars movie, but in 1926, Fritz Lang came out with a brilliant film about what the future would be like if people went on living the way they were living back then. And sure enough, we went right ahead living the way we were living, the population got bigger and more crowded, and now modern society is not a whole lot different from what was presented in Metropolis.

The story is about a young rich kid without a care in the world who becomes concerned about the way that society (Metropolis) was run by his father, John Frederson, the master of Metropolis. He lives in a ‘Pleasure Garden’ high above the level of the workers’, and he worries about what would happen if the huge number of workers were to turn against his father, given the terrible conditions under which they live and work. Some of the best scenes in the film take place in the underground mines, showing the workers portrayed as little more than components on a gigantic, sinister looking machine. The scene where the machine overheated even contained some impressive stunts, as well as interesting cinematography as the machine transforms into a giant devil-looking monster. After countless workers are consumed by it (no wonder this was Hitler’s favorite film), they are immediately replaced by other workers, who go right to the same spots that the previous men left and resume their robotic movements. If some of these scenes, men can be seen being carried away on stretchers after having been injured, and the rest of the workers keep right on working, hardly even noticing.

The way that the workers are portrayed as lifeless machines is one of the more potent elements of this film, as well as the most revealing about the directors intentions. When his son complains about the tragic things that go on in the mines, Frederson replies that such accidents are unavoidable, but his son still insists that they deserve credit for building the city. This is the kind of content that foreshadows some serious mutiny, and at the same time it shows what may very well happen when large groups of people feel mistreated. `Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups’ is a saying that doesn’t necessarily only apply to stupid people, as Metropolis suggests. Fritz Lang brilliantly portrays this very complex story with extremely limited dialogue, and the result is still compelling today. The special effects in this film are decades ahead of its time – it even resembles The Fifth Element in many ways (except that the two films can hardly be compared) – and the acting and especially the elaborately created sets are stunning to say the least. An excellent film, Metropolis is one of the few that should never be forgotten.

Far ahead of its time n still rocks.
I first saw this in the early 90s.

Revisited the 148 mins restored version recently.

The special effects, set designs, the futuristic cityscape with the skyscrapers, the aerial roads, the catacombs, the cathedral, Rotwang’s house, the long stairs, the rooftops, the scary demonic statues, etc.

Man, this movie still amazes me and i am in awe of this movie.

Indeed it is the granddaddy n mother of all science fiction movies.

The chase n fight on the roof of the cathedral, i can just imagine the tension it must have created on audiences’ minds 94 years back.

The hallucination scene where the machine is the temple of Moloch and the workers are being fed to it, creepy enuff.

The false Maria as the whore of Babylon, riding on the back of a many-headed dragon is wonderfully done.

Other Information:

Original Language de
Runtime 2 hr 33 min (153 min), 1 hr 33 min (93 min) (re-release) (Germany), 1 hr 54 min (114 min) (25 fps) (1927 cut) (USA), 2 hr 3 min (123 min) (24 fps) (2001 Murnau Foundation 75th anniversary restored) (USA), 1 hr 20 min (80 min) (Giorgio Moroder), 1 hr 58 min (118 min) (25 fps) (2001 Murnau Foundation 75th anniversary restored) (Germany)
Budget 1300000
Revenue 650422
Status Released
Rated Not Rated
Genre Drama, Sci-Fi
Director Fritz Lang
Writer Thea von Harbou, Fritz Lang
Actors Brigitte Helm, Alfred Abel, Gustav Fröhlich
Country Germany
Awards 6 wins & 7 nominations
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Dolby Digital (1995 restored version), Silent (original release)
Aspect Ratio 1.33 : 1
Camera N/A
Laboratory N/A
Film Length 4,174 m (2011) (restored version), 3,241 m (1927) (distribution version), 3,341 m (2001 restored version), 4,189 m (premiere version)
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm