Metropolis Certificate: 
- Duration:
- 153 mins
- Year produced:
- 1927
- Director:
- Fritz Lang
- Cast:
- Alfred Abel
- Gustav Frolich
- Rudolf Klein-Rogge
Most of the robots you will have ever seen in a film or on TV - whether C-3PO in Star Wars, or the Cybermen in Doctor Who - are descended from the androids in this extraordinary sci-fi film that was, incredibly, made in 1927. It shows a world in which the rich live in luxurious skyscrapers, and the poor languish underground - and what happens when a man from the “thinking” class and a woman who leads the workers meet and fall in love. A spectacular and timeless movie classic.
- Average rating:
(3 votes)
Fascinating facts
With a cast that included 37,000 extras, Metropolis was one of the most expensive movies of the silent era.