

Metropolis
There can be no understanding between the hands and the brain unless the heart acts as mediator.
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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8.1/10
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $5.3M
- Box office
- $1.4M
- Language
- No Language
- future
- metropolis
- class society
- man vs machine
- underground world
- tower of babel
- based on novel or book
- inventor
- dystopia
- delirium
- mad scientist
- prophet
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Behind the camera
Director
Writers
Produced in
Germany
Where to watch
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalNew York City, New York6 Mar 1927
- TheatricalNR13 Mar 1927
- TheatricalNRRe-release10 Aug 1984
- PhysicalNRVestron Video #VA5090 [𝐕𝐇𝐒📼] 𝟴𝟳 mínutєѕ13 Oct 1984
- PhysicalNRGoodTimes Home Video #8189 [𝐕𝐇𝐒📼] 𝟭𝟮𝟬 mínutєѕ1 Jan 1990
- Theatrical (limited)NR2010 Restored Version (TCM Classic Film Festival)25 Apr 2010
United KingdomGB
- TheatricalPG18 Mar 1927
- Theatrical (limited)PGGiorgio Moroder1 May 1984
- PhysicalPGBlu-ray22 Nov 2010
AustraliaAU
- Theatrical (limited)Melbourne7 Apr 1928
- PhysicalGDVD1 Nov 2005
BrazilBR
- TheatricalL4 Nov 1927
- PhysicalLre-release28 Mar 1985
ChinaCN
- PremiereShanghai International Film Festival(restored version)18 Jun 2011
- Digital / OTT搜狐视频17 May 2014
- Digital / OTTbilibili13 Jun 2019
- PremiereShanghai International Film Festival14 Jun 2024
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical156 Feb 1927
FinlandFI
- Theatrical (limited)K-166 Feb 1927
FranceFR
- TheatricalTP6 Feb 1927
- PhysicalDVD1 Sept 1999
- PhysicalBlu-Ray5 Oct 2011
- TheatricalTPRestaured version19 Oct 2011
- Digital / OTTVOD14 Jul 2015
- Digital / OTT12Netflix13 Nov 2021
GermanyDE
- Theatrical10 Jan 1927
- Theatrical625 Aug 1927
Hong KongHK
- PremiereHong Kong International Film Festival( restored version)1 Apr 2010
IrelandIE
- Digital / OTTPG10 Sept 2010
ItalyIT
- TheatricalT1 Oct 1928
- Theatrical (limited)Limited re-release2 Jul 2010
Frequently asked questions
Metropolis was released on 10 January 1927.
Audience reviews
2- G10/10
Gurre
5/31/2014
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 worki…
- C8/10
CinemaSerf
6/6/2022
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 effec…
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