Metropolis-by Fritz Lang- Maria's transformation

Metropolis is a silent science fiction film directed by Fritz Lang and written by Lang and Thea von Harbou. Music by Gottried Huppertz. Lang and von Harbou, who were married, wrote the screenplay in 1924, and the story was novelized by von Harbou in 1926. It is set in a futuristic urban dystopia and examines a common science fiction theme of the day: the social crisis between workers and owners in capitalism. The film stars Alfred Abel as the leader of the city, Gustav Fröhlich as his son, who tries to mediate between the elite caste and the workers, Brigitte Helm as both the pure-at-heart worker Maria and the debased robot version of her, and Rudolf Klein-Rogge as the mad scientist who created the robot.
Metropolis was produced in Germany in the Babelsberg Studios by Universum Film A.G. (UFA) and released in 1927 during a stable period of the Weimar Republic. The most expensive film of its time, it cost approximately 7 million Reichsmark to make. The film was cut substantially after its German premiere, and there have been several efforts to restore it.

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[ttimothymurphy]

thanks for uploadsing. appreciated.

but your description is just cut and pasted from wikipedia - unless you wrote the wikipedia article.

[ruizdechavez]

Neither the clip nor the description is mine. I only put them on line. I dont expect any credits for that.

[joebruceman]

i remember watching this back in high school. I was soo shocked and amazed at how someone in the 1920's could nail city life and make it a timeless tale!!!

[Melkiyad]

Brigitte is so hot, especially at 4:26 :D

[DeshGTP]

This is an occult movie, recreated time and time again, and they are mocking you as you cheer on, look at gaga, beyounce, Rihanna , Madonna , spears....

[tobybraunid]

My alt. title would be, "How the GOP tried to clone Mama Grizzly and got M.Bachmann instead."

[ACOJV214TX]

Guess u don't understand what that movies true meaning is bout.

[jaymieannehutchinson]

i wish more people my age got into films like this, id much rather be watching this, than some crappy zac efron movie, which has the same plot as every other movie out today

[TheHDH83]

This film is quite simply fine art, the cinematic equivalent of gazing at a Picasso or Matisse.

[jackpoint188]

When I first saw Metropolis and saw her head move after the transformation it appeared she died. Was glad to see I was wrong.

[litodarko]

the first work of art of the cinema of the last century, a marvel

[unicorn187]

Tarantino borrowed that wink in Pulp Fiction when Uma Thurman's snorting coke!

[jdhoffman1221]

If you haven't seen this movie...see it! If you've already seen it...see it again!