Metropolis (1927) - Clock Scene

Clip of Freder arduously working a ten-hour shift on the clock machine. Freder is like a Christ figure, crucified on the clock. From Fritz Lang's sci-fi silent film masterpiece from the late 20's.

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Film & Animation

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• Metropolis
• clock-machine
• Fritz
• Lang
• silent
• film
• 1920's
• dystopia
• workers
• clock
• machine
• Christ
• figure

[slygenius]

My film literature teacher actually paused the movie when it looks like Freder is crucified on the clock and took a picture of it and enlarged it, framed it, and hung it in his classroom.

[tosgh]

portrays the essence of the worst image of factory work- many people work 12 hour shifts today

[DrRumstain]

@slygenius Well you know Freder worked for our sins.

[smelloftheice]

This scene is significant. The lives of workers are not divided into days and nights but 10-hour shifts and breaks. They don't even need 24 or 12-hour clocks. Notice that Joh Fredersen wears a 12-hour watch.

[TheCrazyCenobite]

just need marty to drive the delorean for this scene ^^

[terkyblu]

@unsuburban believe or not, slave labor still exist...it just changed the color

[cbaGAGA]

man this movie is something.

[HihiSuper78]

@Wolfen443 two scenes, actually. the scene with the monk preaching and the fight scene between rotwang and fredersen.

[chickglenn07]

I guess alot of people copied the stunts thaat Harold Lloyd did, Chaplin Keaton and now to see this gentlemen. I suppose its true what they say that imitation is the greatest form of admiration.

[Wolfen443]

I have the newly released 2010 version. it is almost complete except one scene. It ian amazing classic

[Rockybalboa285]

Then He Suddenly Sings

All we hear is Radio gaga

[unsuburban]

@jscottupton

now, you would.

conditions are much better now.

back then it was barely above slave labour