Metropolis 1927
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Synopsis: “In a futuristic city sharply divided between the working class and the city planners, the son of the city’s mastermind falls in love with a working class prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their differences.” More Tom Roberts AMPs: Tom […]
Metropolis
Brigitte Helm - Metropolis (1927)
Although she first hit the silver screen a whopping 85 years ago, the Maschinenmensch, as portrayed by 18-year-old actress Brigitte Helm, remains one of sci-fi's most influential androids. Cited as the first legitimate "robot" depicted on film, the Maschinenmensch costume was actually created from a moldable wood putty, which was crafted around a cast of Helm's body, spray painted, and then polished off with a glinting bronze powder. It's a stark contrast to modern day--if we want a robotic…
Metropolis is probably the film that set a standard for 20th century science fiction. The futuristic urban dystopia depicted by Austrian director Fritz Lang in 1926 is a projection in the year 2026 of contemporary societal tendencies of the Weimar Republic in Germany: the city is shaped...
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Metropolis (1927)
Brigitte Helm appears in Metropolis (1927), an expressionist science-fiction film directed by Fritz Lang.
