Silent Film Critique: Metropolis (1927)

Brigitte Helm suffered cuts and bruises because the metal suit did not move at all.
[ Originally posted January 23, 2018 ]

Tim Burton and German Expressionism -    • Tim Burton: A German Expressionism In...  
(I personally feel the way Edward Scissorhands walks, is taken from Cabinet of Dr. Caligari)

Alfred Abel - Joh Fredersen, the master of Metropolis
Gustav Fröhlich - Freder, Joh Fredersen's son
Rudolf Klein-Rogge - Rotwang, the inventor
Fritz Rasp - The Thin Man, Fredersen's spy
Theodor Loos - Josaphat, Fredersen's assistant and Freder's friend
Erwin Biswanger - 11811, a worker, also known as Georgy
Heinrich George - Grot, guardian of the Heart Machine
Brigitte Helm - Maria / The Machine Man
This film was restored in 1972, 1984, 1987, 2001, and 2010

Film times:
Original - 153 minutes
1927 edit - 116 minutes (107 US, 128 UK)
1936 - 91 minutes
1984 - 83 minutes
2001 - 124 minutes
2010 - 148 minutes








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