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.
DramaScience Fictionfuturemetropolisclass societyman vs machineunderground worldtower of babelbased on novel or bookinventordystopiadeliriummad scientistprophet
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Character
Earnest, grave, epic and meticulous.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
- rawmeticulous
- sparerichly built
Who loves it, who doesn't
21 profiled raters. Loved most by The Prestige Hunters; disliked most by The Provocateurs.
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Cast
- Gustav FröhlichFreder Fredersen
- Brigitte HelmMaria / The Machine Man
- Alfred AbelJohann 'Joh' Fredersen
- Rudolf Klein-RoggeC.A. Rotwang
- Theodor LoosJosaphat
- Fritz RaspThe Thin Man
- Erwin BiswangerNo. 11811 - Georgy
- Heinrich GeorgeGrot
- Fritz AlbertiCreative Human - Man Who Convinces Babel (uncredited)
- Grete BergerWorking Woman (uncredited)
Crew
- Fritz LangDirector
- Fritz LangScreenplay
- Thea von HarbouScreenplay
- Thea von HarbouNovel
- Günther RittauDirector of Photography
- Walter RuttmannDirector of Photography
- Karl FreundDirector of Photography
- Gottfried HuppertzOriginal Music Composer
- Otto HarznerOriginal Music Composer
- Fritz LangEditor
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