Metropolis story

movie: Metropolis (1927) · 1927-01-27

Metropolis is a 1927 German expressionist science-fiction drama film directed by Fritz Lang.

16 total · 12 major · 4 minor

ThemeLevelMotivation
android major Rotwang invented a robot in the likeness of his departed love Hel.
communism major The android Maria incited the workers to rise up against ruling class and destroy the machines.
father and son major City master Joh Fredersen and his son Freder Fredersen.
labor revolt major The android Maria incited the workers to rise up against ruling class and destroy the machines.
mass surveillance major The master of the city, Fredersen, kept close surveillance on the city's workers.
revolution in society major The android Maria incited the workers to rise up against ruling class and destroy the machines.
romantic love major Freder Fredersen and Maria.
social change due to new technology major Inequality between working and industrialist classes resulting from mechanization of production was explored.
social oppression major The Metropolis inhabitants oppressed the working underclass.
utopia on the back of slave labor major The Metropolis inhabitants lived in luxury produced on the backs of workers who toiled in subterranean city.