Metropolis - BR

Fritz Lang's monumental silent film classic is regarded as the prototype of the dystopian science fiction film and remains a model for numerous films both in content and aesthetics to this day. The population of the titular city, Metropolis, lives in a strict two-class society. Above ground, the lives of the rich and privileged unfold. In his new Tower of Babel, Joh Fredersen, the city's builder, holds all the strings and controls the heart, the engine of the system: the underground Moloch of machines and exploited workers, whose lives and deaths are dictated by dreary duty. Freder, the son of Joh Fredersen, is the only privileged one who questions the prevailing inequality and sets out for the workers' city. There, he seeks to find the angelic Maria, who brings messages of love and classlessness to the workers.