Metropolis /

Freder Fredersen is the son of Joh Fredersen, who reigns over the great city of Metropolis in the year 2026. The younger Fredersen is surprised to discover his lifestyle has been built on the unseen, but backbreaking, labor of an entire class of workers who tend the machines that make the city run,...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	Metropolis (Motion picture : 1927)
Other Authors:	Harbou, Thea von, 1888-1954 (Screenwriter), Fröhlich, Gustav (Actor), Helm, Brigitte, 1908-1996 (Actor), Abel, Alfred, 1879-1937 (Actor), Klein-Rogge, Rudolf (Actor)
Format:	Video
Language:	No linguistic content
Language Notes:	Silent film with English intertitles.
Published:	[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2014.
Subjects:	Robots > Drama. Social conflict > Drama. Totalitarianism > Drama. Income distribution > Drama. Labor disputes > Drama. Social classes > Drama. Twenty-first century > Drama. Income distribution. Labor disputes. Robots. Social classes. Social conflict. Totalitarianism. Twenty-first century. Drama. Dystopian films. Feature films. Fiction films. Film adaptations. Science fiction films. Silent films. Streaming video. Internet videos.
Online Access:	Connect to this streaming video (Kanopy)

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Summary:	Freder Fredersen is the son of Joh Fredersen, who reigns over the great city of Metropolis in the year 2026. The younger Fredersen is surprised to discover his lifestyle has been built on the unseen, but backbreaking, labor of an entire class of workers who tend the machines that make the city run, and he descends to the subterranean levels of Metropolis in an effort to understand their lives.
Item Description:	Based on the novel by Thea von Harbou.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 148 min.)