Female android in Metropolis (1927), probably the most iconic of all cinematic robots.

Metropolis (1927) dir. Fritz Lang

Let’s all watch as the world goes to the devil!
Metropolis (1927) dir. Fritz Lang

Sketch by Erich Kettelhut for Metropolis directed by Fritz Lang, 1927 

On this day 94 years ago, “Metropolis” (1927) premiered in Germany. The expressionist sci fi collaboration between Thea von Harbou and Fritz Lang remains one of the greatest achievements of the era of silent cinema and, indeed, of cinema in general.

Gustav Fröhlich in Metropolis (1927)

German postcard by Edition Panorama Berlin, no. 715. Photo: Filmmuseum Berlin / Stiftung Deutsche Kinemathek. Gustav Fröhlich in Metropolis (Fritz Lang, 1927).

Fritz Lang, Metropolis, 1927

metropolis (2001)

METROPOLIS (1927, Fritz Lang)

In a futuristic city sharply divided between the working class and the city planners, the son of the city’s mastermind falls in love with a working class prophet who predicts the coming of a saviour to mediate their differences.

Verily I say unto you, the days spoken of in the Apocalypse are nigh!
METROPOLIS (1927)
dir. Fritz Lang