Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 148 min
- Age rating
- NR
- Language
- German
- Country
- Germany
Why tonight?
- In German — subtitles on.
The story
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.
- future
- metropolis
- class society
- man vs machine
- underground world
- tower of babel
- based on novel or book
- inventor
- dystopia
- delirium
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Gustav Fröhlich
Freder Fredersen
Brigitte Helm
Maria / The Machine Man
Alfred Abel
Johann 'Joh' Fredersen
Rudolf Klein-Rogge
C.A. Rotwang
- Theodor Loos — Josaphat
- Fritz Rasp — The Thin Man
- Erwin Biswanger — No. 11811 - Georgy
- Heinrich George — Grot
- Fritz Alberti — Creative Human - Man Who Convinces Babel (uncredited)
- Grete Berger — Working Woman (uncredited)
- Olly Boeheim — Working Woman (uncredited)
- Heinrich Gotho — Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)
- Gottfried Huppertz — Man Playing Violin (uncredited)
- Georg John — Working Man Who Causes Explosion of M-Machine (uncredited)
- Margarete Lanner — Woman of Eternal Gardens / Lady in Car (uncredited)
- Directed
- Fritz Lang
- Written
- Thea von Harbou, Fritz Lang
Production
- Studio
- UFA
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
