In 1969, one of the classes I took while in the MFA program at UCLA was "History of European film". The instructor would speak for awhile and then we would watch a couple of films, supplemented by a guest speaker. One day he said, "Our two films for today are 'M' and 'Metropolis'. Our guest for today is the director, Fritz Lang." He was very gracious, answered every question, and was the only man I've ever seen in person who actually wore a monocle.
@@LadyPrick German film starring Peter Lorre and directed by Lang. Remarkable early film about a child molester (played by Lorre). Both the underworld and the police combine to catch him.
@Пафосный Кактус And what the "M" is? Hitchcock's film? It*s not Hitchcock's film "Dial M for Murder", but simply "M" (German subtitle "Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder"). The American title simply is "M", but there was a preliminary title "Murderers among us". Cf. @Alan Foster's description.
Honestly one of the greatest dances I've ever seen in a movie. I love that Helm skipped over all the usual "sexy" moves and went straight into this unhinged, inhuman mating dance. It's eerie and unsettling and raw.
I have the same!!! I paralyze and see ghosts or things like that, you can't move, your eyes are open you see everything but you're frozen, now it doesn't scare me anymore but as a kid I didn't understand why that happened to me, now it doesn't scare me anymore, it usually happens when I go to sleep very sleepy or I am very tired
Here are translations of the intertitles: 2:08-"Truly, I tell you: The days spoken of the apocalypse are near!" 3:24-"All seven deadly sins for her sake!" 4:17-"Death is upon the city!"
3:09 "and I saw a woman sitting upon a scarlet-coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, having a golden cup in her hand and upon her forehead a name written, BABYLON THE GREAT, the mother of the abominations of the earth. And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints"
Fritz Lang's Metropolis remains the greatest silent film ever made, bar none. I've watched it multiple times and with each viewing, I discover layers of fresh truths.
During the silent screen era the emotions and facial expressions were heighten, and the use of eye shadow and heavy make-up were to create a more dramatic effect to impress the audience as well as leave them in a state of awe and anticipation.
Well, Kabuki theatre is also known for that, but it isn't silent. Exaggerated expression is related more to better accessibility for a wider audience, rather than sound.
The symbolism of this dance is amazing. It represents the transition from total rigidity and order to absolute freedom and chaos. Even her hand gestures at 2:50, pointing to God and the other hand angrily debasing sexuality, moving from her crotch to the ground. Just like the hand gesture on many iron maiden album covers. twisting around like she has no backbone, and hunched over. Like a person with no self order or self respect. She's like the opposite of the virgin queen, QE1. Instead of on her head QE1 wore the circlet around her neck, like a collar that represents self control. Here it's like the arrogance and falsity of seductive plumage on her head. at 3:16 a tilted cup held high like life from God being spilled. The see through dress looks like water being spilled. Even the pasties seem symbolic, like those french paintings of bare breasted women in battle, but with life and nurturing being blocked. At 2:38 the arms behind the back are meant to look like snakes dancing behind the back of a person, like they're controlling and guiding them - the rings on her fingers make her hand look like a snake head. In the beginning she's like a snake dancing behind the thin veil of civilization. It's no wonder this came out leading up to WW2. A great example of an opposite kind of dance would be Suzanne Ferrel in Don Quixote: ruclips.net/video/lcV8A0Axkd4/видео.html. She keeps grabbing things and pulling them up with their hands. At 3:27 she does this with both hands, and moves from hunched shoulders and lascivious movements to twirling in a very upright posture, like converting something bad to good and lifting a heavy burden that becomes lighter as she lifts it.
I don't understand how a man can write a huge comment like this about a woman dancing & not realize that scene is about how those men--like you--project all kinds of meaning onto...a woman who is just moving. The men are the origins of these ideas, these meanings, these lusts & illicit desires. They come from the men--in the film & from you--& are projected onto the woman. Men constantly ascribe meaning to 'the other' without realizing they're simply projecting.
Leading up to WWII as in Weimar Germany. Berlin was a cesspool of degeneracy (slightly worse than the worst of today) which lead to an extreme backlash.
Honestly, I think while this film is great is terms of depth and meaning, it's really not overly engaging. Don't get me wrong, it's good, but there's a lot and a lot of footage used when far less would've conveyed the point just as well. But of course that's just my opinion.
Julian M You may have a point, given this film was made very early on in the infancy of filmmaking. However, even with all its flaws, I still say Metropolis is several decades ahead of its time.
One of the great scenes of world cinema, Expressionism always manages to feel like a nightmare and here they represent that feeling in an actual nightmarish scenario. Those who restored this film made a great contribution to the world of art.
Didn’t this actress do an amazing job? Anybody whining that there were never any decent female leads before the last couple of years ought to look at this movie. She plays the saintly Maria on the one hand, and the evil robot Maria on the other. But in both roles she is incredibly athletic and kinetic, and hardly ever seems to stop running, fighting, swinging, jumping throughout the whole movie. The bonfire scene is stunning, Robot Maria laughing maniacally as she is carried by the crowd to her “execution” and as the flames build around her.
while I agree in praising the actress.... let's not pretend this role wasn't sexist. the whole Madona whore complex of maria where the female character has no agency and can't do anything by herself isn't the paragon of amazingness you think it is. ....
Robot’s name is Hel, after the Architect’s late wife. Hel is the Norse goddess of the Norse Underworld known as Niffelheim. The name was so feared that the Norse said “Go to Hel!” referring to the Goddess (Warden) who ran the jail. It had no terrible features except for being dreary and not as much fun as Asgard.
That movie was revolutionary in so many ways. The out side shot of the city with all the futuristic forms of travel must have blown the audience away. Nice editing too in this scene.
Notice how her movements are jerky and awkward while still being alluring? That's because she's a robot in disguise dancing for the first time. She needed to be an incredible actress to capture that nuance.
If a scene is going to feature a woman's body as a totally dehumanized sex object, it's probably best that it doesn't pretend it doesn't. Also, points for linking it to the Bible.
This movie was ahead of its time from every aspect from concept to script to execution to editing... This movie is amazing. Just watched it for the first time last night.
Jordan comments: "This movie was ahead of its time from every aspect from concept to script to execution to editing... This movie is amazing." ....... I disagree. NOTHING is "ahead of its time." The invention or event is ON TIME; a revolutionary innovation or trend-setting display; it is a new influence, but soon passé. I remember when cars began to come out with dual headlights "ahead of their time." "Citizen Kane" was ahead of its time.
Damn I'm old. Every Saturday and Sunday, the local TV channels had movie days. When it would rain or snow or just crappy weather, my Dad took the 3 of us to prepare the "living room" with the essentials. Blankets and pillows, snacks and the must have "TV guide", my Dad was lost without one, I had to teach him about the "cable guide" it was more in-depth than the older TV guide. Heck, he actually watched the cable guide because he couldn't make up his mind what to watch. I set him up good. The military channel, the old History channel And all old movie channels I could find. Westerns, WW I and WWII, korea, Viet Nam. He watched it... As I was going to work on a few projects, I was leaving... He said "Where you going? Don't ya wanna watch the old movies with your Dad" Ohhhh low blow! Hit me right in my soft spot for my Dad. We pigged out on my famous snacks, and watched 4 movies that day, my wife didn't like it but TO Bad! That's my Pops and it a ritual for us BAD JuJu!!! Stay out if male bounding rituals. After he got very ill, I wouldn't leave his side. He passed away watching " The Quite Man" with John Wayne. He held my hand, and said Thank you, for watching TV with me After a few tears ( Go on... I dare you to say something.) And he slipped away. He was 88 y/o. I miss you Pops.
Vtmgll wait... this party already has demons, the seven deadly sins, the horsemen of the apocalypse, allucinations, Death and the whore of Babylon... What kind of parties you go to!?
This scene and her transformation were some of my favourites in that movie. It's a great piece of work with a lot more creativity behind it than the generic Hollywood bullshit you get to see nowadays.
@@NUKELEDGE "Maria", The dancer. I haven't seen the movie yet, but a big plot point is some dude wanted to 'Transfer' his dying wife essence to an automaton, so he hired a mad inventor to do it. The inventor created, what we call in the present, an AI. Iirc named after the dying wife, "Maria" a automatonic duplicatiant, 'Almost' like the original being she was made to mimic. The creation sequence of Maria is actually one of the other popular clips form this film. (See link) ruclips.net/video/IcReykfvqi4/видео.html This is also why Maria's dance was jerky like a robot. She WAS a robot. (As a side note, I think this was one of the earliest examples of AI and robotics in a feature length film. It even came before the story that popularized the term "Robot".)
@@matthewutech5970 not exactly. Hel, the boss's wife, died when giving birth to his son, and both his husband and the mad scientist couldn't accept her death (they both loved her). So while the robot was initially made to become like Hel, the boss told the scientist to make it look like Maria instead (the prophet), so that she could destroy the Workers ambitions. Yes it's a bit confused 😅
I remember watching this (Metropolis) in a throw away college course in the early eighties. It was disturbing then and is disturbing now. Fantastic and timeless work.
This is an amazing segment from the movie. The looks on the faces of the young men as they leer at the semi-nude dancer are really something. I don't understand why Fritz Lang was so critical of the movie later, supposedly calling it 'silly'. I've always thought it was brilliant. The music really adds a lot. It should not be watched in silence.
I believe Fritz Lang later considered the moral of "The mediator between the head and the hand must be the heart" as naive and childish. Not helped by the fact Metropolis was most like Hitler's favourite film and he saw himself as that mediating Christ like figure to Germany that Freder was for the city in the film.
Paul W, I think the implication is that those grown men (not kids) are portraying unclean thoughts. Me thinks you have a bit of a chip on your shoulder. 😅 Seems like you might have been bullied by the rich kids. But haven’t we all had experiences like that?! Time to let it go, man! Wishing you peace & happiness 🙂
For inquiring minds, the conveniently 'missing' translation at 3:09 is as follows: And I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet-colored animal, that was full of blasphemy, and had seven ten ogres. And the woman was clothed in purple and scarlet, and had a golden cup in her hand. And written on his forehead a name, a secret: The great Babylon the mother of all abominations on earth. I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints. Und ich sah ein Weib sitzen auf einem Scharlach farbenen Tier, das war voll Namen der Lästerung und hatte sieben zehn hömer. Und das Weib war bekleidet mit Purpur und Scharlach und hatte einen güldenen Becher in der hand. Und auf seiner Stirn geschrieben einen Namen, ein Geheimnis: Die grosse Babylon die Mutter aller Greuel auf Erden. Unc ich sah das Weib trunken dem Blut der heiligen.
Revelation 17:Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters: 2 with whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication. 3 So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. 4 And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: 5 and upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. 6 And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus:
It's from the visionary, original score by Gottfried Huppertz, which was re-recorded after "Metropolis" was restored. It's a soaring, romantic magpie of a score, with references to other music throughout. When Death appears in the scene above, for instance, Huppertz includes quotes from the Dies irae ("day of wrath") most famously used in Symphonie Fantastique. Great score for a great movie.
I'm no expert on film, but I really like the way the editing conveys the disjointed quality of a nightmare/graver dream. Also how the images change (for example the living men into statues. I have no idea what the director was trying to express, (or if it's a metaphor or parable) but I do know that's the way dreams work. Things change and morph from people we know to strangers and from real to unreal. The whole scene gives me an uncomfortable feeling, which is what one would expect from the real-life situation.
EmmyDragon Artz, that phrase "everybody gangsta" ("..until the skeletons..") is too modern, need to find one which matches with the era of this video. How bout "they're right mad" ("..until the skeletons.."). A couple more examples: 1920s and 1930s: "Why that screwy dame! What's the idea!?" 21st century translation: "Damn that dumbass bitch! Whaz up wit dat!?" It's interesting the differences between how people talked then compared to now. I watch alot of old films
@@emmydragonartz, i like it too. I love films from about 1900 - 1950s in general, silent and sound, black and white and color. The 1930s have some of the very best, Fred and Ginger, Jean Harlow and Clark Gable, Janette McDonald and Nelson Eddie. I love the music from back then. The world was more formal, but also more charming and quaint. Films as explicit as this video though was rare.
@Queen Glamazona good info- she is a real music history buff. Even the material girl “diamonds are a girl’s best friend” tribute to Marilyn Monroe was a nice touch.
@@cooperkillen5729 It is sexy, even today, and even considering that Brigitte Helm didn't have a great body by the standards of 1920s or now. But her stage presence was huge. Its even more extraordinary that she could play a holy, pure, virginal character (Maria) in the same film as this depraved slutty temptress (the robot)! One of the all-time great acting performances.
Bleak Solipsism and nobody talks about that enough! Maybe because she and Lang so brilliantly succeeded that the actual woman behind the creation is completely eclipsed. But yes, she is amazing!
If one looks 👀 at an earlier scene in the movie 🎥, Metropolis is suppose to be Babel. Maria is telling that tale to the religious crowd. In a later scene when Frederich is visiting the factory 🏭 workplace, he cries out “Moloch!” (It’s captioned) Moloch is the Babylonian god that accepts baby sacrifices. The scene includes workers entering the machine mouth 👄 of Moloch. So yes, the male reaction to Hel disguised as Maria is exaggerated. One must remember that “Metropolis” is a modern dystopian retelling of the tale of the Fall of Babel (Babylon). The real Babylon fell to the invading army of the Gutians (Kurds today). The people of the Zagros mountains often were collected and gathered for sacrifice. Eannatum of Lagash is but one account of a Babylonian slaughter of these hill people. Eannatum is sufficient reference for Google if you desire to read about one of these slaughters
This movie predicted our modern times and with the use of much occult imagery I believe this film was sort of a warning as to how evil our modern time will become and has definitely become.
I can see where you are going with this and relating to the occult. Lang was an atheist per Wiki. I doubt it crossed his mind. As of now the only creator of purposely created films involving the occult is Kenneth Anger.
It reflected what was going on at the time in the Weimar Republic and in Berlin, especially which had become like Paris in the 1890's. The sky scrapers were like the ones just built in Manhattan, which were the tallest buildings in the world at the time. So not predictive programming.
You know, something I just realized is that this dance scene must've taken a huge amount of planning and prepwork to built that giant Beast Of revelation statue, put it on some kind of elevating base, and put together all the effects the dance sequence has, and the producer and/or choreographer either didn't have a dancer planned, or was willing to swap out their planned dancer for some random woman who just arrived like fifteen minutes ago.
3:09 "and I saw a woman sitting upon a scarlet-coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, having a golden cup in her hand and upon her forehead a name written, BABYLON THE GREAT, the mother of the abominations of the earth. And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints"
To me, what is stunning is how Fritz Lang understood that reality is 3 dimensional not 2D like other filmmakers of the day (and today) filmed. So, in this unreal depiction - depth, perspective just jumps out at the viewer. Spectacular! And THOSE TEETH, THOSE TEETH!
One of the best sci-fi movies of all time and quite a bit ahead of its time as well. Judging from some of the other comments, it is still a bit ahead of some.
A few thoughts: One, this is my favorite scene, and favorite piece of music in the whole movie. Two: You know the guy is soft when he's delirious after only one 10 hour shift. Three: And to think, all the workers had been asking for all this time was a union rep.
Why is this in a comment section of a video with a seductive erotic robotic dancer and not a comment section of a video with a guy who's channel icon has an identity crises daily playing one of my favorite games
I have long had a minor crush on the actress playing Maria, forever unrequited, since she likely died before I was born. She did some fairly impressive stunt work in this film too.
Super Mario RPG, It is the only one just for me, When I play the game I get lost in a phase, Then I find out I'm stuck in Geno's Maze. Super Mario RPG, It is the only one just for me, When I play the game I get lost in a phase, Then I find out I'm stuck in Geno's Maze. Give me frog coins, Give me ice bombs, Give me fright bombs, Give me mushrooms, Give me See Ya, Give me star egg, Give me cookies, give me Lambs lure, I want eve- rything I need I must play this more and more I need to get those damn frog coins to pay off all my credit cards. There are many secrets in the game, Many of which drive some peeps insane. Why we try to cheat in a really good game Just sounds like crap and it makes you look lame Exiting the forest is super simple, All you do is follow these patterns, For the rest of your gaming life. Follow Geno through here. Follow Geno through here. Follow Geno through here. I'm a gaming god!
I have two versions of the magnificent movie but neither has the crucial missing scenes that this one has. The book showing the beast of Babylon dress as she is and the black men holding up the caldron then changing into the gargoyles. The interpretation of LUST on the men's faces is just great. Silent films forced overacting like that but it actually works very well. Preaching at the pulpit should definitely been left in. Helps with the concept of fevered dreams of the end of the world, the apocalypse. When they do a total restoration using the new found film, I will have it too. This is aVERY important film, along with his "Frau im Mond" ("Woman in the Moon"). So far ahead of their times.
![[4k, 60fps, colorized] (1927) Metropolis, Fritz Lang. Maria's transformation.](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/VJVUQ5gHsZI/mqdefault.jpg)
![[4k, 60fps, colorized] (1927) Metropolis, Fritz Lang. Maria's transformation.](/img/tr.png)
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Super Marioo R P G!!
It is the only one just for me.
When I play the game, I get lost in a phase.
Then I find out I'm stuck in Geno's Maze.
this is how cultured people found out about Metropolis
In 1969, one of the classes I took while in the MFA program at UCLA was "History of European film". The instructor would speak for awhile and then we would watch a couple of films, supplemented by a guest speaker. One day he said, "Our two films for today are 'M' and 'Metropolis'. Our guest for today is the director, Fritz Lang."
He was very gracious, answered every question, and was the only man I've ever seen in person who actually wore a monocle.
And what the "M" is? Hitchcock's film?
@@LadyPrick German film starring Peter Lorre and directed by Lang. Remarkable early film about a child molester (played by Lorre). Both the underworld and the police combine to catch him.
Wow I’m speechless. This is amazing!
@Пафосный Кактус And what the "M" is? Hitchcock's film?
It*s not Hitchcock's film "Dial M for Murder", but simply "M" (German subtitle "Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder"). The American title simply is "M", but there was a preliminary title "Murderers among us". Cf. @Alan Foster's description.
How wonderful!
Honestly one of the greatest dances I've ever seen in a movie. I love that Helm skipped over all the usual "sexy" moves and went straight into this unhinged, inhuman mating dance. It's eerie and unsettling and raw.
totally agree and it's also extremely funny to watch haha!
@@boop7313 It's hilarious.
Her: *dances like the sleep paralysis demon in the corner of my room at 3AM*
The men: we must *s i m p*
That dance was meant to mock you :D
😂😂😂
Just close your eyes and count to 3 and get up. You will have the experience.
@@johnnygizmo4733 Yeah I was in the middle of a nightmare once and this was on tv. Freaked me the hell out! 😂. Them dance moves tho!
I have the same!!! I paralyze and see ghosts or things like that, you can't move, your eyes are open you see everything but you're frozen, now it doesn't scare me anymore but as a kid I didn't understand why that happened to me, now it doesn't scare me anymore, it usually happens when I go to sleep very sleepy or I am very tired
Super Mario RPG... It is the only one just for me..
when i play the game i get lost in a phase
Then i find out im stuck in genos maze
Give me frog coins
Give me Ice bombs
Give me ice bombs
Here are translations of the intertitles:
2:08-"Truly, I tell you: The days spoken of the apocalypse are near!"
3:24-"All seven deadly sins for her sake!"
4:17-"Death is upon the city!"
Thanks 😎
@@noemijay6963 Thank you.
3:09
"and I saw a woman sitting upon a scarlet-coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, having a golden cup in her hand
and upon her forehead a name written, BABYLON THE GREAT, the mother of the abominations of the earth.
And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints"
Fritz Lang's Metropolis remains the greatest silent film ever made, bar none. I've watched it multiple times and with each viewing, I discover layers of fresh truths.
Yes , one of the best movie all the time , epic
Fritz Lang's Metropolis and Robert Wiene's The Cabinet of dr. Caligari IMHO.
I rather watch a modern IMAX film, thanks 😂
@@DrVonNostrand no one's asking you to be here i don't see why you think you're so important
@@jimmymillwood3411 never said I was important, but neither are you so I think I'll stay
During the silent screen era the emotions and facial expressions were heighten, and the use of eye shadow and heavy make-up were to create a more dramatic effect to impress the audience as well as leave them in a state of awe and anticipation.
Well, Kabuki theatre is also known for that, but it isn't silent. Exaggerated expression is related more to better accessibility for a wider audience, rather than sound.
The symbolism of this dance is amazing. It represents the transition from total rigidity and order to absolute freedom and chaos. Even her hand gestures at 2:50, pointing to God and the other hand angrily debasing sexuality, moving from her crotch to the ground. Just like the hand gesture on many iron maiden album covers. twisting around like she has no backbone, and hunched over. Like a person with no self order or self respect. She's like the opposite of the virgin queen, QE1. Instead of on her head QE1 wore the circlet around her neck, like a collar that represents self control. Here it's like the arrogance and falsity of seductive plumage on her head. at 3:16 a tilted cup held high like life from God being spilled. The see through dress looks like water being spilled. Even the pasties seem symbolic, like those french paintings of bare breasted women in battle, but with life and nurturing being blocked. At 2:38 the arms behind the back are meant to look like snakes dancing behind the back of a person, like they're controlling and guiding them - the rings on her fingers make her hand look like a snake head. In the beginning she's like a snake dancing behind the thin veil of civilization. It's no wonder this came out leading up to WW2. A great example of an opposite kind of dance would be Suzanne Ferrel in Don Quixote: ruclips.net/video/lcV8A0Axkd4/видео.html. She keeps grabbing things and pulling them up with their hands. At 3:27 she does this with both hands, and moves from hunched shoulders and lascivious movements to twirling in a very upright posture, like converting something bad to good and lifting a heavy burden that becomes lighter as she lifts it.
All beautifully said.👌
I don't understand how a man can write a huge comment like this about a woman dancing & not realize that scene is about how those men--like you--project all kinds of meaning onto...a woman who is just moving.
The men are the origins of these ideas, these meanings, these lusts & illicit desires. They come from the men--in the film & from you--& are projected onto the woman.
Men constantly ascribe meaning to 'the other' without realizing they're simply projecting.
Leading up to WWII as in Weimar Germany. Berlin was a cesspool of degeneracy (slightly worse than the worst of today) which lead to an extreme backlash.
hips don't lie.
Flanks don't lie
Nearly a hundred years ago, this film was the most epic movie ever released. Imagine being on the set...
Honestly, I think while this film is great is terms of depth and meaning, it's really not overly engaging. Don't get me wrong, it's good, but there's a lot and a lot of footage used when far less would've conveyed the point just as well. But of course that's just my opinion.
Julian M You may have a point, given this film was made very early on in the infancy of filmmaking.
However, even with all its flaws, I still say Metropolis is several decades ahead of its time.
Wow. Exactly! Even NOW... the effects are outstanding!! Such imagery!!
Just felt sad for their box office being a failure compare to the cost
Along with Nosferatu.
German Expressionism--half "wow, this is some amazing artistry" and half "what the almighty hell did I just watch?" But I love every second of it. :)
Was that scene of ' Metropolis" omitted?
Whole head hurt (but half in a good way)! 🤤
I wasn’t sure it was German but, yeah, they do some pretty weird shit.
@@peggyfranzen6159 It's part of the restored version of Metropolis that Kino released on Blu-Ray several years ago.
I've watched some bizarre puppet skits set to Wagner in black & white - wholly German and wholly unsettling.
One of the great scenes of world cinema, Expressionism always manages to feel like a nightmare and here they represent that feeling in an actual nightmarish scenario. Those who restored this film made a great contribution to the world of art.
The original Death Eaters with an appearance by Voldemort and Beatrix when she was still a blond!
Very True
Didn’t this actress do an amazing job? Anybody whining that there were never any decent female leads before the last couple of years ought to look at this movie. She plays the saintly Maria on the one hand, and the evil robot Maria on the other. But in both roles she is incredibly athletic and kinetic, and hardly ever seems to stop running, fighting, swinging, jumping throughout the whole movie. The bonfire scene is stunning, Robot Maria laughing maniacally as she is carried by the crowd to her “execution” and as the flames build around her.
while I agree in praising the actress.... let's not pretend this role wasn't sexist. the whole Madona whore complex of maria where the female character has no agency and can't do anything by herself isn't the paragon of amazingness you think it is. ....
Nr1
It's reported that that was an actual fire on the set and Ms. Helm was made very uncomfortable during the filming. A trooper.
Robot’s name is Hel, after the Architect’s late wife. Hel is the Norse goddess of the Norse Underworld known as Niffelheim. The name was so feared that the Norse said “Go to Hel!” referring to the Goddess (Warden) who ran the jail. It had no terrible features except for being dreary and not as much fun as Asgard.
Yes she was so sweet and delicate , and down right wicked in a matter of seconds.
That movie was revolutionary in so many ways. The out side shot of the city with all the futuristic forms of travel must have blown the audience away. Nice editing too in this scene.
Those are past forms of travel actually.
This film just absolutely blows me away. The ability to use such old technology to create such a long film is insane.
FINALLY I FOUND THE SUPER MARIO RPG
I saw this in a YTPMV by Coron 3 called “°”. Now I finally have the source.
If this scene really does take place in 2026, then I honestly wouldn't be surprised one bit.
Last week in Boston, way kreepier.
It's set in 2000.
Metropolis was made in 1926, which in itself is amazing.
@@anonymousmobster2444 it’s set in 2026. See you in Yoshiwara...
@@osocool1too yes it is amazing. Have you see the entire production???
Notice how her movements are jerky and awkward while still being alluring? That's because she's a robot in disguise dancing for the first time. She needed to be an incredible actress to capture that nuance.
To think that she was around 18/19 while filming it too! Just phenomenal.
Interesting, I never thought of that
Or a bad dancer
If a scene is going to feature a woman's body as a totally dehumanized sex object, it's probably best that it doesn't pretend it doesn't. Also, points for linking it to the Bible.
@@paulperkins1615 Also, she and her inventor are the villains and it's presented at evil that he's doing this to manipulate others.
This movie was ahead of its time from every aspect from concept to script to execution to editing... This movie is amazing. Just watched it for the first time last night.
Jordan comments: "This movie was ahead of its time from every aspect from concept to script to execution to editing... This movie is amazing." ....... I disagree. NOTHING is "ahead of its time." The invention or event is ON TIME; a revolutionary innovation or trend-setting display; it is a new influence, but soon passé. I remember when cars began to come out with dual headlights "ahead of their time." "Citizen Kane" was ahead of its time.
@@wittwittwer1043 bullshit comment
First view here 😁 beautiful film . 2,5 hours flew away and for a 1927 movie in 2022 this means that a lot
Damn I'm old.
Every Saturday and Sunday, the local TV channels had movie days.
When it would rain or snow or just crappy weather, my Dad took the 3 of us to prepare the "living room" with the essentials.
Blankets and pillows, snacks and the must have "TV guide", my Dad was lost without one, I had to teach him about the "cable guide" it was more in-depth than the older TV guide.
Heck, he actually watched the cable guide because he couldn't make up his mind what to watch.
I set him up good.
The military channel, the old History channel
And all old movie channels I could find.
Westerns, WW I and WWII, korea, Viet Nam.
He watched it...
As I was going to work on a few projects, I was leaving...
He said
"Where you going? Don't ya wanna watch the old movies with your Dad"
Ohhhh low blow!
Hit me right in my soft spot for my Dad.
We pigged out on my famous snacks, and watched 4 movies that day, my wife didn't like it but TO Bad!
That's my Pops and it a ritual for us
BAD JuJu!!! Stay out if male bounding rituals.
After he got very ill, I wouldn't leave his side.
He passed away watching
" The Quite Man" with John Wayne.
He held my hand, and said Thank you, for watching TV with me
After a few tears
( Go on... I dare you to say something.)
And he slipped away.
He was 88 y/o.
I miss you Pops.
Man i'm crying - give a d
amn heads up before you deliver such a "low blow". Heartwarming story.
Too bad, not to bad. The Quiet Man, not The Quite Man.
@@judeirwin2222
Sorry about that, I miss spell when I get excited.
Fritz Lang gets me like that.
That you for the correction.
@@Buzbikebklyn1 Thats also how I want to go out..watching a great movie..
You and your dad were so blessed to have each other...
if your party isn't that lit, don't even bother to invite me
Vtmgll wait... this party already has demons, the seven deadly sins, the horsemen of the apocalypse, allucinations, Death and the whore of Babylon... What kind of parties you go to!?
@Krogg Fashe Seems, more like Catholics, would provide all that.
noone sure......
lol
@@SEELE-ONE
Rothschildparties
This scene and her transformation were some of my favourites in that movie.
It's a great piece of work with a lot more creativity behind it than the generic Hollywood bullshit you get to see nowadays.
Oh the movie is so grand c: it's nice to see another fan
Love this movie so much... :)
millionaires, apocolypse, the grim reaper, and demonic robotic AI, sounds like right now
Kelpy exactly
who's the AI?
@@NUKELEDGE "Maria", The dancer. I haven't seen the movie yet, but a big plot point is some dude wanted to 'Transfer' his dying wife essence to an automaton, so he hired a mad inventor to do it. The inventor created, what we call in the present, an AI. Iirc named after the dying wife, "Maria" a automatonic duplicatiant, 'Almost' like the original being she was made to mimic. The creation sequence of Maria is actually one of the other popular clips form this film. (See link)
ruclips.net/video/IcReykfvqi4/видео.html
This is also why Maria's dance was jerky like a robot. She WAS a robot.
(As a side note, I think this was one of the earliest examples of AI and robotics in a feature length film. It even came before the story that popularized the term "Robot".)
@@matthewutech5970 not exactly.
Hel, the boss's wife, died when giving birth to his son, and both his husband and the mad scientist couldn't accept her death (they both loved her). So while the robot was initially made to become like Hel, the boss told the scientist to make it look like Maria instead (the prophet), so that she could destroy the Workers ambitions.
Yes it's a bit confused 😅
@@Valery0p5 Aye, thanks for the correction. I have yet to see this film in full, so I only know so much about the plot.
Super Mario~o RPG, it is the on~ly one just for me!
3:29 This was already creepy enough, it didn't need a SPOOKY SCARY SKELETON!
lmfao!
PokeDude011 Especially playing a flute bone!!
HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!
It is ritual
that is a badass skeleton
The men's reactions are what disturb me the most...
Hey, women would like the perfect lover, too! Imagine Data like a Russian ballet dancer? White nights, bolshoi!
Are you a woman?
Are you new to this planet?
The whole thing was pretty bazaar, though
Looks like scenes from Reefer Madness ...
That's the literal point...
Ham at it's most Cured.
Did uhh... did anybody else come from "super mario-o RPG, it is the only one just for me"
Lang directed it but his wife wrote the story and the script, what a freaking genius.
Her name was Thea Von Harbou. She wrote novels directed and acted.
I remember watching this (Metropolis) in a throw away college course in the early eighties. It was disturbing then and is disturbing now. Fantastic and timeless work.
This sequence is totally deranged... I love it.
This is an amazing segment from the movie. The looks on the faces of the young men as they leer at the semi-nude dancer are really something. I don't understand why Fritz Lang was so critical of the movie later, supposedly calling it 'silly'. I've always thought it was brilliant. The music really adds a lot. It should not be watched in silence.
I believe Fritz Lang later considered the moral of "The mediator between the head and the hand must be the heart" as naive and childish. Not helped by the fact Metropolis was most like Hitler's favourite film and he saw himself as that mediating Christ like figure to Germany that Freder was for the city in the film.
Visually, I think it's rubbish. I love 2001 though.
The message was silly. Corporate power will never come to terms till it ruins us completely.
@@yargundev9772 I never paid that much attention to the message. My interest was the power of the imagery, the editing, etc.
I don't know why but this scene always scares me. The way she dances is so creepy
Desiree Santos hope you didn’t get sucked in 😉
Nothing creepy! Open up your sexual imagination!
It’s creepy alright. Walk across the street in a sundress and you’ll get that same reaction from random dudes lmao
if the picture is actually the person u responded to then she is just a child. your response is creepy!
@@faithbringshope She seems like she's a little a bit older.
Fritz Lang makes david lynch look like hanna barbera
He doesn't though really does he
They are both geniuses
I believe Lynch has seen everything from Lang that is available.
He knows in what paths he walks.
Rubbish
PERFECT!
This scene makes me wanna follow those patterns for the rest of my gaming life
The men in the audience act like the guys I went to high school with.
That's what SHE said...
paul w Jealous
Paul W, I think the implication is that those grown men (not kids) are portraying unclean thoughts. Me thinks you have a bit of a chip on your shoulder. 😅 Seems like you might have been bullied by the rich kids. But haven’t we all had experiences like that?! Time to let it go, man! Wishing you peace & happiness 🙂
@sombra negra We have dicks... we don't have to BE dicks, though.
@@blueyedboymrdeath Exemplary quote there
Such an early work of art on film. I'm so glad there were copies of it so it could be saved for all time.
That was astounding! I can only imagine what audiences thought back then when they watched this.
2:30 super Mario rpg it's the only one just for me
When I play the game I get lost in a phase,then I find out I'm stuck in Geno's maze
I got here through exactly 2 Super mario RPG memes. The OG and the remake. Good job, youtube.
For inquiring minds, the conveniently 'missing' translation at 3:09 is as follows:
And I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet-colored animal, that was full of blasphemy, and had seven ten ogres. And the woman was clothed in purple and scarlet, and had a golden cup in her hand. And written on his forehead a name, a secret: The great Babylon the mother of all abominations on earth. I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints.
Und ich sah ein Weib sitzen auf einem Scharlach farbenen Tier, das war voll Namen der Lästerung und hatte sieben zehn hömer. Und das Weib war bekleidet mit Purpur und Scharlach und hatte einen güldenen Becher in der hand. Und auf seiner Stirn geschrieben einen Namen, ein Geheimnis: Die grosse Babylon die Mutter aller Greuel auf Erden. Unc ich sah das Weib trunken dem Blut der heiligen.
THX~~
You're welcome :)
the whoar on the beast in the prophecy of Revelation
Revelation 17:Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters: 2 with whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication. 3 So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. 4 And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: 5 and upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. 6 And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus:
It's actually "seven heads and ten horns" in 16th century biblical German. "sieben Häupter und zehn Hörner"
It's from the visionary, original score by Gottfried Huppertz, which was re-recorded after "Metropolis" was restored. It's a soaring, romantic magpie of a score, with references to other music throughout. When Death appears in the scene above, for instance, Huppertz includes quotes from the Dies irae ("day of wrath") most famously used in Symphonie Fantastique. Great score for a great movie.
I'm no expert on film, but I really like the way the editing conveys the disjointed quality of a nightmare/graver dream. Also how the images change (for example the living men into statues. I have no idea what the director was trying to express, (or if it's a metaphor or parable) but I do know that's the way dreams work. Things change and morph from people we know to strangers and from real to unreal. The whole scene gives me an uncomfortable feeling, which is what one would expect from the real-life situation.
The statues were of the seven deadly sins.
3:33 everybody gangsta until the skeletons start playing the flute
The femur of the species is more deadly than the mail.
@@theRealPlaidRabbit
But the skeleton was missing a tooth and nail.
EmmyDragon Artz, that phrase "everybody gangsta" ("..until the skeletons..") is too modern, need to find one which matches with the era of this video. How bout "they're right mad" ("..until the skeletons.."). A couple more examples:
1920s and 1930s: "Why that screwy dame! What's the idea!?"
21st century translation: "Damn that dumbass bitch! Whaz up wit dat!?"
It's interesting the differences between how people talked then compared to now. I watch alot of old films
Alvex Ok 1920s slang is one of my favorite things idk why but I just find it so funny
@@emmydragonartz, i like it too. I love films from about 1900 - 1950s in general, silent and sound, black and white and color. The 1930s have some of the very best, Fred and Ginger, Jean Harlow and Clark Gable, Janette McDonald and Nelson Eddie. I love the music from back then. The world was more formal, but also more charming and quaint. Films as explicit as this video though was rare.
Along with another contemporary film, "Nosferatu", this one pioneered what would later become the "Reefer Madness School of Acting".
1:22-1:26 Those are the most thirstiest mother fuckers I have ever seen! XD
+Nine PointO some perverted sheltered choir boys i swear
OkU2 gay men exist boy o.
They were sexual perverts lusting for her. Germans really know how to make a sick movie.
Thomas Belisle they make great porn movies too
TheGodParticle yes I know. I was stationed in Heidelberg Germany years ago when in the army. Hahaha.
Everybody in the club - all eyes on us, all eyes on us.
Yvonne D I wanna scream and shout!
I dance like that when I'm off my meds.
I dance that way when I need to use the bathroom and someone is still in there!!!!! Hey! Here comes the dance!!!
Madonna sure has been famous for a long time.
She looks like Madonna Louise Ciccone for sure!
@Queen Glamazona she sure did. She is said to like the movie a lot.
@Queen Glamazona good info- she is a real music history buff. Even the material girl “diamonds are a girl’s best friend” tribute to Marilyn Monroe was a nice touch.
@Queen Glamazona yup.
Lol😂true old witchy poo Madonna 😱
The Most Disturbing Dance Scene In Movie History.
I always thought it was sexy
@@cooperkillen5729 It is sexy, even today, and even considering that Brigitte Helm didn't have a great body by the standards of 1920s or now. But her stage presence was huge. Its even more extraordinary that she could play a holy, pure, virginal character (Maria) in the same film as this depraved slutty temptress (the robot)! One of the all-time great acting performances.
Good disturbing
kenji bernardino It’s the crowd of drooling mad dogs that disturbs me.
Peter Yianilos Maybe it's because i'm a girl but i don't find here performsnce hot, it's scary!
She is amazing in this film. Her eyes are so expressive. I have just seen this restored version at the Phoenix cinema in Jericho, Oxford.
tbh, I found this scene really scary.
Me too:(
how? I found it funny.
Scary when you remember it later when you go home to a dark, empty house!
pilot. I found it disturbing as well as humorous. Incredible work.
@@esmermeza5793 hi
Lang was a visionary and a creative genius; daring and provocative.
His wife wrote it
This was way ahead of it's time; very artistic!
It's like Charlie Chaplin meets David Lynch. Really delivers that heavy chest feeling.
"...that heavy chest feeling." What does Bette Midler have to do with anything?...lol
Hahaha nice comparison. It looks a little bit eraserheadish
@@ChupeTTe But Lynch is surrealist,and Metropolis is expressionism
@@TheodorStrauten
Metropolis is both,
Youre right, but that aestathics from Metropolis had a great influence on David Lynch.
"Charlie Chaplin meets David Lynch. That's a TERRIFIC analogy :D
🎶Super Mario RPG
It is the only one just for me
When I played the game
I got lost in a phase
Then I found out
I’m stuck in Geno’s Maze🎶
1927: wow this is a good film!
2007: super mario rpg it is the only one just for me
Brigitte Helm is bloody amazing.
Bleak Solipsism and nobody talks about that enough! Maybe because she and Lang so brilliantly succeeded that the actual woman behind the creation is completely eclipsed. But yes, she is amazing!
If one looks 👀 at an earlier scene in the movie 🎥, Metropolis is suppose to be Babel. Maria is telling that tale to the religious crowd. In a later scene when Frederich is visiting the factory 🏭 workplace, he cries out “Moloch!” (It’s captioned)
Moloch is the Babylonian god that accepts baby sacrifices. The scene includes workers entering the machine mouth 👄 of Moloch.
So yes, the male reaction to Hel disguised as Maria is exaggerated. One must remember that “Metropolis” is a modern dystopian retelling of the tale of the Fall of Babel (Babylon).
The real Babylon fell to the invading army of the Gutians (Kurds today). The people of the Zagros mountains often were collected and gathered for sacrifice. Eannatum of Lagash is but one account of a Babylonian slaughter of these hill people. Eannatum is sufficient reference for Google if you desire to read about one of these slaughters
This movie predicted our modern times and with the use of much occult imagery I believe this film was sort of a warning as to how evil our modern time will become and has definitely become.
Sort of? Prodictive programming,even back then
I can see where you are going with this and relating to the occult. Lang was an atheist per Wiki. I doubt it crossed his mind. As of now the only creator of purposely created films involving the occult is Kenneth Anger.
It reflected what was going on at the time in the Weimar Republic and in Berlin, especially which had become like Paris in the 1890's. The sky scrapers were like the ones just built in Manhattan, which were the tallest buildings in the world at the time. So not predictive programming.
... and it'll get worse.
Particularly foreshadowing the widening of the gap between rich and poor; the middle class disappears, leaving only the wealthy and a class of slaves.
I just noticed - the way the preacher lifts the book @ 3:04, he had been reading it _upside-down the entire time._
You know, something I just realized is that this dance scene must've taken a huge amount of planning and prepwork to built that giant Beast Of revelation statue, put it on some kind of elevating base, and put together all the effects the dance sequence has, and the producer and/or choreographer either didn't have a dancer planned, or was willing to swap out their planned dancer for some random woman who just arrived like fifteen minutes ago.
The men's reactions are hilarious to me. 😂
One of the greatest scenes in silent film/cinematic history
This honestly scares me and gives me the creeps
Melanie Lopez Don't be alarmed.
This only proves that you're still sane.
It's meant to show the hideous effects lust can have.
HAHA IKR
I once flipped out on some dumb guy who complained it was a "boner killer".
I watched thiss at night. Makes it even more creepy. Or does it?
You can watch in full daylight and it still disturbing.
But it is better at night. ;)
I watched this years ago for a high school media class. The dance scene is the only thing I remember lol
The great Fritz Lang classic movie"Metropolis", had such imagery.Fritz Lang's silent movies are among the best.
I love silent film, and Fritz Lang's. movie " Metropolis"- is my favorite.⭐
The level of cinematography and film editing was decades ahead of its time. A monolith of achievement in cinema history
This is one of my favorite pieces of film music. Great scene altogether.
メトロポリスは手塚治虫も漫画にした位、当時は衝撃だった。いいものはいつまでも語り継がれていきます。私はこの映画好き。
3:09
"and I saw a woman sitting upon a scarlet-coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, having a golden cup in her hand
and upon her forehead a name written, BABYLON THE GREAT, the mother of the abominations of the earth.
And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints"
To see her dancing live must have been amazing.
This sooooooo far ahead of its time, AI robot sitting on the beast from revelation, the rich people turning into the dead after being enchanted
To me, what is stunning is how Fritz Lang understood that reality is 3 dimensional not 2D like other filmmakers of the day (and today) filmed. So, in this unreal depiction - depth, perspective just jumps out at the viewer. Spectacular! And THOSE TEETH, THOSE TEETH!
This video is incredible. It blows my mind that this came from the 1920's. Well done, Metropolis.
One of the best sci-fi movies of all time and quite a bit ahead of its time as well. Judging from some of the other comments, it is still a bit ahead of some.
This movie is a masterpiece!
2:30 "Super Mario RPG, it is just the only one for me"
A few thoughts: One, this is my favorite scene, and favorite piece of music in the whole movie. Two: You know the guy is soft when he's delirious after only one 10 hour shift. Three: And to think, all the workers had been asking for all this time was a union rep.
This video disturbs me on many levels, especially the faces at 2:28
Rex Nemorensis blonde man has serpent eyes.
Thats what it was made to do, it worked right !
Interesting how actors back in those days made expressional faces so. As to give a better effect ,while the actors of today are faceless
the dance is just weird enough to be a dream, pervy enough to be real...very much ahead of its time!
Super Mario RPG
It is the only one just for me
When I play the game, I get lost in a phase
Then I find out I'm stuck in Geno's Maze
@K. Williamson wtf you don´t know the meme
Why is this in a comment section of a video with a seductive erotic robotic dancer and not a comment section of a video with a guy who's channel icon has an identity crises daily playing one of my favorite games
Looks like I picked the wrong day to quit sniffing glue.
What an amazing production.
This is so wicked.
She is dancing to the wrong music.
Gerald Davis she's dancing wrong too 😂😂😂
@@reverendbluejeans1748 She should be dancing to Giorgio Moroder! LoL
I have long had a minor crush on the actress playing Maria, forever unrequited, since she likely died before I was born. She did some fairly impressive stunt work in this film too.
Super Mario RPG,
It is the only one just for me,
When I play the game
I get lost in a phase,
Then I find out
I'm stuck in Geno's Maze.
Super Mario RPG,
It is the only one just for me,
When I play the game
I get lost in a phase,
Then I find out
I'm stuck in Geno's Maze.
Give me frog coins,
Give me ice bombs,
Give me fright bombs,
Give me mushrooms,
Give me See Ya,
Give me star egg,
Give me cookies,
give me Lambs lure,
I want eve-
rything I need
I must play this
more and more I
need to get those
damn frog coins to
pay off all my
credit cards.
There are many secrets in the game,
Many of which drive some peeps insane.
Why we try to cheat in a
really good game
Just sounds like crap
and it makes you look lame
Exiting the forest is super simple,
All you do is follow these patterns,
For the rest of your gaming life.
Follow Geno through here.
Follow Geno through here.
Follow Geno through here.
I'm a gaming god!
Cinematography and special effects were astounding for the time.
One of my favourite movies ever! This part is a pure piece of art
Super Mario RPG
This is brilliant! I wish movies today had such an exciting visual style.
The thirst is real
not sure what creeps me out more - her dance moves or their facial expressions o.O
You know you can't go wrong with an invitation from C.A. ROTWANG !!!
Is this that VIP sensei thing I’ve heard so much about
Such an accomplished film, technically and visually. A deserved classic. Unsurpassed.
back in the 20's this must have been a trouser splitting stretch of film.
Super Mario RPG
It is the only the Just for me
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I have two versions of the magnificent movie but neither has the crucial missing scenes that this one has. The book showing the beast of Babylon dress as she is and the black men holding up the caldron then changing into the gargoyles. The interpretation of LUST on the men's faces is just great. Silent films forced overacting like that but it actually works very well. Preaching at the pulpit should definitely been left in. Helps with the concept of fevered dreams of the end of the world, the apocalypse. When they do a total restoration using the new found film, I will have it too. This is aVERY important film, along with his "Frau im Mond" ("Woman in the Moon"). So far ahead of their times.