Continuity mistake: When Freder exits the Moloch machine hall, in the shot of Freder descending the stairs the two motorized utility carts are missing. (00:15:55)
Metropolis (1927)
Directed by: Fritz Lang
Starring: Alfred Abel, Brigitte Helm, Fritz Rasp, Gustav Frohlich, Rudolf Klein-Rogge
Continuity mistake: The interior sets of the Rotwang house are much larger than the exterior views (this discrepancy was first noted in a review by H. G. Wells).
Factual error: An intertitle has a spelling error in the Kino DVD. The name "Freder" is misspelled as "Feder". This occurs in chapter 19, time 00:59:04 to 00:59:12. (00:59:05)
Trivia: The film features an absolutely massive cast, including 750 bit players, 26,000 male extras, 11,000 female extras, and 750 children.
Maria: Head and hands need a mediator. THE mediator between head and hands must be THE heart.
Worker #1: But where is our mediator, Maria -?
Maria: Wait for him! He will surely come.
Worker #2: We will wait, Maria...! But not much longer - - .
Man at Yoshiwara Nightclub: For her - all seven deadly sins.
Moving Title Card: As - deep - as lay - the workers' - city below the - earth, so high above - it towered the complex - known as the "Club of the - Sons," with its lecture halls and - libraries, its theaters and stadiums.
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