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Metropolis
The city of the future was built in 1927.
In a towering future city split between idle rulers and underground workers, the ruler's son falls for a prophet of the workers, and an inventor builds a robot in her image.
Directed by Fritz Lang · Starring Brigitte Helm · Gustav Fröhlich · Alfred Abel
Why this film is free to watch
It was published in 1927. In the United States, films published in 1930 or earlier are now in the public domain, so they belong to everyone.
It is a silent film: the story is told in pictures and title cards. Haukley plays it as it was released, so some copies have a music track and some play in silence.
Learn more about it on Wikipedia.
