Year: 1927
Runtime: 153 mins
Director: Fritz Lang
Understanding cannot exist between the hands and the brain without the heart’s mediation. In a futuristic metropolis sharply divided between opulent elites and impoverished workers, the son of the city’s mastermind encounters a prophet who foretells a savior destined to unite the two sides and heal the conflict.
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