Cast and crew
Metropolis (1927)
25 cast and 26 crew, as credited. Cast in billing order; crew by department.
Cast25
Gustav FröhlichFreder Fredersen
Brigitte HelmMaria / The Machine Man
Alfred AbelJohann 'Joh' Fredersen
Rudolf Klein-RoggeC.A. Rotwang
Theodor LoosJosaphat
Fritz RaspThe Thin Man- Erwin BiswangerNo. 11811 - Georgy
Heinrich GeorgeGrot
Fritz AlbertiCreative Human - Man Who Convinces Babel (uncredited)- Grete BergerWorking Woman (uncredited)
- Olly BoeheimWorking Woman (uncredited)
Heinrich GothoMaster of Ceremonies (uncredited)- Gottfried HuppertzMan Playing Violin (uncredited)
Georg JohnWorking Man Who Causes Explosion of M-Machine (uncredited)- Margarete LannerWoman of Eternal Gardens / Lady in Car (uncredited)
- Rose LichtensteinWorking Woman (uncredited)
- Hanns Leo ReichMarinus (uncredited)
- Arthur ReinhardtWorking Man (uncredited)
- Curt SiodmakWorking Man (uncredited)
- Henrietta SiodmakWorking Woman (uncredited)
- Olaf StormJan (uncredited)
- Rolf von GothSon in Eternal Gardens (uncredited)
- Helen von MünchofenWoman of Eternal Gardens (uncredited)
- Helene WeigelWorking Woman (uncredited)
- Anita BerberMaria Double
Crew26
Directing
- Fritz LangDirector
- Slatan DudowAssistant Director
Writing
- Fritz LangScreenplay
- Thea von HarbouScreenplay, Novel
Production
- Erich PommerProducer
Camera
- Karl FreundDirector of Photography, Camera Operator
- Günther RittauDirector of Photography, Camera Operator
- Walter RuttmannDirector of Photography
- Robert BaberskeFirst Assistant Camera, Assistant Camera
- Horst von HarbouStill Photographer
Editing
- Fritz LangEditor
Sound and music
- Gottfried HuppertzOriginal Music Composer
- Frank StrobelMusic Editor, Conductor
- Otto HarznerOriginal Music Composer
Art
- Edgar G. UlmerSet Designer
- Walter Schulze-MittendorffSculptor
- Otto HunteSet Designer, Art Direction
- Erich KettelhutSet Designer, Art Direction
- Karl VollbrechtSet Designer, Art Direction
Costume and make-up
- Aenne WillkommCostume Design
Visual effects
- Eugen SchüfftanVisual Effects
Crew
- Ernst KunstmannSpecial Effects
- Konstantin Irmen-TschetSpecial Effects
- Erich HolderProduction Office Assistant
- Erich KettelhutProduction Office Assistant
- Rudi GeorgeProduction Artist