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# Metropolis (1927): cast and crew

25 cast and 26 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [Gustav Fröhlich](https://film.one/person/gustav-frohlich.md) as Freder Fredersen
- [Brigitte Helm](https://film.one/person/brigitte-helm.md) as Maria / The Machine Man
- [Alfred Abel](https://film.one/person/alfred-abel.md) as Johann 'Joh' Fredersen
- [Rudolf Klein-Rogge](https://film.one/person/rudolf-klein-rogge.md) as C.A. Rotwang
- [Theodor Loos](https://film.one/person/theodor-loos.md) as Josaphat
- [Fritz Rasp](https://film.one/person/fritz-rasp.md) as The Thin Man
- [Erwin Biswanger](https://film.one/person/erwin-biswanger.md) as No. 11811 - Georgy
- [Heinrich George](https://film.one/person/heinrich-george.md) as Grot
- [Fritz Alberti](https://film.one/person/fritz-alberti.md) as Creative Human - Man Who Convinces Babel (uncredited)
- [Grete Berger](https://film.one/person/grete-berger.md) as Working Woman (uncredited)
- [Olly Boeheim](https://film.one/person/olly-boeheim.md) as Working Woman (uncredited)
- [Heinrich Gotho](https://film.one/person/heinrich-gotho.md) as Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)
- [Gottfried Huppertz](https://film.one/person/gottfried-huppertz.md) as Man Playing Violin (uncredited)
- [Georg John](https://film.one/person/georg-john.md) as Working Man Who Causes Explosion of M-Machine (uncredited)
- Margarete Lanner as Woman of Eternal Gardens / Lady in Car (uncredited)
- Rose Lichtenstein as Working Woman (uncredited)
- Hanns Leo Reich as Marinus (uncredited)
- Arthur Reinhardt as Working Man (uncredited)
- Curt Siodmak as Working Man (uncredited)
- Henrietta Siodmak as Working Woman (uncredited)
- Olaf Storm as Jan (uncredited)
- Rolf von Goth as Son in Eternal Gardens (uncredited)
- Helen von Münchofen as Woman of Eternal Gardens (uncredited)
- Helene Weigel as Working Woman (uncredited)
- Anita Berber as Maria Double

## Directing

- [Fritz Lang](https://film.one/person/fritz-lang.md): Director
- Slatan Dudow: Assistant Director

## Writing

- [Fritz Lang](https://film.one/person/fritz-lang.md): Screenplay
- [Thea von Harbou](https://film.one/person/thea-von-harbou.md): Screenplay, Novel

## Production

- [Erich Pommer](https://film.one/person/erich-pommer.md): Producer

## Camera

- [Karl Freund](https://film.one/person/karl-freund.md): Director of Photography, Camera Operator
- [Günther Rittau](https://film.one/person/gunther-rittau.md): Director of Photography, Camera Operator
- [Walter Ruttmann](https://film.one/person/walter-ruttmann.md): Director of Photography
- Robert Baberske: First Assistant Camera, Assistant Camera
- Horst von Harbou: Still Photographer

## Editing

- [Fritz Lang](https://film.one/person/fritz-lang.md): Editor

## Sound and music

- [Gottfried Huppertz](https://film.one/person/gottfried-huppertz.md): Original Music Composer
- Frank Strobel: Music Editor, Conductor
- [Otto Harzner](https://film.one/person/otto-harzner.md): Original Music Composer

## Art

- Edgar G. Ulmer: Set Designer
- Walter Schulze-Mittendorff: Sculptor
- Otto Hunte: Set Designer, Art Direction
- Erich Kettelhut: Set Designer, Art Direction
- Karl Vollbrecht: Set Designer, Art Direction

## Costume and make-up

- [Aenne Willkomm](https://film.one/person/aenne-willkomm.md): Costume Design

## Visual effects

- Eugen Schüfftan: Visual Effects

## Crew

- Ernst Kunstmann: Special Effects
- Konstantin Irmen-Tschet: Special Effects
- Erich Holder: Production Office Assistant
- Erich Kettelhut: Production Office Assistant
- Rudi George: Production Artist

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