Metropolis is the classic silent-movie industrial dystopia from 1927. It portrays a futuristic city comprising a two-tier society of haves and have-nots who are kept unaware of each other's existence.
Gustav Frohlich as Freder in Metropolis: "I wanted to look into the faces of the people whose little children are my brothers, my sisters... Your magnificent city, Father - and you the brain of this city - and all of us in the city's light... And where are the people, father, whose hands built your city ---?"
Brigitte Helm as Maria in Metropolis: "HEAD and HANDS need a mediator! The mediator between HEAD and HANDS must be the HEART!!"
Alfred Abel as Joh Fredersen in Metropolis: "Beginning today, I wish to be kept informed of every step taken by my son."
- Movie
- Metropolis
- Year
- 1927
- Character
- Rotwang
- Actor
- Rudolf Klein-Rogge
Rotwang is the crazed inventor who creates the human-replica robot that Joh Fredersen uses to sow discord among the underclasses of his city. Rotwang however, views Joh with contempt and plans to use his creation for his own purposes including Joh’s undoing.
Metropolis – Rotwang Quotes
Joh tries to placate the angry Rotwang who is looking at Hel’s grave:
Joh: Let the dead rest in peace, Rotwang…For you, as for me, she is dead…
Rotwang: For me, she is not dead, Joh Fredersen, – for me, she lives — !
He intends to resurrect her, into the robot:
Rotwang: Isn’t it worth the loss of a hand to have created the man of the future, the Machine-Man? ! Give me another 24 hours – and no one, Joh Fredersen, no one will be able to tell a Machine-Man from a mortal! The woman is mine, Joh Fredersen! The son of Hel was yours!
Rotwang betrays his contempt for Joh to the audience, and hints at his plan to double-cross Joh and use his own schemes against him:
Rotwang: You fool! Now you will lose the one remaining thing you have from Hel – your son
Rotwang exposes Joh’s plan to the captured Maria:
Rotwang: Joh Fredersen wants to let those in the depths use force and do wrong, so that he can claim the right to use force against them….When you spoke to your poor brothers, you spoke of peace, Maria…Today, a mouthpiece of Joh Fredersen is inciting them to rebel against him…
Maria: She will destroy their belief in a mediator!
Rotwang: …but I have tricked Joh Fredersen! Your double does not obey his will – only mine. And I tricked Fredersen twice over! For I concealed from him that his son wants to be your brothers’ mediator – and loves you!
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Cast and Characters
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Gustav Frohlich as Freder in Metropolis: "I wanted to look into the faces of the people whose little children are my brothers, my sisters... Your magnificent city, Father - and you the brain of this city - and all of us in the city's light... And where are the people, father, whose hands built your city ---?"
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Heinrich George as Grot in Metropolis: "Where are your children??! The city lies underwater, the shafts are completely flooded -!! Who told you to attack the machines, you idiots? Without them you'll all die!!"
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Alfred Abel as Joh Fredersen in Metropolis: "Beginning today, I wish to be kept informed of every step taken by my son."
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Theodore Loos as Josaphat in Metropolis: "I put on this disguise to escape from the Thin Man. But for ten days, your father's spy has been making even the workers' city risky..."
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Brigitte Helm as Machine-Man Maria in Metropolis: "You know that I have always spoken of peace...but your mediator has not come... You have waited long enough! Your time has come -! Who is the living food for the machines in Metropolis!? Who lubricates the machine joints with their own blood?! Who feeds the machines with their own flesh?! Let the machines starve, you fools! Let them die! Kill them - the machines!!"
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Brigitte Helm as Maria in Metropolis: "HEAD and HANDS need a mediator! The mediator between HEAD and HANDS must be the HEART!!"
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Rudolf Klein-Rogge as Rotwang in Metropolis: "Isn't it worth the loss of a hand to have created the man of the future, the Machine-Man? ! Give me another 24 hours - and no one, Joh Fredersen, no one will be able to tell a Machine-Man from a mortal! The woman is mine, Joh Fredersen! The son of Hel was yours!"
Random Dystopia Quotes
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Brigitte Helm as Maria in Metropolis: "HEAD and HANDS need a mediator! The mediator between HEAD and HANDS must be the HEART!!"
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Marc Aden Gray as Choi in The Matrix: "Hallelujah. You're my savior, man. My own personal Jesus Christ."
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Denis Leary as Edgar Friendly in Demolition Man: "That's right. You see, according to Cocteau's plan. I'm the enemy. Because I like to think, I like to read. I'm into freedom of speech, freedom of choice. I'm the kind if guy who would sit in the greasy spoon and think 'Gee, should I have the T-bone steak or the big rack of Barbecued spare ribs with the side order of gravy fries?' I want high cholesterol. I want to eat bacon, butter and buckets of cheese alright?"
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Matt Doran as Mouse in The Matrix: "To deny our own impulses is to deny the very thing that makes us human."
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Rupert Graves as Dominic Stone in V For Vendetta: "We're under siege here, the whole city's gone mad!"
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Anthony Ray Parker as Dozer in The Matrix
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Uma Thurman as Irene Cassini in Gattaca: " 'Unacceptable likelihood of heart failure.' I think that's what the manual says. The only trip I'll take in space is around the sun on this satellite right here.
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Heinrich George as Grot in Metropolis: "Where are your children??! The city lies underwater, the shafts are completely flooded -!! Who told you to attack the machines, you idiots? Without them you'll all die!!"
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Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne in The Dark Knight Rises: "I do fear death. I fear dying in here while my city burns."
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