Metropolis is one of the earliest and most influential science fiction films of all time. It was based on a novel by the same name released 2 years prior to the release of the film, in the year 1925. The film is about a utopian city build on top of a dystopian underground where the workers work themselves to death. The main character of the film, Freder, learns of the city under the city when he tries to find a woman named Maria. After learning of the hardships and struggles the workers go through, he talks about it with his father who is the leader of the city.
When his father ignores his questions and dismisses him, he decides to help the workers himself. He soon learns that Maria has been leading a revolution and joins her. Learning of the revolution, Fredersen meets with Rotwang to ask for help. Their past quarrels make Rotwang want to back stab him and does so by making a robot that looks like Maria. He uses the robot he created to convince the workers to start a violent revolution, where they stop all the machines and riot in the streets.
“The mediator between head and hands must be the heart.” This quote is the final text seen before the end card of the film. In this analogy, the head is the rulers of the city and the hands are the workers in the underground. The film says that the heart, which is understood to be Freder, is need as a mediator between the two factions.
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