In a futuristic city sharply divided between the working class and the city planner, the son of the ...
In a futuristic city sharply divided between the working class and the city planner, the son of the city's mastermind falls in love with a working class prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their differences.
Sometime in the future, the city of Metropolis is home to a Utopian society where its wealthy residents live a carefree life. One of those is Freder Frederen. One day, he spots a beautiful woman with a group of children, she and the children who quickly disappear. Trying to follow her, he, oblivious to such, is horrified to find an underground world of worker, apparently who run the machinery which keeps the above ground Utopian world functioning. One of the few people above ground who knows about the world below is Freder's father, Joh Frederen, who is the founder and master of Metropolis. Freder learn that the woman is Maria, who espouses the need to join the "hands" - the worker - to the "head" - those in power above - by a mediator or the "heart". Freder wants to help the plight of the worker in the want for a better life. But when Joh learn of what Maria is espousing and that Freder is joining their cause...
