
06 Feb 1927

Metropolis
In a futuristic city sharply divided between the rich and the poor, the son of the city's mastermind meets a prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their differences.
In the Republic of Utopia, because of the bad economic crisis ailing the nation, the Jews are made the scapegoats for the economic and social ills affecting the population; therefore, the government decides to expel them. Leo Strakosch is among the exiled. He is engaged to Counsellor's Linder's daughter. He gets into the Republic, in a clandestine way, to show to the society the wrongness of their anti-semitic prejudice. Bettauer's novel differs essentially from the film version. "Vienna" was named "Utopia". Even a happy ending was provided.
Leo Strakosch
Rat Bernart
Rat Linder
Tochter Lotte
Bundeskanzler
Rat Volbert
seine Frau
Köchin Kathi (as Gisela Werbezirk)
Kommiss Isidor
Moritz
Oberhaupt der Staatskirche
Rabbiner
Ein blinder Jude
Hausknecht
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