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Aug 16, 2024 · The film, considered one of the first feature-length sci-fi films, stars Gustav Fröhlich, Alfred Abel, Rudolf Klein-Rogge, and Brigitte Helm. The film’s production spanned 17 months, from 1925 to 1926, and cost over five million Reichsmarks, equivalent to approximately $21 million today.
Aug 16, 2024 · “Metropolis,” released in 1927, is a groundbreaking German expressionist science-fiction silent film, directed by Fritz Lang and co-written with Thea von Harbou, based on her 1925 novel of the same name. The film, considered one of the first feature-length sci-fi films, stars Gustav Fröhlich, Alfred Abel, Rudolf Klein-Rogge, and Brigitte Helm.
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Friedrich Rudolf Klein (24 November 1885 – 29 May 1955), better known as Rudolf Klein-Rogge, was a German film actor, best known for playing sinister figures in films in the 1920s and 1930s as well as being a mainstay in director Fritz Lang 's Weimar -era films. He is probably best known in popular culture, particularly to English-speaking ...
Rudolf Klein-Rogge was one of Germany's more gifted character actors, in both theater and film, and was a mainstay of Fritz Lang's movies from 1920-1932. Born in Cologne in 1888 (though some sources say 1885), he studied art history in Berlin and Bonn, but his real interest was in the theater. He made his professional acting debut at the age of ...
Thea met and married Rudolf Klein-Rogge during World War I. By 1917, the couple moved to Berlin where she focused on building her writing career. Soon after she became connected with German film director Joe May, who decided to adapt one of her works for the screen. This inspired her to become a film writer.
Rudolf Klein-Rogge. Actor: Metropolis. During the heyday of German silent cinema, Rudolf Klein-Rogge was the prototype for the master criminal, the irredeemable arch villain or mad scientist. Born in Cologne, he served as a cadet in a Prussian military academy before finishing his matriculation. He then began to attend acting classes and studying art history in Berlin and Bonn, making his ...
