Brigitte Helm, Rudolf Klein-Rogge and Alfred Abel in Metropolis (1927)
German postcard by Ross Verlag, Berlin, no. 71/5. Photo: Ufa Parufamet. Brigitte Helm, Rudolf Klein-Rogge and Alfred Abel in Metropolis (Fritz Lang, 1927).
German actress Brigitte Helm (1908-1996) is still famous for her dual role as Maria and her double the evil Maria, the Maschinenmensch, in the silent SF classic Metropolis (Fritz Lang, 1927). After Metropolis she made a string of over 30 films in which she almost always had the starring role. She easily made the transition to sound films, before she abruptly retired in 1935.
Alfred Abel (1879-1937), best known as the industrial Fredersen in Fritz Lang's Metropolis, played in over 140 silent and sound films between 1913 and 1938.
Rudolf Klein-Rogge is best remembered as Fritz Lang's Dr. Mabuse and as Lang's mad scientist in Metropolis, but he played many more parts in German cinema.
Brigitte Helm, Rudolf Klein-Rogge and Alfred Abel in Metropolis (1927)
German postcard by Ross Verlag, Berlin, no. 71/5. Photo: Ufa Parufamet. Brigitte Helm, Rudolf Klein-Rogge and Alfred Abel in Metropolis (Fritz Lang, 1927).
German actress Brigitte Helm (1908-1996) is still famous for her dual role as Maria and her double the evil Maria, the Maschinenmensch, in the silent SF classic Metropolis (Fritz Lang, 1927). After Metropolis she made a string of over 30 films in which she almost always had the starring role. She easily made the transition to sound films, before she abruptly retired in 1935.
Alfred Abel (1879-1937), best known as the industrial Fredersen in Fritz Lang's Metropolis, played in over 140 silent and sound films between 1913 and 1938.
Rudolf Klein-Rogge is best remembered as Fritz Lang's Dr. Mabuse and as Lang's mad scientist in Metropolis, but he played many more parts in German cinema.