Science fiction film
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Science fiction film refers to the application of science fiction themes into a film genre. As such, it uses speculative, science-based depictions of phenomena that are not fully accepted by mainstrea
Metropolis (1927) by Fritz Lang was one of the first feature-length science fiction films. It was produced at Studio Babelsberg, Germany. (Image shows a scene from the film)
Poster for the 1954 Japanese monster film Godzilla
Characters Gort (left) and Klaatu (right) from the 1951 film The Day the Earth Stood Still
Characters C-3PO (left) and R2-D2 (right) from the Star Wars franchise
Metropolis (1927 film)
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Metropolis is a 1927 German expressionist science-fiction silent film directed by Fritz Lang and written by Thea von Harbou in collaboration with Lang, based on von Harbou's 1925 novel of the same nam
Science fiction film
…Méliès' A Trip to the Moon (1902) employed trick photography effects. The next major example (one of the first feature-length in the genre) was the film Metropolis (1927). There were a few early big-budget films, notably Things to Come (1936), but from the 1930s to the 1950s the genre consisted mainly of low-budget…
Theatrical release poster by Heinz Schulz-Neudamm
Set photograph of the Maschinenmensch from Metropolis
Manhattan skyline in 1912
The Tower of Babel in Maria's recounting of the biblical story was modeled after this 1563 painting by Pieter Brueghel.