Metropolis (1927 film) Metropolis (1927 film) Metropolis is a 1927 German expressionist science-fiction drama film directed by Fritz Lang. Written by Thea von Harbou in collaboration with Lang, it stars Gustav Fröhlich, Alfred Abel, Rudolf Klein-Rogge and Brigitte Helm. Erich Pommer produced it in the Babelsberg Studios for Universum Film A.G. (Ufa). The silent film is regarded as a pioneering science-fiction movie, being among the first feature-length movies of that genre. Filming took place over 17 months in 1925–26 at a cost of over five million Reichsmarks. Made in Germany during the Weimar Period, "Metropolis" is set in a futuristic urban dystopia and
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (2009 film) commercial failure. It has a 7% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 28 reviews. "The New York Times" concluded that Amber Tamblyn looked "thoroughly bored" throughout the proceedings. "Variety" called the remake "entirely soulless". The "Los Angeles Times" wrote that "the leads can't lend either spunk or gravitas to what was already a preposterous yarn 50 years ago". Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (2009 film) Beyond a Reasonable Doubt is a 2009 American crime drama film and a remake of the 1956 film of the same name by Fritz Lang. Written, directed and filmed by Peter Hyams, the new version starred