“ Here lived Rotwang, the inventor.
30:09
"John Fredersen!"
30:49
"At last my work is ready."
30:59
"I have created a machine in the image of a man, that never tires or makes a mistake."
31:23
"Now we have no further use for living workers."
34:07
"Isn't it worth the loss of a hand to have created the workers of the future——the machine men?"
34:28
"Give me another 24 hours, and I'll bring you a machine which no one will be able to tell from a human being." ”

“ Note: Metropolis is a 1927 German expressionist science-fiction film directed by Fritz Lang. This is a transcription of the US English-translated release of the film, which had a length of around two hours of video. This version's intertitles fell into the public domain into the United States in 2023. It is unclear if it is the 1927 US version or a version released later, but it was certainly released on a film reel so before 1978.
Cat: Science fiction film, Silent film
00:00
This film is not of today or of the future.
It tells of no place.
It serves no tendency, party or class. ”

“ Herrn Joh Fredersen
heute Abend sein Gast zu sein. 1:15:08
"Now we shall see whether people believe the Robot is a creature of flesh and blood."
1:18:35
"John Fredersen is looking for an excuse to use violence against the workers."
1:19:06
"Maria, you always pleaded for peace—but now the Robot in your likeness has been commanded to incite the workers to violence."
1:19:29
The workers accept the Robot as Maria.
1:19:41
"I have preached patience—"
1:20:07
"But your mediator has not come—and will never come."
1:20:44
"Maria is inciting the workers to revolt." ”