1. Adopted from the 2002 Kino Video
R1 DVD release and Google Translate
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2. The film "Metropolis" was heavily edited
and abridged shortly after its premier.
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3. About 1/4 of the film was considered lost
forever. Only in 2008, in Buenos Aires,
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4. was a nearly-complete copy discovered.
Unfortunately it was in terrible condition
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5. and a cropped 16 mm version.
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6. A substantially complete reconstruction was
made using the Argentinian material
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7. and material from the previous restoration.
Spanish intertitles were identified using
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8. censor cards translated into German. To
accurately portray the correct position
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9. of the cropped images, black borders
have been added to them.
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10. The Intertitles appear in their original
font. Intertitles with a different typeface
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11. have been added to
summarize the plot of missing segments.
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12. Black film stock indicates shorter
sections of missing footage.
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13. An Ufa production
Distributed by Parufamet.
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14. Fritz Lang.
Thea van Harbou.
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15. Otto Hunte,
Erich Kettelhut, Karl Vollbrecht.
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16. Karl Freund,
Gunther Rittau.
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17. Gottfried Huppertz.
Walter Schultze-Mittendorf.
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18. Thea von Harbou's novel Metropolis first
appeared in the magazine Illustriertes Blatt,
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19. Frankfurt. The book was published by
August Scherl Verlag G.m.b.H.
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20. The film's cast:
Joh Fredersen: Alfred Abel
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21. Freder, Joh Fredersen's Son: Gustav Frölich
Rotwang, the inventor: Rudolf Klein-Rogge
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22. Fritz Rasp
Theodor Loos
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23. Erwin Biswanger
Grot, the guardian of the Heart Machine:
Heinrich George
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24. The Creative Man
The Machine Man
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25. Death
The Seven Deadly Sins
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26. Brigitte Helm
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27. MUST BE THE HEART!
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28. Shift change.
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29. Deep below
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30. the earth's surface lay
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31. the workers' city.
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32. As
deep as
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33. lay the workers'
city below the earth,
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34. so high above it towered
the complex named the "Club
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35. of the Sons," with its lecture halls
and libraries, its theaters and stadiums.
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36. Fathers, for whom every revolution of a
machine wheel meant gold, had created for
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37. their sons the miracle of the
Eternal Gardens.
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38. "Which of you ladies shall today
have the honor of entertaining
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39. Master Freder, Joh Fredersen's Son?"
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40. "Freder-! Freder-!"
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41. "Look!
These are your brothers!"
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42. "L o o k — !"
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43. "These are your brothers!"
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44. "Who - was that?"
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45. But this is what happened to
Freder - son of Joh Fredersen,
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46. master of Metropolis - when he
went in search of the girl:
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47. "To the new Tower of Babel -
to my father-!"
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48. "Why is it, Josaphat,
that I learn of the explosion
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49. from my son,
and not from you—!"
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50. "The details—!"
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51. "What were you doing in the
machine halls, Freder?"
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52. "I wanted to look into
the faces of the people
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53. whose little children are
my brothers, my sisters..."
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54. "Your magnificent city, Father-
and you the brain of this city-
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55. and all of us
in the city's light... --"
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56. "... and where are the people, father,
whose hands built your city—?"
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57. "Where they belong..."
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58. "... where they belong...?"
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59. "... in the depths...?"
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60. "And if those in the depths
should rise up against you?"
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61. "The chief foreman of the Heart Machine,
Grot - with an important message..."
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62. "Two more of those damned
plans, Mr. Fredersen..."
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63. "... in the pockets of two men involved
in today's accident at the M-Machine..."
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64. "Why is it, Josaphat, that these plans were
brought to me by Grot and not by you?"
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65. "Apply to the G-Bank for
your remaining wages..."
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66. "Father, do you know what it means
to be dismissed by you? —
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67. It means: Go below! - Father! -
go below! Into the depths—!"
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68. "Do you know what it means to be
dismissed like that by Joh Fredersen?"
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69. "Do you want to work for me,
Josaphat?"
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70. "Go home, Josaphat, and wait for me...
I still have a long way to go tonight..."
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71. "Into the depths, -
to be with my brothers..."
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72. "Beginning today I wish to be kept informed
of every step taken by my son..."
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73. "Brother..."
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74. "... the machine!
Someone h a s t o stay at the machine!"
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75. "Someone w I I I stay at the machine..."
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76. "ME"
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77. "Listen to me... I want to
trade lives with you!"
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78. "Wait for me - both of you..."
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79. In the middle of Metropolis there was a
strange house, overlooked by the centuries.
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80. The man who lived in it
was Rotwang, the inventor.
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81. "Joh Fredersen..."
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82. HEL; BORN FOR MY HAPPINESS
AND MANKIND'S BLESSING
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83. HIS SON
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84. "A brain like yours, Rotwang,
should be able to forget..."
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85. "Only once in my life did I forget anything:
that Hel was a woman and you a man..."
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86. "Let the dead rest in peace, Rotwang...
For you, as for me, she is dead..."
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87. "For me, she is not dead, Joh Fredersen,-
for me, s h e I I v e s —!"
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88. "Do you think that losing a hand is too high
a price to pay for re-creating Hel-?"
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89. "Do you want to see her-?"
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90. "So, Joh Fredersen-? Isn't it worth the
loss of a hand to have created
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91. the man of the future, the
M a c h I n e - M a n -?"
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92. "Give me another 24 hours-, and no one, Joh
Fredersen, no one will be able to tell a
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93. Machine-Man from a mortal—!"
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94. "The woman is m I n e, Joh Fredersen!
The son of Hel was yours!"
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95. "And what brings you to me, Joh Fredersen?"
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96. "As usual, when my experts fail me,
I come to you for advice..."
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97. "For months now, we have been finding
these plans in my workers' clothes.
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98. What do they mean?"
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99. "... at two... at the end of the shift!
S h e has summoned us again..."
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100. "Father-! Father-!
Will ten hours n e v e r end—?"
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101. "-it is a plan of the 2000-year-old
catacombs deep below the lowest levels
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102. of your Metropolis..."
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103. "I should like to know what my workers
are doing in the catacombs..."
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104. "Today I will tell you the legend of
THE TOWER OF BABEL:."
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105. The legend of
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106. "Come, let us build us a tower
whose top may reach unto the stars!"
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107. "And on the top of the tower we will write
these words: Great is the world
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108. and its creator! And great is Man!"
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109. but the minds that had conceived the
Tower of Babel could not build it.
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110. The task was too great.
So they hired hands for wages.
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111. But the h a n d s that built the Tower of
Babel knew nothing of the dream of the
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112. b r a I n that had conceived it.
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113. One man's hymns of praise
became other men's curses.
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114. People spoke the same language,
but could not understand each other...
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115. "HEAD and HANDS
need a mediator."
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116. "THE MEDIATOR BETWEEN HEAD
AND HANDS MUST BE THE HEART!"
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117. "And where is o u r mediator, Maria-?"
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118. "Wait for him!
He will surely come!"
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119. "We will wait, Maria...!
But not much longer—!"
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120. "Oh mediator, have you finally come?"
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121. "You called me— here I am!"
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122. "Rotwang, give the Machine-Man
the likeness of that girl."
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123. "I shall show discord between them and her!
I shall destroy their belief in this woman—"
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124. "Leave me alone now, Joh Fredersen...
You will find the way back without me..."
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125. "You fool! Now you will lose the
one remaining thing you have from Hel-
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126. y o u r s o n!"
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127. "Until tomorrow, in the cathedral!"
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128. Freder sees a monk in the pulpit who
"Verily, I say unto you,
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129. the days spoken of in the Apocalypse
are nigh!"
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130. The monk's hand points to the
Bible, in which is written:
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131. "And I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet
colored beast, full of names of blasphemy
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132. having seven heads and ten horns.
And the woman was arrayed in purple and
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133. scarlet color, having a golden cup in her
hand. And upon her forehead was a name,
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134. written, mystery, Babylon the Great,
the mother of abominations of the Earth."
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135. "You will destroy Joh Fredersen -
him and his city and his son -!"
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136. Gluttony, Greed, Pride
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137. Lust, Envy, Wrath, Sloth
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138. "If you had come earlier, you wouldn't
have scared me... But now I beg you:
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139. Stay away from me and my beloved...!"
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140. "Where is the man whose clothes you wear?"
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141. "Will you please wake Georgy? We must
go at once to the workers' city..."
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142. "No. 11811, go back to your machine and
forget this ever happened - understood?"
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143. "I must have someone who is faithful to me,
Josaphat, how else can I fulfill my destiny?"
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144. "I must go, Josaphat,- I must look
on my own for the person to whom
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145. 11811 was supposed to lead me."
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146. "Tonight, Josaphat -
tonight when I come back..."
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147. "So, what is your price for leaving this
apartment tonight?"
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148. "You do not seem to understand on
whose behalf I am here..."
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149. "T h I s m a n does not wish his
son to be here this evening!"
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150. "In three hours I will come for you!"
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151. "Come! It is time to give the
Machine-Man your face!"
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152. "Maria—!"
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153. "MARIA!"
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154. "Where is Maria-?"
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155. "She is with your father..."
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156. "I tell you, she is
with your father—!"
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157. "She is the most perfect and obedient tool
that ever man possessed. You will see,
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158. tonight, when she dances before the eyes
of the the hundred richest gentlemen..."
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159. "I w a n t you to visit those in the
depths, in order to destroy the work of
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160. the woman in whose image you were created!"
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161. C.A. Rotwang invites Mr. Joh Fredersen
to be his guest tonight.
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162. "Verily I say unto you: the days spoken of
in the Apocalypse are nigh...!"
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163. "For her- all seven deadly sins!"
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164. "Death descends upon the city—!"
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165. The Book of Revelations
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166. "I put on this disguise to escape from
the Thin Man... But for ten days your
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167. father's spy has been making even
the workers' city risky..."
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168. "Only their hope for a mediator
is keeping the workers in check..."
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169. "There are still more strange things
happening, Freder..."
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170. "On the evening when you fell sick..."
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171. "... once the best of friends...
because of that woman..."
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172. "... the other man...
the same evening..."
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173. "... The Eternal Gardens lie abandoned...
but night after night in Yoshiwara..."
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174. "And this woman, at whose feet all sins
are heaped... is a I s o named Maria..."
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175. "The same woman who those in the depths
look up to as a saint—?"
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176. "Many now go to the city of the dead,
to a woman who has proven herself
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177. as true as gold..."
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178. "But the mediator must appear..."
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179. "Whatever happens tonight: it is my express
order to let the workers do as they will..."
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180. "Joh Fredersen wants to let those in the
depths use force and do wrong,
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181. so that he can claim the right to use
force against them..."
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182. "When you spoke to your poor brothers,
you spoke of peace, Maria... Today a
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183. mouthpiece of Joh Fredersen is inciting
them to rebel against him..."
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184. "She will destroy their belief
in a mediator!"
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185. "You know that I have always spoken of
peace... but your mediator has not come..."
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186. "You have waited long enough!
Your time has come-!"
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187. "... but I have tricked Joh Fredersen! Your
double does not obey h I s will-
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188. only m I n e!"
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189. "Who is the living food for the
machines in Metropolis-?"
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190. "Who lubricates the machine
joints with their own blood-?"
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191. "Who feeds the machines with
their own flesh—?"
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192. "Let the machines starve, you fools-!
Let them die-!"
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193. "Kill them- the machines-!"
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194. "You are not Maria-!"
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195. "YOU ARE NOT MARIA-!"
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196. "Maria speaks of peace, not killing-!
This is not Maria-!"
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197. "Joh Fredersen's Son-!"
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198. "Kill him, the dog, in
his white silken fur-!"
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199. "Get your women, your sons, from the
workers' city! Let no one stay behind!
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200. Death to the machines-!"
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201. In the attic with Maria, Rotwang
grows ever more intoxicated by
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202. his triumph over Fredersen.
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203. "... and I tricked Joh Fredersen twice
over-! For I concealed from him that
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204. his son wants to be your brothers'
mediator - and loves you-!"
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205. Maria is not the only one listening to
Rotwang. Outside the attic window
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206. Joh Fredersen has been eavesdropping...
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207. Joh Fredersen breaks into Rotwang's attic.
He battles with his old rival,
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208. overcoming him. Maria is free.
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209. "... faithful after all..."
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210. "Come on, Freder! We still have
the workers' city."
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211. "Women and men, let no one miss
today-! Death to the machines-!"
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212. "Not one man - or woman
remains behind-!"
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213. "Away from the machines-!
I e t them spin out of control-!"
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214. "The Heart Machine-!"
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215. "Open the gates!"
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216. "Open the gates, I said!"
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217. "If the Heart Machine is destroyed, the entire
machine district will end up in ruins!"
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218. "Have you gone mad-?
If the Heart Machine is destroyed,
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219. the entire workers' city
will be flooded-!"
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220. "Where are your fathers,
your mothers?"
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221. "Do you know that your son
is among the workers?"
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222. "Yes-you! You are Maria-!"
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223. "To the air shafts - quickly! The reservoirs
have burst! The city is flooding-!"
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224. "We will take the children to the
Club of the Sons!"
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225. "Why are all the lights out?"
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226. "I must know! Where is my son?"
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227. "Tomorrow thousands will ask in fury
and desperation:
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228. Joh Fredersen, where is my son-!"
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229. "Where are your children?"
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230. "The city lies underwater, the shafts are
completely flooded-!"
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231. "Who told you to attack the machines, you
idiots? Without them you'll all die!"
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232. "It's the witch's fault-!"
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233. "Let's all watch as the world
goes to the devil!"
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234. "Find the witch, this is all her fault-!
Strike her dead-!"
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235. "Now I'm going to take you home, my Hel!"
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236. "The witch-! the witch-!
There she is-! there she is-!"
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237. "Where are our children, you witch-?"
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238. "Burn the witch.-
To the stake with her!"
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239. "To the stake with her-!"
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240. "Maria—!"
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241. "Maria—!"
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242. "Hel-! My Hel-!"
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243. "Your children... saved—!"
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244. "Head and hands want to join together,
but they don't have the heart to do it...
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245. Oh mediator, show them the
way to each other..."
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