At the root of it all is the likeness to the female robot, often called “Maria,” in Fritz Lang’s masterwork of futurism, Metropolis. Maria has inspired countless cultural references ...

Movie poster for Fritz Lang’s 1926 film Metropolis. (Fine Art Images / Heritage ... the destruction of society by the division between head and hands. The hero, transfixed again, asks ...

Supposedly, on the strength of Metropolis, Lang was asked to head the national film industry ... grudge against Fredersen, programs the robot to incite the workers and cause the downfall of ...

On screen, robots have entertained for almost a century with mechanical creations featured in a number of early black-and-white films. In 1927, director Fritz Lang unleashed “Metropolis” onto ...