010 Research: Metropolis 1927

"Metropolis is a 1927 silent science fiction film directed by Fritz Lang and written by Lang and Thea von Harbou. Lang and von Harbou.... Metropolis was produced in Germany in the Babelsberg Studios by Universum Film A.G. (UFA) and released in 1927 during a stable period of the Weimar Republic."

The movie was set in a futuristic urban dystopia and examines a common science fiction theme of the day - the social crisis between workers and owners in capitalism. The film stars Alfred Abel as the leader of the city, Gustav Fröhlich as his son, who tries to mediate between the elite caste and the workers, Brigitte Helm as both the pure-at-heart worker Maria and the debased robot version of her, and Rudolf Klein-Rogge as the mad scientist who created the robot.

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In a hypothetical Australian capital, what can be the common science fiction theme of the day that the common people can envision, connect with, endeavors to be, or, do not ever want to represent?

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