Inevitable Attraction

Hitler’s ideas of society are reflected in Fritz Lang’s 1926 film, “Metropolis”. “ “Metropolis” is filled with dark themes and ideas leading from oppression to ideas of creating a perfect society. Although it is a pre-Hitler and pre-WW2 the comparisons are amazing. Lang’s use of the theme of futurism, the method in which Freder’s father rules Metropolis, and the idea of the elite working above the lower class all coincide with Hitler’s beliefs. Any one of those are possible reasons as to why Hitler would have wanted Lang to create films for the Third Reich.

Futurism, the movement in which there was a great interest in technology and speed, is also a major theme in the film. The film dealt with the belief that technology would finally lead to a new revolutionary human being and an ideal society. The creation of the robot Maria is similar to Hitler’s idea of the Aryan race. In the film, Rotwang, a mad scientist, is asked by Freder’ s father, the owner of the c...