Inspired by the skyline of 1920s Manhattan, Lang created a throbbing, dystopian uber-city of the year 2000, where a decadent aristocracy thrives on the sweat of laboring hoards underground. Filtered through both German Expressionism and Christian theology, this dark fairy tale pits man against machine, and the head against the heart. Brigitte Helm plays the good Human Maria and the bad Robot Maria , created in an unforgettable, iconic scene. Not Rated, but scary for the youngest. Max Schreck played Dracula , not like Lugosi's suave nobleman, but as a vile, rat-like living corpse.
Neighborhood children hear a mysterious signal and gather in a dark wood to weave a magic spell.
I was born when she kissed me. I died when she left me. I lived a few weeks while she loved me. Volatile screenwriter Dixon Steele is suspected of a hatcheck girl's murder but is alibied by a sultry neighbor. Bogart gave one of his sharpest performances as a self-destructive denizen of Hollywood's shadows in this moody film noir.