Metropolis
Thea von Harbou
Roy Glashan's Library
<span>This city of the future encompasses two worlds: that of the hedonistic ruling class and that of a segregated subculture, toilers in a mechanized underworld who labor to provide the rich with their pleasures. When a charismatic leader arises, she seeks a savior to unite the disparate social orders. Between the brain that plans and the hands that build, she declares, there must be a mediator―the heart.</span><br>