Freder（Gustav Fr?hlich 饰）是大都会主宰 Joh Fredersen（Alfred Abel 饰）的儿子。经一位圣洁姑娘（Brigitte Helm 饰）启示，Freder 来到地下目睹了在此劳作的劳工们悲惨的境遇。Freder 向父亲进言，想改变劳工们的处境。但 Joh 不为所动，却对从劳工们身上发现的地图感到忧虑。为弄清地图所示，Joh 不得不向老对头 Rotwang（R...

ALRAUNE is another spectacular piece of early German cinema, surprisingly overlooked by film buffs and historians alike. The film is not "expressionist" in the way of CALIGARI or METROPOLIS,...