Metropolis

Based on her screenplay for the classic science fiction epic, "Metropolis", Thea von Harbou's novel takes us to an incredible 21st-century city---a city run by a despot who keeps its workers buried in vast, underground factories. When a saint-like agitator arises in the form of a beautiful woman named Maria, he is inclined to dismiss her...until his son falls in love with the woman. His answer? To have an insane scientist create a robot in her image, a robot that will lead the workers in a self-destructive riot...