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540:Best Actor
449:Veit Harlan
438:Nobel Prize
324:Käthe Haack
306:Paul Wagner
274:in Berlin.
233:Veit Harlan
192:103 minutes
78:Produced by
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1751:Categories
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1411:Metropolis
1128:Metropolis
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690:Welch 1983
678:Welch 1983
666:Welch 1983
622:Hake p.145
604:Noack p.14
591:2010-10-30
557:References
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421:Production
410:as Foreman
378:Paul Bildt
260:Oberhausen
229:drama film
176:1937-03-17
159:Tobis Film
149:Tobis Film
141:Production
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514:Category
501:Accolades
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473:The Ruler
468:Reception
221:(German:
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120:Edited by
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