Metropolis is a film set in a dystopian urban city. This dystopian city clearly demonstrates a social crisis between workers and owners, thus clearly revealing the concept of capitalism. Capitalist communities are those with an economic and political structure in which a country's production is governed by private owners for profit, rather than by the state. Karl Marx was a theorist who invented the concept of capitalism. Max Weber, another theorist, also focused on this concept, but saw capitalism from a different perspective. Karl Marx, the theorist who invented the concept of capitalism, focused on the different classes of capitalism, while Max Weber focused on his concept "the spirit of capitalism." Both Marx and Weber use their concepts of capitalism to clearly demonstrate how capitalism is used in the film Metropolis to differentiate social classes between workers and owners in this dystopian city. The film takes place in the city of Metropolis, where wealthy industrialists run the country. majority of the city. These wealthy industrialists run the city through their tower complexes, while the lower class struggles to work underground to operate the machines that provide energy to the rich class. Joh Frederson is the director of Metropolis and the owner of the factory. His son, Freder Frederson spends his time in the pleasure garden, with all the other children of the wealthy class. While in the garden, Freder notices the presence of a young woman named Maria, who quickly falls in love with him. Alongside Maria are working-class children, whom she has brought to bear witness to the privileged lifestyle of rich children. Maria and the children are removed from the garden and Freder leaves...... middle of paper ...... placed a high value on work rather than economics. He also states that to be good capitalists you need to measure your finances. He disagreed with Marx that there are two different classes and that one should always take advantage. Weber believed that control was necessary and that capitalism stemmed from religious leaders. Overall, both of these concepts relate to the movie Metropolis. We see Marx's concept of capitalism rooted in this dystopian city. The workers who provide electricity to the towers are known as the proletarians and Joh Frederson is the capitalist. On the other hand, we see in Maria Weber's concept of religious leader. She was the one who was called to make a difference in this capitalist society. In the end, we see that these two concepts distinguish the different social classes between workers and owners in this dystopian city...