Rediscovering Utopia Lost Scenes Restore Lang's Original Vision of 'Metropolis' It is a ... falls in love with the workers' leader Maria, played by Brigitte Helm. Meanwhile the inventor Rotwang ...

Brigitte Helm (17 March 1906 – 11 June 1996) was a German actress, best-remembered for her dual role as Maria and her double, the Maschinenmensch, in Fritz Lang's 1927 silent film Metropolis.