Metropolis (1927) directed by Fritz Lang.

I learned about this film from the work of the same name by the legendary Japanese manga artist Osamu Tezuka.

It’s one of the great masterpieces that sparked my strong interest in the interwar period.

edit:

Correction. I posted this reflexively, misunderstanding the meaning of “funny” through software translation.

I apologize for the confusion this has caused in the community.