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Fritz Lang
Director

Fritz Lang

5 Dec 1890Born
2 Aug 1976Died
85Age at death
61Credits

Biography

Friedrich Christian Anton "Fritz" Lang (December 5, 1890 – August 2, 1976) was an Austrian-German film director, screenwriter, and occasional film producer and actor. One of the best known émigrés from Germany's school of Expressionism, he was dubbed the "Master of Darkness" by the British Film Institute.

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Andrew Sarris in his influential book of film criticism The American Cinema: Directors and Directions 1929–1968 included him in the "pantheon" of the 14 greatest film directors who had worked in the United States.

Lang's most famous films are the groundbreaking science-fiction film Metropolis (1927) - the world's most expensive silent film at the time of its release - and the influential thriller film M (1931), made before he moved to the United States. Lang's work had a significant influence on the film noir genre and in Hollywood, he made some classics himself, such as Scarlet Street (1945) and The Big Heat (1953).

Known for

Filmography

  1. 2025SibylFilm: (Archive footage)
  2. 1990Fritz LangFilm
  3. 1968For Example Fritz LangFilm
  4. 1963ContemptFilm: Fritz Lang
  5. 1960Journey to the Lost CityFilm: Director, Screenplay
  6. 1960The Thousand Eyes of Dr. MabuseFilm: Director, Screenplay
  7. 1959The Indian TombFilm: Writer, Director
  8. 1959The Tiger of EschnapurFilm: Director, Writer
  9. 1956Beyond a Reasonable DoubtFilm: Director
  10. 1956While the City SleepsFilm: Director
  11. 1955MoonfleetFilm: Director
  12. 1954Human DesireFilm: Director
  13. 1953The Big HeatFilm: Director
  14. 1953The Blue GardeniaFilm: Director
  15. 1952Clash by NightFilm: Director
  16. 1952Rancho NotoriousFilm: Director
  17. 1950American Guerrilla in the PhilippinesFilm: Director
  18. 1950House by the RiverFilm: Director
  19. 1947Secret Beyond the DoorFilm: Director
  20. 1946Cloak and DaggerFilm: Director
  21. 1945Scarlet StreetFilm: Director
  22. 1944The Woman in the WindowFilm: Director
  23. 1944Ministry of FearFilm: Director
  24. 1943Hangmen Also Die!Film: Director
  25. 1941Man HuntFilm: Director
  26. 1941Western UnionFilm: Director
  27. 1940The Return of Frank JamesFilm: Director
  28. 1938You and MeFilm: Director
  29. 1937You Only Live OnceFilm: Director
  30. 1936FuryFilm: Director, Screenplay
  31. 1934LiliomFilm: Director, Writer
  32. 1933The Testament of Dr. MabuseFilm: Director, Screenplay
  33. 1933The Testament of Dr. MabuseFilm: Director
  34. 1931MFilm: Director, Screenplay
  35. 1929Woman in the MoonFilm: Director, Screenplay
  36. 1928SpiesFilm: Director, Writer
  37. 1927MetropolisFilm: Director, Screenplay
  38. 1924Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's RevengeFilm: Director
  39. 1924Die Nibelungen: SiegfriedFilm: Director, Screenplay
  40. 1922Dr. Mabuse, the GamblerFilm: Director, Screenplay
  41. 1921The Indian Tomb, Part II: The Tiger of EschnapurFilm: Writer
  42. 1921The Indian Tomb, Part I: The Mission of the YoghiFilm: Writer
  43. 1921DestinyFilm: Director, Writer
  44. 1921Four Around the WomanFilm: Director, Screenplay
  45. 1920The Wandering ImageFilm: Director, Writer
  46. 1920The Spiders: Part 2 - The Diamond ShipFilm: Director, Writer
  47. 1920The Mistress of the World, Part VIII: The Revenge of Maud FergussonFilm: Writer
  48. 1919HarakiriFilm: Director
  49. 1919The Dance of DeathFilm: Screenplay
  50. 1919The Plague in FlorenceFilm: Screenplay
  51. 1919The Spiders: Part 1 - The Golden SeaFilm: Director, Writer
  52. 1919Master of LoveFilm: Director
  53. 1919Half-BloodFilm: Director, Screenplay
  54. 1919Die Rache ist meinFilm: Writer
  55. 1919Bettler GmbHFilm: Writer
  56. 1919Wolkenbau und FlimmersternFilm: Writer
  57. 1919Lilith and LyFilm: Writer
  58. 1919Die Frau mit den OrchideenFilm: Writer
  59. 1917Hilde Warren and DeathFilm: Writer
  60. 1917Die Hochzeit im ExcentricclubFilm: Screenplay
  61. 1916Die PeitscheFilm: Screenplay

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