Known For
Directing
Born
Dec 05, 1890
Died
Aug 02, 1976
Place of Birth
Vienna, Austria
Credits
82 titles
Fritz Lang
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. 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
Sibyl
(Archive footage)
Mimosa Tank: A Prologue for a Film
Self
From Caligari to Hitler
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Voyage to 'Metropolis'
Self (archive footage)
The Word According to Whoopi
Sound Mixer
Fritz Lang, le cercle du destin - Les films allemands
Self (archive footage)
Les messages de Fritz Lang
Himself
Das Jahrhundert des Theaters
Self (archive footage)
Fritz Lang
The Exiles
Self
M the Damned
Original Film Writer
Film Emigration from Nazi Germany
Self
Conversation with Fritz Lang
Self
For Example Fritz Lang
The Dinosaur and the Baby
Self
Paparazzi
Self
Bardot et Godard
Self
Encounter with Fritz Lang
Self - Interviewee
Contempt
Fritz Lang
Journey to the Lost City
Screenplay
The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse
Director
The Indian Tomb
Writer
The Tiger of Eschnapur
Director
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
Director
While the City Sleeps
Director
Moonfleet
Director
Human Desire
Director
The Big Heat
Director
The Black Vampire
Original Film Writer
The Blue Gardenia
Director
Clash by Night
Director
Rancho Notorious
Director
German Film Award
Self
M
Original Story
American Guerrilla in the Philippines
Director
House by the River
Director
Secret Beyond the Door
Director
Cloak and Dagger
Director
Scarlet Street
Director
The Woman in the Window
Director
Ministry of Fear
Director
Hangmen Also Die!
Director
Moontide
Co-Director
Confirm or Deny
Co-Director
Man Hunt
Director
Western Union
Director
The Return of Frank James
Director
You and Me
Producer
You Only Live Once
Director
Fury
Director