Fritz Lang
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
DirectingBirthday
December 5, 1890Deathday
August 2, 1976Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
81Place of birth
Vienna, AustriaAlso known as
Friedrich Anton Christian Lang, 프리츠 랑, 프리츠 랭Cast credits
Contempt
Fritz LangFor Example Fritz Lang
Conversation with Fritz Lang
SelfThe Dinosaur and the Baby
HimselfPaparazzi
HimselfA Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies
SelfEncounter with Fritz Lang
IntervieweeFritz Lang, le cercle du destin - Les films allemands
Self (archive footage)Cinema's Exiles: From Hitler to Hollywood
Self (archive footage)The Film in the Film
HimselfBardot et Godard
HimselfThe Exiles
SelfA Life for Movies: Lotte Eisner
Self (archive footage)From Caligari to Hitler
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)Voyage to 'Metropolis'
Self (archive footage)Master of Love
Hilde Warren and Death
Crew credits
Metropolis
Editor, Screenplay, DirectorSecret Beyond the Door...
Director, ProducerM
Director, ScreenplayWoman in the Moon
Director, Producer, ScreenplayBeyond a Reasonable Doubt
DirectorHouse by the River
DirectorMinistry of Fear
DirectorHuman Desire
DirectorThe Blue Gardenia
DirectorDr. Mabuse, the Gambler
Director, ScreenplayHangmen Also Die!
Adaptation, Producer, Director, Original StoryMan Hunt
DirectorClash by Night
DirectorDie Nibelungen: Siegfried
Director, ScreenplayThe Testament of Dr. Mabuse
Screenplay, Director, ProducerRancho Notorious
DirectorDestiny
Director, WriterDie Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge
DirectorThe Big Heat
DirectorWhile the City Sleeps
DirectorFury
Director, Screenplay