- BIRTH 05/12/1890
- DEATH 02/08/1976
- Country Austria
- MOVIES 6
- DIRECTOR 37
- SCRIPT 16
- PRODUCTION 7
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).
Movies (6)
A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies
Cinéastes de notre temps : Le Dinosaure et le Bébé, dialogue en huit parties entre Fritz Lang et Jean-Luc Godard
Fritz Lang, le cercle du destin - Les films allemands
Peter Lorre : Derrière le masque du maudit
Director (37)
M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder
Metropolis
The Big Heat
Fury
Die Nibelungen: Kriemhilds Rache
Man Hunt
Hangmen Also Die!
Die Spinnen, 1. Teil - Der Goldene See
Cloak and Dagger
You and Me
Ministry of Fear
Das indische Grabmal
Human Desire
The Return of Frank James
The Woman in the Window
While the City Sleeps
Die Nibelungen: Siegfried
Moonfleet
Der Tiger von Eschnapur
Secret Beyond the Door
Rancho Notorious
House by the River
Western Union
Scarlet Street
Vier um die Frau
Liliom
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
Die 1000 Augen des Dr. Mabuse
The Blue Gardenia
Der müde Tod
Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler
Clash by Night
You Only Live Once
Frau im Mond
Spione
Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse
Die Spinnen, 2. Teil - Das Brillantenschiff
Script (16)
M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder
Metropolis
Fury
Der Tiger von Eschnapur
Die Nibelungen: Siegfried
Das indische Grabmal
Die Spinnen, 1. Teil - Der Goldene See
Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler
Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse
Spione
Frau im Mond
Die 1000 Augen des Dr. Mabuse
Der müde Tod
Liliom
Vier um die Frau
Die Spinnen, 2. Teil - Das Brillantenschiff
Production (7)
Hangmen Also Die!
Secret Beyond the Door
You and Me
Scarlet Street
Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse
Frau im Mond
Die 1000 Augen des Dr. Mabuse
