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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).
Filmography
all 87
Movies 83
Director 48
self 19
Writer 17
TV Shows 4
Producer 1
A Life for Movies: Lotte Eisner (2020)
Die 1000 Glotzböbbel vom Dr. Mabuse (2018)
From Caligari to Hitler (2015)
Voyage to 'Metropolis' (2010)
Cinema's Exiles: From Hitler to Hollywood (2009)
The Word According to Whoopi (2007)
Fritz Lang, le cercle du destin - Les films allemands (2004)
The Metropolis Case (2003)
Das Jahrhundert des Theaters (2002)
Metropolis (2001)
A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies (1995)
Fritz Lang (1990)
The Exiles (1989)
Giorgio Moroder's Metropolis (1984)
M the Damned (1982)
Film Emigration from Nazi Germany (1975)
Conversation with Fritz Lang (1975)
For Example Fritz Lang (1968)
The Dinosaur and the Baby (1967)
Paparazzi (1964)
Bardot et Godard (1964)
Encounter with Fritz Lang (1964)
Contempt (1963)
Journey to the Lost City (1960)
The 1,000 Eyes of Dr. Mabuse (1960)
The Indian Tomb (1959)
The Tiger of Eschnapur (1959)
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956)
While the City Sleeps (1956)
Moonfleet (1955)
Human Desire (1954)
The Black Vampire (1953)
The Big Heat (1953)
The Blue Gardenia (1953)
Clash by Night (1952)
Rancho Notorious (1952)
M (1951)
Deutscher Filmpreis (1951)
American Guerrilla in the Philippines (1950)
House by the River (1950)
Secret Beyond the Door... (1947)
Cloak and Dagger (1946)
Scarlet Street (1945)
The Woman in the Window (1944)
Ministry of Fear (1944)
Hangmen Also Die! (1943)
Moontide (1942)
Confirm or Deny (1941)
Man Hunt (1941)
Western Union (1941)
The Return of Frank James (1940)
You and Me (1938)
You Only Live Once (1937)
Fury (1936)
Liliom (1934)
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933)
M (1931)
Woman in the Moon (1929)
Spies (1928)
Metropolis (1927)
The Film in the Film (1924)
Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge (1924)
Die Nibelungen: Siegfried (1924)
Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler: Part 2 – Inferno (1922)
Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler (1922)
Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler: Part 1 – The Great Gambler (1922)
The Indian Tomb, Part II: The Tiger of Bengal (1921)
The Indian Tomb, Part I: The Mission of the Yogi (1921)
Destiny (1921)
Four Around the Woman (1921)
The Wandering Image (1920)
The Spiders - The Diamond Ship (1920)
The Mistress of the World, Part VIII: The Revenge of Maud Fergusson (1920)
Harakiri (1919)
The Dance of Death (1919)
The Plague in Florence (1919)
The Spiders - Episode 1: The Golden Sea (1919)
Master of Love (1919)
Half-Blood (1919)
Wolkenbau und Flimmerstern (1919)
Die Rache ist mein (1919)
Lilith und Ly (1919)
Bettler GmbH (1919)
Die Frau mit den Orchideen (1919)
Hilde Warren and Death (1917)
Die Hochzeit im Excentricclub (1917)
Die Peitsche (1916)
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1890-12-05
Deathday1976-08-02 (85 years old)
Birth NameFriedrich Christian Anton Lang
Birth PlaceVienna, Austria
ReligionJudaism
RelationshipsThea von Harbou (1922-08-01 - 1933-04-01), Lisa Rosenthal (1919-01-01 - 1921-01-01)
SpouseElisabeth Rosenthal
CitizenshipsGermany, Austria, United States of America
Also Known AsFriedrich Anton Christian Lang, 프리츠 랑, 프리츠 랭
AwardsOfficer of Arts and Letters, Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, German Film Award, Karl Troop Cross, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
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