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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 92
Movies 87
Director 43
self 22
Writer 16
TV Shows 5
Producer 5
Synthwave Horror: Metropolis (2023)
Cinema's Exiles: From Hitler to Hollywood (2009)
The Word According to Whoopi (2007)
Das Jahrhundert des Theaters (2002)
Metropolis (2001)
Die UFA (1992)
Giorgio Moroder's Metropolis (1984)
M the Damned (1982)
Paparazzi (1964)
Bardot et Godard (1964)
Contempt (1963)
The Indian Tomb (1959)
The Tiger of Eschnapur (1959)
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)
House by the River (1950)
Cloak and Dagger (1946)
Scarlet Street (1945)
Ministry of Fear (1944)
Hangmen Also Die! (1943)
Confirm or Deny (1941)
Man Hunt (1941)
Western Union (1941)
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)
Die Nibelungen: Siegfried (1924)
Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler: Part 2 – Inferno (1922)
Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler: Part 1 – The Great Gambler (1922)
Destiny (1921)
The Wandering Image (1920)
Harakiri (1919)
Half-Blood (1919)
Bettler GmbH (1919)
Die Peitsche (1916)
Metropolis
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1890-12-05
Deathday1976-08-02 (85 years old)
Birth NameFriedrich Christian Anton Lang
Birth PlaceVienna, Austria
ReligionChristianity
RelationshipsThea von Harbou (1922 - 1933), Lisa Rosenthal (1919 - 1921)
SpouseElisabeth Rosenthal
CitizenshipsGermany, Austria, United States
Also Known AsFriedrich Anton Christian Lang, 프리츠 랑, 프리츠 랭, Фріц Ланг
AwardsCommander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, The Life Career Award, German Film Award, Karl Troop Cross, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Officer of Arts and Letters
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