
Director
Fritz Lang
Born December 5, 1890 in Vienna, AustriaDied August 2, 197644 films
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.
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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).
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The best way into Fritz Lang's work
First watchMetropolis19278.1In a futuristic city sharply divided between the rich and the poor, the son of the city's mastermind meets a prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their differences.View filmEssential films
Ranked by acclaim and reachFilmography
44 films as director- 1960Journey to the Lost CityDirector
- 1960The Thousand Eyes of Dr. MabuseDirector
- 1959The Indian TombDirector
- 1959The Tiger of EschnapurDirector
- 1956Beyond a Reasonable DoubtDirector
- 1956While the City SleepsDirector
- 1955MoonfleetDirector
- 1954Human DesireDirector
- 1953The Big HeatDirector
- 1953The Blue GardeniaDirector
- 1952Clash by NightDirector
- 1952Rancho NotoriousDirector
- 1950American Guerrilla in the PhilippinesDirector
- 1950House by the RiverDirector
- 1947Secret Beyond the DoorDirector
- 1946Cloak and DaggerDirector
- 1945Scarlet StreetDirector
- 1944The Woman in the WindowDirector
- 1944Ministry of FearDirector
- 1943Hangmen Also Die!Director
- 1941Man HuntDirector
- 1941Western UnionDirector
- 1940The Return of Frank JamesDirector
- 1938You and MeDirector
- 1937You Only Live OnceDirector
- 1936FuryDirector
- 1934LiliomDirector
- 1933The Testament of Dr. MabuseDirector
- 1933The Testament of Dr. MabuseDirector
- 1931MDirector
- 1929Woman in the MoonDirector
- 1928SpiesDirector
- 1927MetropolisDirector
- 1924Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's RevengeDirector
- 1924Die Nibelungen: SiegfriedDirector
- 1922Dr. Mabuse, the GamblerDirector
- 1921DestinyDirector
- 1921Four Around the WomanDirector
- 1920The Wandering ImageDirector
- 1920The Spiders: Part 2 - The Diamond ShipDirector
- 1919HarakiriDirector
- 1919The Spiders: Part 1 - The Golden SeaDirector
- 1919Master of LoveDirector
- 1919Half-BloodDirector







