
Fritz Lang
Biography
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).
Acting (16 movies)

Contempt
1963

From Caligari to Hitler
2015

For Example Fritz Lang
1968

The Dinosaur and the Baby
1967

Conversation with Fritz Lang
1975

Voyage to 'Metropolis'
2010

Hilde Warren and Death
1917

Master of Love
1919

Paparazzi
1964

Mimosa Tank: A Prologue for a Film
2017

Encounter with Fritz Lang
1964

Fritz Lang, le cercle du destin - Les films allemands
2004

The Film in the Film
1924

Bardot et Godard
1964

The Exiles
1989

Sibyl
2025
Directing (44 movies)

Metropolis
1927

Secret Beyond the Door
1947

M
1931

Woman in the Moon
1929

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
1956

Ministry of Fear
1944

Human Desire
1954

The Blue Gardenia
1953

House by the River
1950

Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler
1922

Hangmen Also Die!
1943

Man Hunt
1941

Clash by Night
1952

Die Nibelungen: Siegfried
1924

The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
1933

Rancho Notorious
1952

Destiny
1921

The Big Heat
1953

Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge
1924

Moonfleet
1955

Fury
1936

While the City Sleeps
1956

Western Union
1941

The Return of Frank James
1940

Liliom
1934

Scarlet Street
1945

Cloak and Dagger
1946

The Woman in the Window
1944

You and Me
1938

The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse
1960

The Tiger of Eschnapur
1959

You Only Live Once
1937

The Spiders: Part 2 - The Diamond Ship
1920

The Indian Tomb
1959

American Guerrilla in the Philippines
1950

The Spiders: Part 1 - The Golden Sea
1919

Spies
1928

The Wandering Image
1920

Harakiri
1919

Four Around the Woman
1921

Journey to the Lost City
1960

Half-Blood
1919

Master of Love
1919

The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
1933