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