Directing
Fritz Lang
CA, EN, DE, FR cinema · 78 credits
Born
5 December 1890
Died
2 August 1976 (aged 85)
Birthplace
Vienna, Austria
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).
Known for
Filmography
Sibyl
as (Archive footage)
From Caligari to Hitler
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Voyage to Metropolis
as Self (archive footage)
Fritz Lang, le cercle du destin - Les films allemands
as Self (archive footage)
The Exiles
as Self
M the Damned
Original Film Writer
Paparazzi
as Self
Encounter with Fritz Lang
as Self - Interviewee
Bardot et Godard
as Self
Contempt
as Fritz Lang
The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse
Director, Screenplay, Producer
Journey to the Lost City
Screenplay, Director
The Indian Tomb
Writer, Director
The Tiger of Eschnapur
Director, Writer
Moonfleet
Director
Human Desire
Director
The Blue Gardenia
Director
The Big Heat
Director
The Black Vampire
Original Film Writer
Clash by Night
Director
Rancho Notorious
Director
M
Original Story
House by the River
Director
Secret Beyond the Door
Director, Producer
Cloak and Dagger
Director
Scarlet Street
Director, Producer
Ministry of Fear
Director
Hangmen Also Die!
Original Story, Producer, Adaptation, Director
Moontide
Co-Director
Man Hunt
Director
Western Union
Director
Confirm or Deny
Co-Director
You and Me
Director, Producer
You Only Live Once
Director
Fury
Screenplay, Director
Liliom
Director, Writer
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
Director, Screenplay, Producer
M
Director, Screenplay
Woman in the Moon
Director, Screenplay, Producer
Spies
Director, Writer
Metropolis
Director, Editor, Screenplay
Die Nibelungen: Siegfried
Director, Screenplay
Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler
Screenplay, Director
Destiny
Writer, Director
Four Around the Woman
Director, Screenplay
The Spiders: Part 2 - The Diamond Ship
Director, Writer
The Wandering Image
Director, Writer
Master of Love
Actor, Director
The Spiders: Part 1 - The Golden Sea
Writer, Director
Harakiri
Director
The Plague of Florence
Screenplay
Half-Blood
Director, Screenplay
The Dance of Death
Screenplay
Hilde Warren and Death
Actor, Writer
