Fritz Lang
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1890-12-05
Day of Death
1976-08-02 (85 years old)
Place of Birth
Vienna, Austria
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
(2024)
Peter Lorre : Derrière le masque du maudit
as Self (archive footage)
(2017)
(2015)
From Caligari to Hitler
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
(2010)
Voyage to 'Metropolis'
as Self (archive footage)
(2009)
Cinema's Exiles: From Hitler to Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
(2004)
Fritz Lang, le cercle du destin - Les films allemands
as Self (archive footage)
(1990)
(1989)
The Exiles
as Self
(1975)
Conversation with Fritz Lang
as Self
(1968)
(1967)
The Dinosaur and the Baby
as Self
(1964)
Paparazzi
as Self
(1964)
Encounter with Fritz Lang
as Self - Interviewee
(1964)
Bardot et Godard
as Self
(1963)
Contempt
as Fritz Lang
(1924)
The Film in the Film
as Self
(1919)
(1917)
Crew
(1984)
Giorgio Moroder's Metropolis
Writer, Director
(1982)
M the Damned
Original Film Writer
(1960)
The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse
Director, Screenplay, Producer
(1960)
Journey to the Lost City
Screenplay, Director
(1959)
The Indian Tomb
Writer, Director
(1959)
The Tiger of Eschnapur
Director, Writer
(1956)
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
Director
(1956)
While the City Sleeps
Director
(1955)
Moonfleet
Director
(1954)
Human Desire
Director
(1953)
The Blue Gardenia
Director
(1953)
The Big Heat
Director
(1953)
The Black Vampire
Original Film Writer
(1952)
Clash by Night
Director
(1952)
Rancho Notorious
Director
(1951)
M
Original Story
(1950)
House by the River
Director
(1950)
(1947)
Secret Beyond the Door
Director, Producer
(1946)
Cloak and Dagger
Director
(1945)
Scarlet Street
Director, Producer
(1944)
Ministry of Fear
Director
(1944)
The Woman in the Window
Director
(1943)
Hangmen Also Die!
Original Story, Producer, Adaptation, Director
(1942)
Moontide
Co-Director
(1941)
Man Hunt
Director
(1941)
Western Union
Director
(1941)
Confirm or Deny
Co-Director
(1940)
The Return of Frank James
Director
(1938)
You and Me
Director, Producer
(1937)
You Only Live Once
Director
(1936)
Fury
Screenplay, Director
(1934)
Liliom
Director, Writer
(1933)
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
Director, Screenplay, Producer
(1931)
M
Director, Screenplay
(1929)
Woman in the Moon
Director, Screenplay, Producer
(1928)
Spies
Director, Writer
(1927)
Metropolis
Director, Editor, Screenplay
(1924)
Die Nibelungen: Siegfried
Director, Screenplay
(1924)
(1922)
Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler
Screenplay, Director
(1921)
Destiny
Writer, Director
(1921)
Four Around the Woman
Director, Screenplay
(1921)
(1921)
(1920)
The Spiders: Part 2 - The Diamond Ship
Director, Writer
(1920)
The Wandering Image
Director, Writer
(1920)
(1919)
The Spiders: Part 1 - The Golden Sea
Writer, Director
(1919)
Die Rache ist mein
Writer
(1919)
Bettler GmbH
Writer
(1919)
(1919)
Harakiri
Director
(1919)
The Plague in Florence
Screenplay
(1919)
Half-Blood
Director, Screenplay
(1919)
Master of Love
Director
(1919)
The Dance of Death
Screenplay
(1919)
Lilith and Ly
Writer
(1919)
(1917)
Hilde Warren and Death
Writer
(1917)
Die Hochzeit im Excentricclub
Screenplay
(1916)
Die Peitsche
Screenplay