Fritz Lang
Director, Writer, Editor, Producer, Actor
December 5, 1890 — August 2, 1976 (85 years)
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).
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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| 1960 | The 1,000 Eyes of Dr. MabuseOn Plex |
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| 1959 | The Tiger of EschnapurOn Plex |
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| 1953 | The Blue GardeniaOn Plex |
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| 1950 | House by the RiverOn Plex |
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| 1945 | Scarlet StreetOn Plex |
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| 1943 | Hangmen Also Die!On Plex |
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| 1940 | The Return of Frank JamesOn Plex |
| 1938 | You and MeOn Plex |
| 1937 | You Only Live OnceOn Plex |
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| 1931 | MOn Plex |
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| 1927 | MetropolisOn Plex |
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| 1982 | M. le maudit · as Original Film Writer |
| 1960 | The 1,000 Eyes of Dr. Mabuse · as ScreenplayOn Plex |
| 1960 | Journey to the Lost City · as Screenplay |
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| 1959 | The Tiger of EschnapurOn Plex |
| 1953 | The Black Vampire · as Original Film Writer |
| 1936 | Fury · as Screenplay |
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| 1933 | The Testament of Dr. Mabuse · as Screenplay |
| 1931 | M · as ScreenplayOn Plex |
| 1929 | Woman in the Moon · as Screenplay |
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| 1927 | Metropolis · as ScreenplayOn Plex |
| 1924 | Die Nibelungen: Siegfried · as Screenplay |
| 1922 | Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler · as Screenplay |
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| 1921 | Four Around the Woman · as Screenplay |
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| 1919 | Pest in Florenz · as Screenplay |
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| 1919 | The Halfbreed · as Screenplay |
| 1917 | Die Hochzeit im Excentricclub · as Screenplay |
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| 1916 | Die Peitsche · as Screenplay |
| 1927 | MetropolisOn Plex |
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| 1960 | The 1,000 Eyes of Dr. MabuseOn Plex |
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| 1945 | Scarlet StreetOn Plex |
| 1943 | Hangmen Also Die!On Plex |
| 1938 | You and MeOn Plex |
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| 2024 | Peter Lorre - Hinter der Maske des Bösen · as Self |
| 2023 | Godard by Godard · as Self |
| 2018 | Friedkin Uncut · as SelfOn Plex |
| 2014 | From Caligari to Hitler: German Cinema in the Age of the Masses · as Self - Filmmaker (archive Footage) |
| 2014 | Caligari - Wie der Horror ins Kino kam · as Self |
| 2010 | Two in the Wave · as Self |
| 2010 | Voyage to Metropolis · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2005 | Filmmakers in Action · as Self |
| 2003 | Der Fall Metropolis · as Self |
| 2001 | Fritz Lang: Circle of Destiny · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 1998 | Universal Horror · as Self |
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| 1967 | The Dinosaur and the Baby · as Self |
| 1964 | Paparazzi · as Self |
| 1964 | Le Parti des choses: Bardot et Godard · as Self |
| 1964 | Filmmakers of our time · as Self |
| 1963 | Contempt · as Fritz Lang |
| 1952 | Reflets de Cannes · as Self |
| 1950 | This Is Your Life (US) · as Self |
| 1951 | M · as Original Story |
| 1943 | Hangmen Also Die! · as Original StoryOn Plex |
| 1942 | Moontide · as Co-Director |
| 1941 | Confirm or Deny · as Co-Director |
| 1918 | Die Frauen des Josias Graffenreuth · as Script |