Fritz Lang
Directing
Born: December 5, 1890 · Vienna, Austria
Died: August 2, 1976 (aged 85)
Highest Rated
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).
Known for
Metropolis
1927
M
1931
Contempt
1963
The Big Heat
1953
Scarlet Street
1945
The Woman in the Window
1944
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
1933
Fury
1936
Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler
1922
Ministry of Fear
1944
You Only Live Once
1937
Destiny
1921
Photos (4)
Movies (5)
Self / Appearances (13)
Film Emigration from Nazi Germany
Self · 5 eps
Das Jahrhundert des Theaters
Self (archive footage) · 1 eps
Fritz Lang, le cercle du destin - Les films allemands
Self (archive footage)
Paparazzi
Self
From Caligari to Hitler
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
The Dinosaur and the Baby
Self
The Exiles
Self
Bardot et Godard
Self
Voyage to 'Metropolis'
Self (archive footage)
The Film in the Film
Self
Encounter with Fritz Lang
Self - Interviewee
Mimosa Tank: A Prologue for a Film
Self
Conversation with Fritz Lang
Self
Directing (46)
Metropolis
Director
M
Director
The Big Heat
Director
The Indian Tomb
Director
You Only Live Once
Director
Scarlet Street
Director
Die Nibelungen: Siegfried
Director
Clash by Night
Director
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
Director
The Return of Frank James
Director
Destiny
Director
Human Desire
Director
The Woman in the Window
Director
Secret Beyond the Door
Director
Rancho Notorious
Director
Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge
Director
The Blue Gardenia
Director
Man Hunt
Director
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
Director
Hangmen Also Die!
Director
Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler
Director
While the City Sleeps
Director
Fury
Director
Moonfleet
Director
Western Union
Director
Ministry of Fear
Director
Cloak and Dagger
Director
The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse
Director
The Tiger of Eschnapur
Director
You and Me
Director
House by the River
Director
American Guerrilla in the Philippines
Director
Woman in the Moon
Director
Liliom
Director
Spies
Director
Moontide
Co-Director
The Spiders: Part 1 - The Golden Sea
Director
Journey to the Lost City
Director
The Wandering Image
Director
Harakiri
Director
Confirm or Deny
Co-Director
The Spiders: Part 2 - The Diamond Ship
Director
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
Director
Master of Love
Director
Four Around the Woman
Director
Half-Blood
Director
Writing (32)
Metropolis
Screenplay
M
Screenplay
The Indian Tomb
Writer
Die Nibelungen: Siegfried
Screenplay
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
Screenplay
Destiny
Writer
Hangmen Also Die!
Original Story
Hangmen Also Die!
Adaptation
Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler
Screenplay
Fury
Screenplay
The Dance of Death
Screenplay
The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse
Screenplay
The Tiger of Eschnapur
Writer
M
Original Story
Woman in the Moon
Screenplay
Liliom
Writer
Spies
Writer
The Spiders: Part 1 - The Golden Sea
Writer
Die Hochzeit im Excentricclub
Screenplay
Journey to the Lost City
Screenplay
The Wandering Image
Writer
Lilith and Ly
Writer
The Indian Tomb, Part I: The Mission of the Yoghi
Writer
The Black Vampire
Original Film Writer
The Spiders: Part 2 - The Diamond Ship
Writer
The Indian Tomb, Part II: The Tiger of Eschnapur
Writer
Four Around the Woman
Screenplay
Hilde Warren and Death
Writer
M the Damned
Original Film Writer
The Plague in Florence
Screenplay
Half-Blood
Screenplay
The Mistress of the World, Part VIII: The Revenge of Maud Fergusson
Writer