Fritz Lang
Directing
Born December 5, 1890 · 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).
Directed (44)
Journey to the Lost City
1960
The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse
1960
The Indian Tomb
1959
The Tiger of Eschnapur
1959
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
1956
While the City Sleeps
1956
Moonfleet
1955
Human Desire
1954
The Big Heat
1953
The Blue Gardenia
1953
Clash by Night
1952
Rancho Notorious
1952
American Guerrilla in the Philippines
1950
House by the River
1950
Secret Beyond the Door
1947
Cloak and Dagger
1946
Scarlet Street
1945
The Woman in the Window
1944
Ministry of Fear
1944
Hangmen Also Die!
1943
Man Hunt
1941
Western Union
1941
The Return of Frank James
1940
You and Me
1938
You Only Live Once
1937
Fury
1936
Liliom
1934
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
1933
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
1933
M
1931
Woman in the Moon
1929
Spies
1928
Metropolis
1927
Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge
1924
Die Nibelungen: Siegfried
1924
Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler
1922
Destiny
1921
Four Around the Woman
1921
The Wandering Image
1920
The Spiders: Part 2 - The Diamond Ship
1920
Harakiri
1919
The Spiders: Part 1 - The Golden Sea
1919
Master of Love
1919
Half-Blood
1919
Acting (17)
Sibyl
2025
Mimosa Tank: A Prologue for a Film
2017
From Caligari to Hitler
2015
Voyage to 'Metropolis'
2010
Fritz Lang, le cercle du destin - Les films allemands
2004
Fritz Lang
1990
The Exiles
1989
Conversation with Fritz Lang
1975
For Example Fritz Lang
1968
The Dinosaur and the Baby
1967
Paparazzi
1964
Bardot et Godard
1964
Encounter with Fritz Lang
1964
Contempt
1963
The Film in the Film
1924
Master of Love
1919
Hilde Warren and Death
1917