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Fritz Lang

Known for: Directing

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).

Filmography 45

Metropolis 1927Movie Artiflix Director, Screenplay
M 1931Movie JustWatch TVPlex Director, Screenplay
Contempt 1963Movie as Fritz Lang
You Only Live Once 1937Movie Plex Director
Spies 1928Movie Director, Writer
The Big Heat 1953Movie Director
Scarlet Street 1945Movie ArtiflixJustWatch TVPublic Domain Movies +1 Director, Producer
Rancho Notorious 1952Movie HBO Max Director
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt 1956Movie Director
Secret Beyond the Door 1947Movie Director, Producer
While the City Sleeps 1956Movie Director
Fury 1936Movie Director, Screenplay
The Woman in the Window 1944Movie Amazon Prime VideoBloodstream Director
Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler 1922Movie Public Domain Movies Director, Screenplay
Moonfleet 1955Movie Director
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse 1933Movie Director, Screenplay
The Blue Gardenia 1953Movie Director
Destiny 1921Movie JustWatch TV Director, Writer
The Return of Frank James 1940Movie Plex Director
Clash by Night 1952Movie Director
M 1951Movie Original story
Ministry of Fear 1944Movie Director
House by the River 1950Movie MUBIPlex Director
Woman in the Moon 1929Movie Director, Screenplay
Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge 1924Movie Director
Cloak and Dagger 1946Movie Director
Western Union 1941Movie Director
American Guerrilla in the Philippines 1950Movie Director
Voyage to Metropolis 2010Movie as Self (archive footage)
Hangmen Also Die! 1943Movie Amazon Prime Video Director, Original story
Die Nibelungen: Siegfried 1924Movie JustWatch TV Director, Screenplay
Liliom 1934Movie Director, Writer
Human Desire 1954Movie Director
The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse 1960Movie Director, Screenplay
The Tiger of Eschnapur 1959Movie Director, Writer
The Spiders: Part 1 - The Golden Sea 1919Movie Director, Writer
Man Hunt 1941Movie Director
You and Me 1938Movie Plex Director, Producer
The Indian Tomb 1959Movie Director, Writer
The Indian Tomb, Part I: The Mission of the Yoghi 1921Movie JustWatch TV Writer
Journey to the Lost City 1960Movie Director, Screenplay
The Spiders: Part 2 - The Diamond Ship 1920Movie Director, Writer
Four Around the Woman 1921Movie Director, Screenplay
Paparazzi 1964Movie as Self
Bardot et Godard 1964Movie as Self