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 '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
all 91
Movies 86
Director 41
self 21
Writer 16
Producer 7
TV Shows 5
Synthwave Horror: Metropolis (2023)
Cinema's Exiles: From Hitler to Hollywood (2009)
The Word According to Whoopi (2007)
Das Jahrhundert des Theaters (2002)
Metropolis (2001)
Die UFA (1992)
Giorgio Moroder's Metropolis (1984)
M the Damned (1982)
Paparazzi (1964)
Bardot et Godard (1964)
Contempt (1963)
The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse (1960)
The Indian Tomb (1959)
The Tiger of Eschnapur (1959)
While the City Sleeps (1956)
Moonfleet (1955)
Human Desire (1954)
The Black Vampire (1953)
The Big Heat (1953)
The Blue Gardenia (1953)
Clash by Night (1952)
Rancho Notorious (1952)
M (1951)
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)
Confirm or Deny (1941)
Man Hunt (1941)
Western Union (1941)
You and Me (1938)
You Only Live Once (1937)
Fury (1936)
Liliom (1934)
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933)
M (1931)
Woman in the Moon (1929)
Spies (1928)
Metropolis (1927)
Die Nibelungen: Siegfried (1924)
Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler: Part 2 – Inferno (1922)
Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler: Part 1 – The Great Gambler (1922)
Destiny (1921)
Four Around the Woman (1921)
The Wandering Image (1920)
Harakiri (1919)
Half-Blood (1919)
Lilith and Ly (1919)
Bettler GmbH (1919)
Die Peitsche (1916)
Metropolis
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Known For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1890-12-05
Deathday
1976-08-02 (85 years old)
Birth Name
Friedrich Christian Anton Lang
Birth Place
Vienna, Austria
Religion
Christianity
Relationships
Thea von Harbou (1922 - 1933), Lisa Rosenthal (1919 - 1921)
Spouse
Elisabeth Rosenthal
Citizenships
, Austria, United States
Also Known As
Friedrich Anton Christian Lang, 프리츠 랑, 프리츠 랭, Фріц Ланг
Awards
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Officer of Arts and Letters, Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of , The Life Career Award, German Film Award, Karl Troop Cross
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