Fritz Lang
🎂 Dec 5, 1890 — 🕯️ Aug 2, 1976 (85 years)
Vienna, Austria
Fritz Lang is a director born in Vienna, Austria. The film Metropolis is one of the titles that define their career. Other titles of theirs include M and The Big Heat. They have directed 44 films, working mainly across genres like crime, thriller, drama.
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Metropolis
1927
M
1931
Clash by Night
1952
Scarlet Street
1945
Rancho Notorious
1952
The Big Heat
1953
The Woman in the Window
1944
Western Union
1941
Fury
1936
Hangmen Also Die!
1943
The Return of Frank James
1940
Man Hunt
1941
Moonfleet
1955
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
1956
The Indian Tomb
1959
The Tiger of Eschnapur
1959
Secret Beyond the Door
1947
You and Me
1938
Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge
1924
You Only Live Once
1937
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
1933
The Blue Gardenia
1953
House by the River
1950
While the City Sleeps
1956
Die Nibelungen: Siegfried
1924
Human Desire
1954
Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler
1922
The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse
1960
Spies
1928
Cloak and Dagger
1946
Woman in the Moon
1929
American Guerrilla in the Philippines
1950
Liliom
1934
Ministry of Fear
1944
Destiny
1921
Harakiri
1919
The Spiders: Part 1 - The Golden Sea
1919
The Spiders: Part 2 - The Diamond Ship
1920
Four Around the Woman
1921
The Wandering Image
1920
Journey to the Lost City
1960
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is Fritz Lang still alive?
Fritz Lang passed away on August 2, 1976 at age 85.
What are the most famous roles of Fritz Lang?
Fritz Lang is best known for directing Metropolis, M, The Big Heat.
How many movies has Fritz Lang directed?
Over a 60-year career (since 1916), Fritz Lang has directed or written 57 films and worked on 0 TV shows.
What was Fritz Lang's first movie?
The career of Fritz Lang began with Die Peitsche (1916).
What is Fritz Lang's most recent movie or series?
Fritz Lang's most recent release is Journey to the Lost City, which premiered on October 1, 1960.
Fritz Lang
1890-12-05 · 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).