About
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...
Known for
MetropolisMovie • 1927
MMovie • 1931
ContemptMovie • 1963
While the City SleepsMovie • 1956
The Big HeatMovie • 1953
Scarlet StreetMovie • 1945
You Only Live OnceMovie • 1937
The Woman in the WindowMovie • 1944
The Testament of Dr. MabuseMovie • 1933
Die Nibelungen: SiegfriedMovie • 1924
Secret Beyond the DoorMovie • 1947
House by the RiverMovie • 1950
Rancho NotoriousMovie • 1952
DestinyMovie • 1921
Western UnionMovie • 1941
Beyond a Reasonable DoubtMovie • 1956
Clash by NightMovie • 1952
Hangmen Also Die!Movie • 1943
Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's RevengeMovie • 1924
FuryMovie • 1936
Dr. Mabuse, the GamblerMovie • 1922
Ministry of FearMovie • 1944
MoontideMovie • 1942
The Return of Frank JamesMovie • 1940