Fritz Lang
- Born
- December 5, 1890 · Vienna, Austria
- Died
- August 2, 1976
- Director
- Writer
- Producer
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 · 33 credits
- 2023Metropolis Retrofit · Director
- 1989The Exiles · Archive footage (Self)
- 1975Fritz Lang Interviewed by William Friedkin · Self (Self)
- 197275 Years of Cinema Museum · Self (Self)
- 1956While the City Sleeps · Director
- 1956Beyond a Reasonable Doubt · Director
- 1955Moonfleet · Director
- 1954Human Desire · Director
- 1953The Big Heat · Director
- 1953The Blue Gardenia · Director
- 1952Clash by Night · Director
- 1952Rancho Notorious · Director
- 1950House by the River · Director
- 1950American Guerrilla in the Philippines · Director
- 1947Secret Beyond the Door... · Director
- 1947Secret Beyond the Door... · Producer
- 1946Cloak and Dagger · Director
- 1945Scarlet Street · Producer
- 1945Scarlet Street · Director
- 1944The Woman in the Window · Director
- 1944Ministry of Fear · Director
- 1943Hangmen Also Die! · Director
- 1943Hangmen Also Die! · Producer
- 1943Hangmen Also Die! · Writer
- 1941Man Hunt · Director
- 1941Western Union · Director
- 1940The Return of Frank James · Director
- 1938You and Me · Producer
- 1938You and Me · Director
- 1937You Only Live Once · Director
- 1936Fury · Writer
- 1936Fury · Director
- —Metropolis · Director