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Fritz Lang

Fritz Lang

Known For Directing
Birthday Dec 05, 1890
Died Aug 02, 1976 (85)
Birthplace Vienna, Austria
Popularity 0.7 (history)
Updated Oct 04, 2025
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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 Inst ... itute. 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).

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Contempt

Contempt

1963

as Fritz Lang

The Indian Tomb

The Indian Tomb

1959

Writer

M

M

1951

Original Story

Hangmen Also Die!

Hangmen Also Die!

1943

Adaptation, Original Story

Fury

Fury

1936

Screenplay

M

M

1931

Screenplay

Spies

Spies

1928

Writer

Metropolis

Metropolis

1927

Editor, Screenplay

Die Nibelungen: Siegfried

Die Nibelungen: Siegfried

1924

Screenplay

Bettler GmbH

Bettler GmbH

1919

Writer

Die Rache ist mein

Die Rache ist mein

1919

Writer

The Indian Tomb

The Indian Tomb

1959

Director

While the City Sleeps

While the City Sleeps

1956

Director

Moonfleet

Moonfleet

1955

Director

Human Desire

Human Desire

1954

Director

The Blue Gardenia

The Blue Gardenia

1953

Director

The Big Heat

The Big Heat

1953

Director

Rancho Notorious

Rancho Notorious

1952

Director

Clash by Night

Clash by Night

1952

Director

House by the River

House by the River

1950

Director

Secret Beyond the Door

Secret Beyond the Door

1947

Director

Cloak and Dagger

Cloak and Dagger

1946

Director

Scarlet Street

Scarlet Street

1945

Director

Ministry of Fear

Ministry of Fear

1944

Director

The Woman in the Window

The Woman in the Window

1944

Director

Hangmen Also Die!

Hangmen Also Die!

1943

Director

Moontide

Moontide

1942

Co-Director

Man Hunt

Man Hunt

1941

Director

Western Union

Western Union

1941

Director

Confirm or Deny

Confirm or Deny

1941

Co-Director

You and Me

You and Me

1938

Director

You Only Live Once

You Only Live Once

1937

Director

Fury

Fury

1936

Director

M

M

1931

Director

Spies

Spies

1928

Director

Metropolis

Metropolis

1927

Director

Secret Beyond the Door

Secret Beyond the Door

1947

Producer

Scarlet Street

Scarlet Street

1945

Producer

Hangmen Also Die!

Hangmen Also Die!

1943

Producer

You and Me

You and Me

1938

Producer

Organization Category Movie
Berlin International Film Festival Best Director Their Mad Moment Won
Television Credits

No data available

Film Emigration from Nazi Germany

as Self

Episodes: 5

First Aired: Nov 11, 1975

Deutscher Filmpreis

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 01, 1951

Das Jahrhundert des Theaters

as Self (archive footage)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 06, 2002

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