Fritz Lang
Known for: Directing
Born: December 5, 1890
Died: August 2, 1976
Place of birth: 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).
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Filmography
77 movies · 4 TV shows, newest first
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Sibyl
2025
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Mimosa Tank: A Prologue for a Film
2017
7.4
From Caligari to Hitler
2015
5.9
Voyage to 'Metropolis'
2010NR
The Word According to Whoopi
2007
7.3
Fritz Lang, le cercle du destin - Les films allemands
2004
9.0
Das Jahrhundert des Theaters
2002NR
Fritz Lang
1990
9.0
The Exiles
1989
6.1
M the Damned
1982
9.0
Film Emigration from Nazi Germany
1975
7.1
Conversation with Fritz Lang
1975
7.5
For Example Fritz Lang
1968
6.2
The Dinosaur and the Baby
1967
6.5
Paparazzi
1964
6.4
Bardot et Godard
1964
7.0
Encounter with Fritz Lang
1964
7.0
Contempt
1963
6.6
Journey to the Lost City
1960
6.8
The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse
1960
6.1
The Indian Tomb
1959
6.3
The Tiger of Eschnapur
1959
6.8
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
1956
6.9
While the City Sleeps
1956
6.5
Moonfleet
1955
6.7
Human Desire
1954
7.7
The Big Heat
1953
6.3
The Black Vampire
1953
6.5
The Blue Gardenia
1953
6.7
Clash by Night
1952
6.5
Rancho Notorious
19526.0
German Film Award
1951
6.5
M
1951
5.5
American Guerrilla in the Philippines
1950
6.8
House by the River
1950
6.5
Secret Beyond the Door
1947
6.5
Cloak and Dagger
1946
7.6
Scarlet Street
1945
7.4
The Woman in the Window
1944
6.9
Ministry of Fear
1944
6.9
Hangmen Also Die!
1943
6.4
Moontide
1942
4.8
Confirm or Deny
1941
6.9
Man Hunt
1941
6.0
Western Union
1941
6.3
The Return of Frank James
1940
6.6
You and Me
1938
7.1
You Only Live Once
1937
7.5
Fury
1936
6.5
Liliom
1934
7.6
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
1933
7.0
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
1933
8.1
M
1931
7.2
Woman in the Moon
1929
7.4
Spies
1928
8.1
Metropolis
1927
7.3
The Film in the Film
1924
7.5
Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge
1924
7.8
Die Nibelungen: Siegfried
1924
7.7
Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler
1922
6.0
The Indian Tomb, Part II: The Tiger of Eschnapur
1921
5.7
The Indian Tomb, Part I: The Mission of the Yoghi
1921
7.4
Destiny
1921
6.0
Four Around the Woman
1921
6.1
The Wandering Image
1920
6.0
The Spiders: Part 2 - The Diamond Ship
1920
7.5
The Mistress of the World, Part VIII: The Revenge of Maud Fergusson
1920
5.7
Harakiri
1919
7.0
The Dance of Death
1919
6.4
The Plague in Florence
1919
6.0
The Spiders: Part 1 - The Golden Sea
1919
6.0
Master of Love
1919
8.0
Half-Blood
191910.0
Die Rache ist mein
1919NR
Bettler GmbH
191910.0
Wolkenbau und Flimmerstern
1919
9.0
Lilith and Ly
19199.0
Die Frau mit den Orchideen
1919
6.5
Hilde Warren and Death
1917
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Die Hochzeit im Excentricclub
1917NR
Die Peitsche
1916