- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- December 5, 1890
- Place of Birth
- Vienna, Austria
- Died
- August 2, 1976
Fritz Lang
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…
Filmography
movieSibyl
2025 · (Archive footage)
movieMimosa Tank: A Prologue for a Film
2017 · Self
movieFrom Caligari to Hitler
2015 · Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
movieVoyage to 'Metropolis'
2010 · Self (archive footage)
The Word According to Whoopi
tvThe Word According to Whoopi
2007 · Sound Mixer
movieFritz Lang, le cercle du destin - Les films allemands
2004 · Self (archive footage)
tvDas Jahrhundert des Theaters
2002 · Self (archive footage)
Fritz Lang
movieFritz Lang
1990
movieThe Exiles
1989 · Self
movieM the Damned
1982 · Original Film Writer
tvFilm Emigration from Nazi Germany
1975 · Self
movieConversation with Fritz Lang
1975 · Self
movieFor Example Fritz Lang
1968
movieThe Dinosaur and the Baby
1967 · Self
moviePaparazzi
1964 · Self
movieBardot et Godard
1964 · Self
movieEncounter with Fritz Lang
1964 · Self - Interviewee
movieContempt
1963 · Fritz Lang
movieJourney to the Lost City
1960 · Screenplay, Director
movieThe Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse
1960 · Director, Screenplay, Producer
movieThe Indian Tomb
1959 · Writer, Director
movieThe Tiger of Eschnapur
1959 · Director, Writer
movieBeyond a Reasonable Doubt
1956 · Director
movieWhile the City Sleeps
1956 · Director
movieMoonfleet
1955 · Director
movieHuman Desire
1954 · Director
movieThe Big Heat
1953 · Director
movieThe Black Vampire
1953 · Original Film Writer
movieThe Blue Gardenia
1953 · Director
movieClash by Night
1952 · Director
movieRancho Notorious
1952 · Director
German Film Award
tvGerman Film Award
1951 · Self
movieM
1951 · Original Story
movieAmerican Guerrilla in the Philippines
1950 · Director
movieHouse by the River
1950 · Director
movieSecret Beyond the Door
1947 · Director, Producer
movieCloak and Dagger
1946 · Director
movieScarlet Street
1945 · Director, Producer
movieThe Woman in the Window
1944 · Director
movieMinistry of Fear
1944 · Director
movieHangmen Also Die!
1943 · Original Story, Producer, Adaptation, Director
movieMoontide
1942 · Co-Director
movieConfirm or Deny
1941 · Co-Director
movieMan Hunt
1941 · Director
movieWestern Union
1941 · Director
movieThe Return of Frank James
1940 · Director
movieYou and Me
1938 · Director, Producer
movieYou Only Live Once
1937 · Director
movieFury
1936 · Screenplay, Director
movieLiliom
1934 · Director, Writer
movieThe Testament of Dr. Mabuse
1933 · Director, Screenplay, Producer
movieThe Testament of Dr. Mabuse
1933 · Director
movieM
1931 · Director, Screenplay
movieWoman in the Moon
1929 · Director, Screenplay, Producer
movieSpies
1928 · Director, Writer
movieMetropolis
1927 · Director, Editor, Screenplay
movieThe Film in the Film
1924 · Self
movieDie Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge
1924 · Director
movieDie Nibelungen: Siegfried
1924 · Director, Screenplay
movieDr. Mabuse, the Gambler
1922 · Screenplay, Director
movieThe Indian Tomb, Part II: The Tiger of Eschnapur
1921 · Writer
movieThe Indian Tomb, Part I: The Mission of the Yoghi
1921 · Writer
movieDestiny
1921 · Writer, Director
movieFour Around the Woman
1921 · Director, Screenplay
movieThe Wandering Image
1920 · Director, Writer
movieThe Spiders: Part 2 - The Diamond Ship
1920 · Director, Writer
movieThe Mistress of the World, Part VIII: The Revenge of Maud Fergusson
1920 · Writer
movieHarakiri
1919 · Director
movieThe Dance of Death
1919 · Screenplay
movieThe Plague in Florence
1919 · Screenplay
movieThe Spiders: Part 1 - The Golden Sea
1919 · Writer, Director
movieMaster of Love
1919 · , Director
movieHalf-Blood
1919 · Director, Screenplay
Die Rache ist mein
movieDie Rache ist mein
1919 · Writer
Bettler GmbH
movieBettler GmbH
1919 · Writer
Wolkenbau und Flimmerstern
movieWolkenbau und Flimmerstern
1919 · Writer
movieLilith and Ly
1919 · Writer
Die Frau mit den Orchideen
movieDie Frau mit den Orchideen
1919 · Writer
movieHilde Warren and Death
1917 · , Writer
movieDie Hochzeit im Excentricclub
1917 · Screenplay
Die Peitsche
movieDie Peitsche
1916 · Screenplay