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Fritz Lang
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 b…
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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 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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2025
Sibyl
Movie (Archive footage)
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2017
Mimosa Tank: A Prologue for a Film
Movie Self
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2015
From Caligari to Hitler
Movie Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
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2010
Voyage to 'Metropolis'
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2007
The Word According to Whoopi
TV show Sound Mixer
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2004
Fritz Lang, le cercle du destin - Les films allemands
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2003
Les messages de Fritz Lang
Movie Himself
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2002
Das Jahrhundert des Theaters
TV show Self (archive footage)
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1990
Fritz Lang
Movie
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1989
The Exiles
Movie Self
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1982
M the Damned
Movie Original Film Writer
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1975
Film Emigration from Nazi Germany
TV show Self
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1975
Conversation with Fritz Lang
Movie Self
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1968
For Example Fritz Lang
Movie
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1967
The Dinosaur and the Baby
Movie Self
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1964
Paparazzi
Movie Self
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1964
Bardot et Godard
Movie Self
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1964
Encounter with Fritz Lang
Movie Self - Interviewee
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1963
Contempt
Movie Fritz Lang
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1960
Journey to the Lost City
Movie Screenplay
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1960
The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse
Movie Director
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1959
The Indian Tomb
Movie Writer
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1959
The Tiger of Eschnapur
Movie Director
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1956
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
Movie Director
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1956
While the City Sleeps
Movie Director
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1955
Moonfleet
Movie Director
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1954
Human Desire
Movie Director
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1953
The Big Heat
Movie Director
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1953
The Black Vampire
Movie Original Film Writer
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1953
The Blue Gardenia
Movie Director
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1952
Clash by Night
Movie Director
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1952
Rancho Notorious
Movie Director
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1951
German Film Award
TV show Self
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1951
M
Movie Original Story
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1950
American Guerrilla in the Philippines
Movie Director
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1950
House by the River
Movie Director
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1947
Secret Beyond the Door
Movie Director
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1946
Cloak and Dagger
Movie Director
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1945
Scarlet Street
Movie Director
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1944
The Woman in the Window
Movie Director
