Fritz Lang
Directing
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).
Known for
Directing46
movieThe Indian Tomb
1959
Director
movieThe Tiger of Eschnapur
1959
Director
movieWhile the City Sleeps
1956
Director
movieMoonfleet
1955
Director
movieHuman Desire
1954
Director
movieThe Big Heat
1953
Director
movieThe Blue Gardenia
1953
Director
movieClash by Night
1952
Director
movieRancho Notorious
1952
Director
movieHouse by the River
1950
Director
movieSecret Beyond the Door
1947
Director
movieCloak and Dagger
1946
Director
movieScarlet Street
1945
Director
movieThe Woman in the Window
1944
Director
movieMinistry of Fear
1944
Director
movieHangmen Also Die!
1943
Director
movieMoontide
1942
Co-Director
movieConfirm or Deny
1941
Co-Director
movieMan Hunt
1941
Director
movieWestern Union
1941
Director
movieYou and Me
1938
Director
movieYou Only Live Once
1937
Director
movieFury
1936
Director
movieLiliom
1934
Director
movieM
1931
Director
movieWoman in the Moon
1929
Director
movieSpies
1928
Director
movieMetropolis
1927
Director
movieDr. Mabuse, the Gambler
1922
Director
movieDestiny
1921
Director
movieFour Around the Woman
1921
Director
movieThe Wandering Image
1920
Director
movieHarakiri
1919
Director
movieMaster of Love
1919
Director
movieHalf-Blood
1919
Director
Writing36
movieM the Damned
1982
Original Film Writer
movieJourney to the Lost City
1960
Screenplay
movieThe Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse
1960
Screenplay
movieThe Indian Tomb
1959
Writer
movieThe Black Vampire
1953
Original Film Writer
movieM
1951
Original Story
movieHangmen Also Die!
1943
Original Story, Adaptation
movieFury
1936
Screenplay
movieLiliom
1934
Writer
movieThe Testament of Dr. Mabuse
1933
Screenplay
movieM
1931
Screenplay
movieWoman in the Moon
1929
Screenplay
movieSpies
1928
Writer
movieMetropolis
1927
Screenplay
movieDie Nibelungen: Siegfried
1924
Screenplay
movieDr. Mabuse, the Gambler
1922
Screenplay
movieDestiny
1921
Writer
movieFour Around the Woman
1921
Screenplay
movieThe Dance of Death
1919
Screenplay
movieThe Plague in Florence
1919
Screenplay
movieHalf-Blood
1919
Screenplay
movieLilith and Ly
1919
Writer
movieDie Hochzeit im Excentricclub
1917
Screenplay
Die Peitsche
1916
Screenplay
Acting20
movieSibyl
2025
(Archive footage)
movieFrom Caligari to Hitler
2015
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
movieVoyage to 'Metropolis'
2010
Self (archive footage)
movieFritz Lang, le cercle du destin - Les films allemands
2004
Self (archive footage)
tvDas Jahrhundert des Theaters
2002
Self (archive footage)
movieEncounter with Fritz Lang
1964
Self - Interviewee
movieContempt
1963
Fritz Lang
Production7
movieSecret Beyond the Door
1947
Producer
movieScarlet Street
1945
Producer
movieHangmen Also Die!
1943
Producer
movieYou and Me
1938
Producer
movieWoman in the Moon
1929
Producer
Editing1
movieMetropolis
1927
Editor