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 (1945) and The Big Heat (1953).
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Movies (78)
Sibyl
2025 · (Archive footage)
Mimosa Tank: A Prologue for a Film
2017 · Self
From Caligari to Hitler
2015 · Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Voyage to Metropolis
2010 · Self (archive footage)
Fritz Lang, le cercle du destin - Les films allemands
2004 · Self (archive footage)
Les messages de Fritz Lang
2003 · Himself
Fritz Lang
1990
The Exiles
1989 · Self
M the Damned
1982 · Original Film Writer
Conversation with Fritz Lang
1975 · Self
For Example Fritz Lang
1968
The Dinosaur and the Baby
1967 · Self
Paparazzi
1964 · Self
Bardot et Godard
1964 · Self
Encounter with Fritz Lang
1964 · Self - Interviewee
Contempt
1963 · Fritz Lang
Journey to the Lost City
1960 · Director, Screenplay
The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse
1960 · Director, Screenplay, Producer
The Indian Tomb
1959 · Writer, Director
The Tiger of Eschnapur
1959 · Director, Writer
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
1956 · Director
While the City Sleeps
1956 · Director
Moonfleet
1955 · Director
Human Desire
1954 · Director
The Big Heat
1953 · Director
The Black Vampire
1953 · Original Film Writer
The Blue Gardenia
1953 · Director
Clash by Night
1952 · Director
Rancho Notorious
1952 · Director
M
1951 · Original Story
American Guerrilla in the Philippines
1950 · Director
House by the River
1950 · Director
Secret Beyond the Door
1947 · Director, Producer
Cloak and Dagger
1946 · Director
Scarlet Street
1945 · Director, Producer
The Woman in the Window
1944 · Director
Ministry of Fear
1944 · Director
Hangmen Also Die!
1943 · Director, Original Story, Adaptation, Producer
Moontide
1942 · Co-Director
Confirm or Deny
1941 · Co-Director
Man Hunt
1941 · Director
Western Union
1941 · Director
The Return of Frank James
1940 · Director
You and Me
1938 · Director, Producer
You Only Live Once
1937 · Director
Fury
1936 · Director, Screenplay
Liliom
1934 · Director, Writer
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
1933 · Director, Screenplay, Producer
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
1933 · Director
M
1931 · Director, Screenplay
Woman in the Moon
1929 · Director, Screenplay, Producer
Spies
1928 · Director, Writer
Metropolis
1927 · Director, Editor, Screenplay
The Film in the Film
1924 · Self
Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge
1924 · Director
Die Nibelungen: Siegfried
1924 · Director, Screenplay
Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler
1922 · Director, Screenplay
The Indian Tomb, Part II: The Tiger of Eschnapur
1921 · Writer
The Indian Tomb, Part I: The Mission of the Yoghi
1921 · Writer
Destiny
1921 · Director, Writer
Four Around the Woman
1921 · Director, Screenplay
The Wandering Image
1920 · Director, Writer
The Spiders: Part 2 - The Diamond Ship
1920 · Director, Writer
The Mistress of the World, Part VIII: The Revenge of Maud Fergusson
1920 · Writer
Harakiri
1919 · Director
The Dance of Death
1919 · Screenplay
The Plague of Florence
1919 · Screenplay
The Spiders: Part 1 - The Golden Sea
1919 · Director, Writer
Master of Love
1919 · Director
Half-Blood
1919 · Director, Screenplay
Die Rache ist mein
1919 · Writer
Bettler GmbH
1919 · Writer
Wolkenbau und Flimmerstern
1919 · Writer
Lilith and Ly
1919 · Writer
Die Frau mit den Orchideen
1919 · Writer
Hilde Warren and Death
1917 · Writer
Die Hochzeit im Excentricclub
1917 · Screenplay
Die Peitsche
1916 · Screenplay
