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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).
As director
The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse
Journey to the Lost City
The Tiger of Eschnapur
The Indian Tomb
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
While the City Sleeps
Moonfleet
Human Desire
The Blue Gardenia
The Big Heat
Clash by Night
Rancho Notorious
House by the River
American Guerrilla in the Philippines
Secret Beyond the Door
Cloak and Dagger
Scarlet Street
Ministry of Fear
The Woman in the Window
Hangmen Also Die!
Man Hunt
Western Union
The Return of Frank James
You and Me
You Only Live Once
Fury
Liliom
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
M
As actor
Sibyl
Mimosa Tank: A Prologue for a Film
From Caligari to Hitler
Voyage to 'Metropolis'
Fritz Lang, le cercle du destin - Les films allemands
Fritz Lang
The Exiles
Conversation with Fritz Lang
For Example Fritz Lang
The Dinosaur and the Baby
Paparazzi
Encounter with Fritz Lang
Bardot et Godard
Contempt
The Film in the Film
Master of Love
Hilde Warren and Death