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Fritz Lang

Directing

Born December 5, 1890 · Vienna, Austria

Died August 2, 1976

Biography

Friedrich Christian Anton Lang, better known as Fritz Lang, was an Austrian film director, screenwriter, and producer, who worked in Germany and later the United States. One of the best-known émigrés from Germany's school of Expressionism, he was dubbed the "Master of Darkness" by the British Film Institute. He has been cited as one of the most influential filmmakers of all time.

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Awards & recognition

  • The Life Career Award · 1976
  • Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
  • German Film Award
  • Karl Troop Cross
  • Officer of Arts and Letters
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  • star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Filmography36 titles

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1931Director, Screenplay

Metropolis

1927Director, Editor, Screenplay

The Big Heat

1953Director

Die Nibelungen: Siegfried

1924Director, Screenplay

Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler

1922Director, Screenplay

Scarlet Street

1945Director, Producer

The Testament of Dr. Mabuse

1933Director, Producer, Screenplay

Fury

1936Director, Screenplay

Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge

1924Director

The Woman in the Window

1944Director

Destiny

1921Director, Writer

Spies

1928Director, Writer

Woman in the Moon

1929Director, Producer, Screenplay

You Only Live Once

1937Director

Contempt

1963as Fritz Lang

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt

1956Director

While the City Sleeps

1956Director

Ministry of Fear

1944Director

Hangmen Also Die!

1943Adaptation, Director, Original Story, Producer

Man Hunt

1941Director

The 1,000 Eyes of Dr. Mabuse

1960Director, Producer, Screenplay

House by the River

1950Director

Human Desire

1954Director

Clash by Night

1952Director

You and Me

1938Director, Producer

The Blue Gardenia

1953Director

Rancho Notorious

1952Director

Secret Beyond the Door...

1947Director, Producer

The Tiger of Eschnapur

1959Director, Writer

The Black Vampire

1953Original Film Writer

The Return of Frank James

1940Director

M the Damned

1982Original Film Writer

The Indian Tomb

1959Director, Writer

Western Union

1941Director

The Spiders: Part 1 - The Golden Sea

1919Director, Writer

American Guerrilla in the Philippines

1950Director