Fritz Lang
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- December 5, 1890
- Died
- August 2, 1976
- Birthplace
- 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 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).
Filmography
Sibyl 2025
as (Archive footage)
Mimosa Tank: A Prologue for a Film 2017
as Self
From Caligari to Hitler 2015
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Voyage to Metropolis 2010
as Self (archive footage)
Fritz Lang, le cercle du destin - Les films allemands 2004
as Self (archive footage)
Les messages de Fritz Lang 2003
as Himself
Fritz Lang 1990
Actor
The Exiles 1989
as Self
M the Damned 1982
Original Film Writer
Conversation with Fritz Lang 1975
as Self
For Example Fritz Lang 1968
Actor
The Dinosaur and the Baby 1967
as Self
Paparazzi 1964
as Self
Bardot et Godard 1964
as Self
Encounter with Fritz Lang 1964
as Self - Interviewee
Contempt 1963
as Fritz Lang
Journey to the Lost City 1960
Screenplay, Director
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 Black Vampire 1953
Original Film Writer
The Big Heat 1953
Director
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
Original Story, Producer, Adaptation, Director
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
Screenplay, Director
Liliom 1934
Director, Writer
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse 1933
Director
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse 1933
Director, Screenplay, Producer
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
as Self
Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge 1924
Director
Die Nibelungen: Siegfried 1924
Director, Screenplay
Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler 1922
Screenplay, Director
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
Writer, Director
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
Writer, Director
Master of Love 1919
Actor, Director
Half-Blood 1919
Director, Screenplay
- Die Frau mit den Orchideen
Die Frau mit den Orchideen 1919
Writer
Lilith and Ly 1919
Writer
- Wolkenbau und Flimmerstern
Wolkenbau und Flimmerstern 1919
Writer
- Bettler GmbH
Bettler GmbH 1919
Writer
- Die Rache ist mein
Die Rache ist mein 1919
Writer
Hilde Warren and Death 1917
Actor, Writer
Die Hochzeit im Excentricclub 1917
Screenplay
- Die Peitsche
Die Peitsche 1916
Screenplay
Credits from TMDB.