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Fritz Lang (1890-1976)

Alias:
Friedrich Anton Christian Lang
Фріц Ланг
프리츠 랑
프리츠 랭

Birthplace:
Vienna, Austria

Born:
December 5, 1890

Died:
August 2, 1976

Biography from TheMovieDB

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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Film Production

Adaptation:
1943  Hangmen Also Die!

Co-Director:
1941  Confirm or Deny
1943  Hangmen Also Die!

Director:
1919  Half-Blood
1919  Harakiri
1919  Master of Love
1919  The Spiders: Part 1 - The Golden Sea
1920  The Spiders: Part 2 - The Diamond Ship
1920  The Wandering Image
1921  Destiny
1921  Four Around the Woman
1922  Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler
1922  Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler: Part 1 – The Great Gambler
1922  Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler: Part 2 – Inferno
1924  Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge
1924  Die Nibelungen: Siegfried
1927  Metropolis
1928  Spies
1929  Woman in the Moon
1931  M
1933  The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
1934  Liliom
1936  Fury
1937  You Only Live Once
1938  You and Me
1940  The Return of Frank James
1941  Confirm or Deny
1941  Man Hunt
1941  Western Union
1943  Hangmen Also Die!
1944  Ministry of Fear
1944  The Woman in the Window
1945  Scarlet Street
1946  Cloak and Dagger
1947  Secret Beyond the Door...
1950  American Guerrilla in the Philippines
1950  House by the River
1952  Clash by Night
1952  Rancho Notorious
1953  The Big Heat
1953  The Blue Gardenia
1954  Human Desire
1955  Moonfleet
1956  Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
1956  While the City Sleeps
1959  The Indian Tomb
1959  The Tiger of Eschnapur
1960  Journey to the Lost City
1960  The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse
1984  Giorgio Moroder's Metropolis
2023  Synthwave Horror: Metropolis

Editor:
1919  Half-Blood
1919  Harakiri
1919  Master of Love
1919  The Spiders: Part 1 - The Golden Sea
1920  The Spiders: Part 2 - The Diamond Ship
1920  The Wandering Image
1921  Destiny
1921  Four Around the Woman
1922  Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler
1922  Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler: Part 1 – The Great Gambler
1922  Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler: Part 2 – Inferno
1924  Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge
1924  Die Nibelungen: Siegfried
1927  Metropolis
1928  Spies
1929  Woman in the Moon
1931  M
1933  The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
1934  Liliom
1936  Fury
1937  You Only Live Once
1938  You and Me
1940  The Return of Frank James
1941  Confirm or Deny
1941  Man Hunt
1941  Western Union
1943  Hangmen Also Die!
1944  Ministry of Fear
1944  The Woman in the Window
1945  Scarlet Street
1946  Cloak and Dagger
1947  Secret Beyond the Door...
1950  American Guerrilla in the Philippines
1950  House by the River
1952  Clash by Night
1952  Rancho Notorious
1953  The Big Heat
1953  The Blue Gardenia
1954  Human Desire
1955  Moonfleet
1956  Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
1956  While the City Sleeps
1959  The Indian Tomb
1959  The Tiger of Eschnapur
1960  Journey to the Lost City
1960  The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse
1984  Giorgio Moroder's Metropolis
2023  Synthwave Horror: Metropolis

Original Film Writer:
1919  Half-Blood
1919  Harakiri
1919  Master of Love
1919  The Spiders: Part 1 - The Golden Sea
1920  The Spiders: Part 2 - The Diamond Ship
1920  The Wandering Image
1921  Destiny
1921  Four Around the Woman
1922  Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler
1922  Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler: Part 1 – The Great Gambler
1922  Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler: Part 2 – Inferno
1924  Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge
1924  Die Nibelungen: Siegfried
1927  Metropolis
1928  Spies
1929  Woman in the Moon
1931  M
1933  The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
1934  Liliom
1936  Fury
1937  You Only Live Once
1938  You and Me
1940  The Return of Frank James
1941  Confirm or Deny
1941  Man Hunt
1941  Western Union
1943  Hangmen Also Die!
1944  Ministry of Fear
1944  The Woman in the Window
1945  Scarlet Street
1946  Cloak and Dagger
1947  Secret Beyond the Door...
1950  American Guerrilla in the Philippines
1950  House by the River
1952  Clash by Night
1952  Rancho Notorious
1953  The Big Heat
1953  The Black Vampire
1953  The Blue Gardenia
1954  Human Desire
1955  Moonfleet
1956  Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
1956  While the City Sleeps
1959  The Indian Tomb
1959  The Tiger of Eschnapur
1960  Journey to the Lost City
1960  The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse
1982  M the Damned
1984  Giorgio Moroder's Metropolis
2001  Metropolis
2023  Synthwave Horror: Metropolis

Original Story:
1919  Half-Blood
1919  Harakiri
1919  Master of Love
1919  The Spiders: Part 1 - The Golden Sea
1920  The Spiders: Part 2 - The Diamond Ship
1920  The Wandering Image
1921  Destiny
1921  Four Around the Woman
1922  Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler
1922  Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler: Part 1 – The Great Gambler
1922  Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler: Part 2 – Inferno
1924  Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge
1924  Die Nibelungen: Siegfried
1927  Metropolis
1928  Spies
1929  Woman in the Moon
1931  M
1933  The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
1934  Liliom
1936  Fury
1937  You Only Live Once
1938  You and Me
1940  The Return of Frank James
1941  Confirm or Deny
1941  Man Hunt
1941  Western Union
1943  Hangmen Also Die!
1944  Ministry of Fear
1944  The Woman in the Window
1945  Scarlet Street
1946  Cloak and Dagger
1947  Secret Beyond the Door...
1950  American Guerrilla in the Philippines
1950  House by the River
1951  M
1952  Clash by Night
1952  Rancho Notorious
1953  The Big Heat
1953  The Black Vampire
1953  The Blue Gardenia
1954  Human Desire
1955  Moonfleet
1956  Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
1956  While the City Sleeps
1959  The Indian Tomb
1959  The Tiger of Eschnapur
1960  Journey to the Lost City
1960  The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse
1982  M the Damned
1984  Giorgio Moroder's Metropolis
2001  Metropolis
2023  Synthwave Horror: Metropolis

Producer:
1919  Half-Blood
1919  Harakiri
1919  Master of Love
1919  The Spiders: Part 1 - The Golden Sea
1920  The Spiders: Part 2 - The Diamond Ship
1920  The Wandering Image
1921  Destiny
1921  Four Around the Woman
1922  Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler
1922  Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler: Part 1 – The Great Gambler
1922  Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler: Part 2 – Inferno
1924  Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge
1924  Die Nibelungen: Siegfried
1927  Metropolis
1928  Spies
1929  Woman in the Moon
1931  M
1933  The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
1934  Liliom
1936  Fury
1937  You Only Live Once
1938  You and Me
1940  The Return of Frank James
1941  Confirm or Deny
1941  Man Hunt
1941  Western Union
1943  Hangmen Also Die!
1944  Ministry of Fear
1944  The Woman in the Window
1945  Scarlet Street
1946  Cloak and Dagger
1947  Secret Beyond the Door...
1950  American Guerrilla in the Philippines
1950  House by the River
1951  M
1952  Clash by Night
1952  Rancho Notorious
1953  The Big Heat
1953  The Black Vampire
1953  The Blue Gardenia
1954  Human Desire
1955  Moonfleet
1956  Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
1956  While the City Sleeps
1959  The Indian Tomb
1959  The Tiger of Eschnapur
1960  Journey to the Lost City
1960  The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse
1982  M the Damned
1984  Giorgio Moroder's Metropolis
2001  Metropolis
2023  Synthwave Horror: Metropolis

Screenplay:
1916  Die Peitsche
1917  Die Hochzeit im Excentricclub
1919  Half-Blood
1919  Harakiri
1919  Master of Love
1919  The Dance of Death
1919  The Plague in Florence
1919  The Spiders: Part 1 - The Golden Sea
1920  The Spiders: Part 2 - The Diamond Ship
1920  The Wandering Image
1921  Destiny
1921  Four Around the Woman
1922  Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler
1922  Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler: Part 1 – The Great Gambler
1922  Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler: Part 2 – Inferno
1924  Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge
1924  Die Nibelungen: Siegfried
1927  Metropolis
1928  Spies
1929  Woman in the Moon
1931  M
1933  The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
1934  Liliom
1936  Fury
1937  You Only Live Once
1938  You and Me
1940  The Return of Frank James
1941  Confirm or Deny
1941  Man Hunt
1941  Western Union
1943  Hangmen Also Die!
1944  Ministry of Fear
1944  The Woman in the Window
1945  Scarlet Street
1946  Cloak and Dagger
1947  Secret Beyond the Door...
1950  American Guerrilla in the Philippines
1950  House by the River
1951  M
1952  Clash by Night
1952  Rancho Notorious
1953  The Big Heat
1953  The Black Vampire
1953  The Blue Gardenia
1954  Human Desire
1955  Moonfleet
1956  Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
1956  While the City Sleeps
1959  The Indian Tomb
1959  The Tiger of Eschnapur
1960  Journey to the Lost City
1960  The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse
1982  M the Damned
1984  Giorgio Moroder's Metropolis
2001  Metropolis
2023  Synthwave Horror: Metropolis

Writer:
1916  Die Peitsche
1917  Die Hochzeit im Excentricclub
1917  Hilde Warren and Death
1919  Bettler GmbH
1919  Die Frau mit den Orchideen
1919  Die Rache ist mein
1919  Half-Blood
1919  Harakiri
1919  Lilith and Ly
1919  Master of Love
1919  The Dance of Death
1919  The Plague in Florence
1919  The Spiders: Part 1 - The Golden Sea
1919  Wolkenbau und Flimmerstern
1920  The Mistress of the World, Part VIII: The Revenge of Maud Fergusson
1920  The Spiders: Part 2 - The Diamond Ship
1920  The Wandering Image
1921  Destiny
1921  Four Around the Woman
1921  The Indian Tomb, Part I: The Mission of the Yoghi
1921  The Indian Tomb, Part II: The Tiger of Eschnapur
1922  Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler
1922  Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler: Part 1 – The Great Gambler
1922  Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler: Part 2 – Inferno
1924  Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge
1924  Die Nibelungen: Siegfried
1927  Metropolis
1928  Spies
1929  Woman in the Moon
1931  M
1933  The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
1934  Liliom
1936  Fury
1937  You Only Live Once
1938  You and Me
1940  The Return of Frank James
1941  Confirm or Deny
1941  Man Hunt
1941  Western Union
1943  Hangmen Also Die!
1944  Ministry of Fear
1944  The Woman in the Window
1945  Scarlet Street
1946  Cloak and Dagger
1947  Secret Beyond the Door...
1950  American Guerrilla in the Philippines
1950  House by the River
1951  M
1952  Clash by Night
1952  Rancho Notorious
1953  The Big Heat
1953  The Black Vampire
1953  The Blue Gardenia
1954  Human Desire
1955  Moonfleet
1956  Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
1956  While the City Sleeps
1959  The Indian Tomb
1959  The Tiger of Eschnapur
1960  Journey to the Lost City
1960  The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse
1982  M the Damned
1984  Giorgio Moroder's Metropolis
2001  Metropolis
2023  Synthwave Horror: Metropolis

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TV Performances

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TV Production

Original Story:
????  Metropolis

Sound Mixer:
2007  The Word According to Whoopi
????  Metropolis

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