Fritz Lang

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

1.1013

Gender

Male

Birthday

05-Dec-1890

Age

(136 years old)

Place of Birth

Vienna, Austria

Also Known As
  • NO INFO PROVIDED

Fritz Lang

Biography

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).


Credits

Fritz Lang Fritz Lang (1990) Character: N/A
German TV Documentary for WDR about Fritz Lang
Der Herr der Liebe Der Herr der Liebe (1919) Character: N/A
Lost film. A man's devotion for a woman brings about his ruin.
Zum Beispiel: Fritz Lang Zum Beispiel: Fritz Lang (1968) Character: N/A
A interview with Fritz Lang where he talks about his career in Germany and troubles with the Nazis.
Begegnung mit Fritz Lang Begegnung mit Fritz Lang (1964) Character: Self - Interviewee
Interview with Fritz Lang on the roof of Villa Malaparte on Capri during the filming of the fictitious film "Odysseus" and the filming of "Contempt" by Jean-Luc Godard, in which Fritz Lang plays the role of an old film director. During the interview, excerpts from the Lang films "The Nibelungen", "The Tired Death" and "M" are shown.
Der Film im Film Der Film im Film (1924) Character: Self
The only surviving excerpt of a documentary on film production in Weimar Germany, featuring the different personalities of several famous directors of the era at work on the set including Fritz Lang, Robert Wiene, and E.A. Dupont.
The Exiles The Exiles (1989) Character: Self
A chronicle of the rescue of oppressed intellectuals and artists from Europe before the outbreak of World War II. It studies the cultural and intellectual impact of this emigre population on American life.
Mimosa Tank: A Prologue for a Film Mimosa Tank: A Prologue for a Film (2017) Character: Self
A collaborative essay film regarding Fritz Lang.
Paparazzi Paparazzi (1964) Character: Self
Paparazzi explores the relationship between Brigitte Bardot and groups of invasive photographers attempting to photograph her while she works on the set of Jean-Luc Godard's film Le Mépris (Contempt). Through video footage of Bardot, interviews with the paparazzi, and still photos of Bardot from magazine covers and elsewhere, director Rozier investigates some of the ramifications of international movie stardom, specifically the loss of privacy to the paparazzi. The film explains the shooting of the film on the island of Capri, and the photographers' valiant, even foolishly dangerous, attempts to get a photograph of Bardot.
Cinéastes de notre temps : Le Dinosaure et le Bébé, dialogue en huit parties entre Fritz Lang et Jean-Luc Godard Cinéastes de notre temps : Le Dinosaure et le Bébé, dialogue en huit parties entre Fritz Lang et Jean-Luc Godard (1967) Character: Self
An hour-long discussion between Fritz Lang and Jean-Luc Godard in which they discuss a variety of art forms, the role of the cinema, their collaboration together, and much more. (Filmed in 1964 but released for TV in 1967.)
Conversation with Fritz Lang Conversation with Fritz Lang (1975) Character: Self
American director William Friedkin interviewed Austrian director Fritz Lang on February 21st and 24th, 1975. Lang died August 2nd, 1976.
Hilde Warren und der Tod Hilde Warren und der Tod (1917) Character: N/A
Hilde Warren, a famous actress, is impregnated by a convicted murderer and becomes plagued by visions of Death. Upon discovering her child is the image of its criminal father, Hilde must decide whether to allow it to live, or to kill it and risk the embrace of Death himself.
Die Reise nach Metropolis Die Reise nach Metropolis (2010) Character: Self (archive footage)
A documentary about the making of the final version of "Metropolis" by restoring all material from different sources.
Von Caligari zu Hitler Von Caligari zu Hitler (2015) Character: Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Film journalist and critic Rüdiger Suchsland examines German cinema from 1919, when the Republic of Weimar is born, to 1933, when the Nazis come into power. (Followed by Hitler's Hollywood, 2017.)
Sibil·la Sibil·la (2025) Character: (Archive footage)
The director delves into the fragments of his own memory, blending images, words, and silences in a film essay that explores identity, memory, and the impossibility of coherent self-narration. A broken self-portrait, reconstructed from the image.
Le Mépris Le Mépris (1963) Character: Fritz Lang
A philistine in the art film business, Jeremy Prokosch is a producer unhappy with the work of his director. Prokosch has hired Fritz Lang to direct an adaptation of "The Odyssey," but when it seems that the legendary filmmaker is making a picture destined to bomb at the box office, he brings in a screenwriter to energize the script. The professional intersects with the personal when a rift develops between the writer and his wife.
Le Parti des choses : Bardot et Godard Le Parti des choses : Bardot et Godard (1964) Character: Self
A documentary short following director Jean-Luc Godard on the set of Contempt.



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