As Director
You and Me
1938
6.6
Fritz Lang
Acting
Born
December 5, 1890
Place of Birth
Vienna, Austria
Deceased
August 2, 1976
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).
The Filmography
As Director, As Writer
Liliom
1934
6.5
As Director, As Writer
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
1933
7.7
As Director, As Writer
M
1931
8.1
As Director, As Writer
Spies
1928
7.4
As Director, As Writer
Metropolis
1927
8.1
As Actor
The Film in the Film
1924
7.5
As Director
Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge
1924
7.5
As Director, As Writer
Die Nibelungen: Siegfried
1924
7.7
As Director, As Writer
Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler
1922
7.7
As Writer
The Indian Tomb, Part I: The Mission of the Yoghi
1921
5.9
As Director, As Writer
Destiny
1921
7.4
As Director, As Writer
Four Around the Woman
1921
5.9
As Director, As Writer
The Spiders: Part 2 - The Diamond Ship
1920
6.0
As Writer
The Mistress of the World, Part VIII: The Revenge of Maud Fergusson
1920
6.0
As Director
Harakiri
1919
5.9
As Writer
The Plague in Florence
1919
6.1
As Director, As Writer
The Spiders: Part 1 - The Golden Sea
1919
5.9
As Actor, As Writer
Hilde Warren and Death
1917
5.9