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).
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: December 05, 1890
Deathday: August 02, 1976
Popularity:
Known For
Contempt
1963-10-29
Contempt
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1963-10-29
Popularity:
From Caligari to Hitler
2015-05-28
From Caligari to Hitler
Overview: 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.)
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2015-05-28
Popularity:
For Example Fritz Lang
1968-03-23
For Example Fritz Lang
Overview: A interview with Fritz Lang where he talks about his career in Germany and troubles with the Nazis.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1968-03-23
Popularity:
The Dinosaur and the Baby
1967-03-15
The Dinosaur and the Baby
Overview: 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.)
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1967-03-15
Popularity:
Conversation with Fritz Lang
1975-02-24
Conversation with Fritz Lang
Overview: American director William Friedkin interviewed Austrian director Fritz Lang on February 21st and 24th, 1975. Lang died August 2nd, 1976.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-02-24
Popularity:
Voyage to 'Metropolis'
2010-02-12
Voyage to 'Metropolis'
Overview: A documentary about the making of the final version of "Metropolis" by restoring all material from different sources.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2010-02-12
Popularity:
Hilde Warren and Death
1917-08-31
Hilde Warren and Death
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1917-08-31
Popularity:
Master of Love
1919-09-24
Master of Love
Overview: A man's devotion for a woman brings about his ruin.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1919-09-24
Popularity:
Peter Lorre : Derrière le masque du maudit
2024-06-07
Peter Lorre : Derrière le masque du maudit
Overview:
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2024-06-07
Popularity:
Paparazzi
1964-09-22
Paparazzi
Overview: 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.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1964-09-22
Popularity:
Mimosa Tank: A Prologue for a Film
2017-01-01
Mimosa Tank: A Prologue for a Film
Overview: A collaborative essay film regarding Fritz Lang.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-01-01
Popularity:
Encounter with Fritz Lang
1964-02-05
Encounter with Fritz Lang
Overview: 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.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1964-02-05
Popularity:
Fritz Lang, le cercle du destin - Les films allemands
2004-04-28
Fritz Lang, le cercle du destin - Les films allemands
Overview:
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2004-04-28
Popularity:
Cinema's Exiles: From Hitler to Hollywood
2009-01-01
Cinema's Exiles: From Hitler to Hollywood
Overview: Eight hundred German filmmakers (cast and crew) fled the Nazis in the 1930s. The film uses voice-overs, archival footage, and film clips to examine Berlin's vital filmmaking in the 1920s; then it follows a producer, directors, composers, editors, writers, and actors to Hollywood: some succeeded and many found no work. Among those profiled are Erich Pommer, Joseph May, Ernst Lubitsch, Fritz Lang, Billy Wilder, and Peter Lorre. Once in Hollywood, these exiles helped each other, housed new arrivals, and raised money so others could escape. Some worked on anti-Nazi films, like Casablanca. The themes and lighting of German Expressionism gave rise in Hollywood to film noir.
Genres: TV Movie Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-01-01
Popularity:
The Film in the Film
1924-06-26
The Film in the Film
Overview: 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.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1924-06-26
Popularity:
Bardot et Godard
1964-04-30
Bardot et Godard
Overview: A documentary short following director Jean-Luc Godard on the set of Contempt.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1964-04-30
Popularity:
The Exiles
1989-09-24
The Exiles
Overview: 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.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-09-24
Popularity:
Fritz Lang
1990-02-01
Fritz Lang
Overview: German TV Documentary for WDR about Fritz Lang
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-02-01
Popularity: