As Actor
For Example Fritz Lang
1968
7.0
Fritz Lang
Acting
Birth date
December 5, 1890
Birth place
Vienna, Austria
Death date
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).
Featured in
As Actor
Paparazzi
1964
6.8
As Actor
Contempt
1963
7.1
As Director, As Writer
Journey to the Lost City
1960
6.6
As Director, As Writer
The Indian Tomb
1959
6.1
As Director
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
1956
6.9
As Director
Moonfleet
1955
6.5
As Director
Human Desire
1954
6.8
As Director
The Big Heat
1953
7.7
As Director
The Blue Gardenia
1953
6.6
As Director
Clash by Night
1952
6.7
As Director
Rancho Notorious
1952
6.5
As Director
American Guerrilla in the Philippines
1950
5.5
As Director
Secret Beyond the Door
1947
6.4
As Director
Cloak and Dagger
1946
6.5
As Director
Scarlet Street
1945
7.6
As Director
The Woman in the Window
1944
7.4
As Director
Man Hunt
1941
6.9
As Director
Western Union
1941
6.0
As Director
The Return of Frank James
1940
6.3