Fritz Lang
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).
Contempt
as Fritz LangA philistine in the art film business, Jeremy Prokosch is a producer unhappy with the work of...
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A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies
as SelfMartin Scorsese celebrates American movies from the silent classics to the Hollywood of the...
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From Caligari to Hitler
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)Film journalist and critic Rüdiger Suchsland examines German cinema from 1919, when the Republic...
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Paparazzi
as HimselfPaparazzi explores the relationship between Brigitte Bardot and groups of invasive photographers...
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The Dinosaur and the Baby
as HimselfAn hour-long discussion between Fritz Lang and Jean-Luc Godard in which they discuss a variety...
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Cinema's Exiles: From Hitler to Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)Eight hundred German filmmakers (cast and crew) fled the Nazis in the 1930s. The film uses...
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A Life for Movies: Lotte Eisner
as Self (archive footage)Born in Berlin in 1896, Lotte Eisner became famous for her passionate involvement in the world...
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The Exiles
as SelfA chronicle of the rescue of oppressed intellectuals and artists from Europe before the outbreak...
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The Film in the Film
as HimselfThe only surviving excerpt of a documentary on film production in Weimar Germany, featuring the...
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Bardot et Godard
as HimselfA documentary short following director Jean-Luc Godard on the set of Contempt.
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For Example Fritz Lang
as uncreditedA interview with Fritz Lang where he talks about his career in Germany and troubles with the Nazis.
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Encounter with Fritz Lang
as IntervieweeInterview with Fritz Lang on the roof of Villa Malaparte on Capri during the filming of the...
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Fritz Lang, le cercle du destin - Les films allemands
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Master of Love
as uncreditedA man's devotion for a woman brings about his ruin.
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Voyage to 'Metropolis'
as Self (archive footage)A documentary about the making of the final version of "Metropolis" by restoring all material...
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Conversation with Fritz Lang
as SelfAmerican director William Friedkin interviewed Austrian director Fritz Lang on February 21st and...
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Hilde Warren and Death
as uncreditedHilde Warren, a famous actress, is impregnated by a convicted murderer and becomes plagued by...
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Das Jahrhundert des Theaters
as Self (archive footage)"The Century of the Theater" - From the "birth of the director" to the "heroes of modernity" -...
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Film Emigration from Nazi Germany
as SelfBased on extensive interviews, shot on 16mm in a series of static long takes, Filmemigration aus...
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