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Fritz Lang (1890–1976)

Author of Metropolis [1927 film]

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Works by Fritz Lang

Metropolis [1927 film] (1927) — Director/Screenwriter — 261 copies
M [1931 film] (1931) — Director — 199 copies
The Woman in the Window [1944 film] (1944) — Director — 75 copies
Scarlet Street [1945 film] (1945) — Director — 64 copies
The Big Heat [1953 film] (1953) — Director — 63 copies
Ministry of Fear [1944 film] (1944) — Director — 59 copies
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse [1933 film] (1933) — Director/Screenwriter — 54 copies
Classic Features: 50 Movies: Mystery Classics (2005) — Director — 33 copies
Dr. Mabuse: The Gambler [1922 film] (1922) — Director/Screenwriter — 32 copies
Metropolis [screenplay] (1927) 30 copies
Die Nibelungen: Siegfried / Kriemhild's Revenge (1924) — Director — 29 copies
M [script] (1968) 28 copies
Spies [1928 silent film] (1928) — Director/Screenwriter — 25 copies
You Only Live Once [1937 film] (1937) — Director — 24 copies
Fury [1936 film] (1936) — Director/Screenwriter — 23 copies
Clash by Night [1952 film] (1952) — Director — 20 copies
Hangmen Also Die [1943 film] (1943) — Director — 19 copies
Destiny [1921 film] (1921) — Director — 19 copies
Cloak and Dagger [1946 film] (2013) — Director — 18 copies
The 1,000 Eyes of Dr. Mabuse [1960 film] (1960) — Director/Screenwriter — 18 copies
Woman in the Moon [1929 film] (1929) — Director/Screenwriter — 16 copies
Giorgio Moroder Presents Metropolis [1984 film] (2011) — Original Director — 16 copies
Moontide [1942 film] (1942) — director — 14 copies
Fritz Lang: Interviews (2003) 14 copies
While the City Sleeps [1956 film] (1956) — Director — 14 copies
The Blue Gardenia [1953 film] (1953) — Director — 14 copies
Secret Beyond the Door [1947 film] (2010) — Director — 12 copies
Human Desire [1954 film] (2011) — Director — 12 copies
Man Hunt [1941 film] (1941) — Director — 10 copies
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt [1956 film] (1956) — Director — 9 copies
Die Nibelungen: Siegfried [1924 film] (1924) — Director — 8 copies
Film Noir Collection: 10 Classic Films (2014) — Director — 8 copies
The Return of Frank James [1940 film] (1940) — Director — 8 copies
Western Union [1941 film] (2013) 7 copies
Rancho Notorious [1951 film] — Director — 6 copies
Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge [1924 film] (1924) — Director — 6 copies
The Spiders [Book] (1919) 5 copies
American Guerrilla In The Philippines [1950 film] (2013) — Director — 5 copies
Liliom [1934 film] (1934) — Director — 5 copies
The Spiders [1919 film] (2012) 4 copies
Film Noir Classic Collection, Volume 2 — Director — 4 copies
Indian Epic [1959 film] (1959) — Director — 4 copies
Metropolis/Wizard of Oz (2002) 4 copies
Moonfleet [1955 film] (2010) 3 copies
Film Noir: The Dark Side of Hollywood (2006) — Director — 2 copies
M: Protokoll 2 copies
Spies/M (2001) 2 copies
Moonfleet 1 copy

Associated Works

Contempt [1963 film] (1963) — Actor — 79 copies
20 Best Film Plays (1943) — Contributor — 16 copies
The Penguin Film Review 5 — Contributor — 2 copies
The Henry Fonda Collection [DVD box set] (2013) — Director — 1 copy

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Common Knowledge

Canonical name
Lang, Fritz
Legal name
Lang, Friedrich Christian Anton
Birthdate
1890-12-05
Date of death
1976-08-02
Burial location
Hollywood Hills Cemetery, California, USA
Gender
male
Nationality
Austria
USA
Country (for map)
Austria
Birthplace
Vienna, Austria
Occupations
film director
screenwriter
Awards and honors
Hollywood Walk of Fame

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The Woman in the Window in George Macy devotees (June 2023)

Reviews

It sort of gets repetitive in the last half, but there are some interesting opinions that Lang had about producers, his favorite films of those he made, and which ones he disliked, either because he could not get out of his commitments or from meddling by producers.
 
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nog | Jun 2, 2024 |
C (Indifferent).

A friend of a district attorney kills someone in self-defense. It's pretty suspenseful, but it doesn't matter because then the ending happens and undoes the whole movie.

(Mar. 2024)
½
 
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comfypants | Mar 31, 2024 |
C (Indifferent).

A conwoman mistakenly thinks an old man has money. It's a collection of corny tropes pretending to be a story. There's some style, but not enough to make it worth watching.

(Mar. 2024)
½
 
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comfypants | 2 other reviews | Mar 25, 2024 |
2024 movie #21. 1927. Fritz Lang's masterpiece 1927 silent film about a futuristic city where the rich live in luxury while the workers live underground and run the dangereous machinery that keeps the city going. Quite a striking vision and clearly an influential SF film.
 
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capewood | 7 other reviews | Jan 27, 2024 |

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Works
96
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Members
1,506
Popularity
#17,068
Rating
3.9
Reviews
53
ISBNs
90
Languages
8
Favorited
4

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