Biography: life and films
Fritz Lang was a German-American film director. He was born in Vienna, Austria on 5th December 1890 and died in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA on 2nd August 1976, aged 85.His best films as a film director include Der Müde Tod (1921), Die Nibelungen: Kriemhilds Rache (1924), M (1931), The Woman in the Window (1944) and Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956), and whose best work as a screenwriter include Der Müde Tod (1921), Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler (1922), Die Nibelungen: Siegfried (1924), Metropolis (1927) and M (1931).
Fritz Lang directed 45 films and scripted 31 films.
He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Joe May (4 films), Otto Rippert (2), Archie Mayo (2) and Alwin Neuß (2).
His most frequent genres include: drama (36 films), Thriller (17), crime-thriller (11), Fantasy (8), Western (5), War (4), romance (3), Horror (3) and history (2).
Our average rating for Fritz Lang over all films is: 3.6
Filmography
Key: a = actor; d = director; w = writer
Die Peitsche (1916) [w]
Die Hochzeit im Excentricclub (1917) [w]
Hilde Warren und der Tod (1917) [w]
Bettler GmbH (1919) [w]
Der Herr der Liebe (1919) [a,d]
Der Totentanz (1919) [w]
Die Frau mit den Orchideen (1919) [w]
Die Pest in Florenz (1919) [w]
Die Rache ist mein (1919) [w]
Die Spinnen (1919) [d,w]
Halbblut (1919) [d,w]
Harakiri (1919) [d]
Wolkenblau und Flimmerstern (1919) [w]
Das Wandernde Bild (1920) [d,w]
Das Indische Grabmal: Der Tiger von Eschnapur (1921) [w]
Das Indische Grabmal: Die Sendung des Yoghi (1921) [w]
Das indische Grabmal zweiter Teil - Der Tiger von Eschnapur (1921) [w]
Der Müde Tod (1921) [d,w]
Vier um die Frau (1921) [d,w]
Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler (1922) [d,w]
Die Nibelungen: Kriemhilds Rache (1924) [d]
Die Nibelungen: Siegfried (1924) [d,w]
Der Film im Film (1925) [a]
Metropolis (1927) [d,w]
Spione (1928) [d,w]
Frau im Mond (1929) [d,w]
M (1931) [d]
Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse (1933) [d,w]
Liliom (1934) [d,w]
Fury (1936) [d,w]
You Only Live Once (1937) [d]
You and Me (1938) [d]
The Return of Frank James (1940) [d]
Confirm or Deny (1941) [d]
Man Hunt (1941) [d]
Western Union (1941) [d]
Moontide (1942) [d]
Hangmen Also Die! (1943) [d,w]
The Woman in the Window (1944) [d]
Secret Beyond the Door (1948) [d]
American Guerrilla in the Philippines (1950) [d]
M (1951) [w]
Clash by Night (1952) [d]
Rancho Notorious (1952) [d]
Moonfleet (1955) [d]
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956) [d]
While the City Sleeps (1956) [d]
Das Indische Grabmal (1959) [d,w]
Der Tiger von Eschnapur (1959) [d,w]
Die 1000 Augen des Dr. Mabuse (1960) [d,w]
Le Mépris (1963) [a]
75 Years of Cinema Museum (1972) [a]
The Exiles (1989) [a]
French cinema during the Nazi Occupation
Continental Films, quality cinema under the Nazi Occupation
The history of French cinema
