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Fritz Lang

Highest Rated: 100% Liliom (1934)

Lowest Rated: 60% Human Desire (1954)

Birthday: Dec 5, 1890

Birthplace: Vienna, Austria-Hungary

A dark visionary whose meditations on human loneliness were punctuated by a stark visual style and an obsessive work ethic, Austrian director Fritz Lang made a number of acclaimed silent and talkie films in Germany before fleeing the Nazis to become a noted practitioner of film noir in Hollywood. Lang's often fatalistic worldview was on full display early in his career with the silent epic "Metropolis" (1927), a stunning cinematic achievement that influenced countless science fiction films throughout the decades. With "M" (1931), his first movie with sound, he crafted a dark and disturbing tale that introduced the wider world to actor Peter Lorre. After fleeing the Nazis following "The Testament of Dr. Mabuse" (1933), Lang found his way to Hollywood, where he began a long tenure directing a variety of genres, though ultimately specializing in film noir like "Fury" (1936). He tried his hand at the Western with "The Return of Frank James" (1940) and "Western Union" (1941), both of which proved exceedingly popular with audiences, before returning his focus almost exclusively on noirs like "The Woman in the Window" (1944) and "Scarlet Street" (1945). Following another popular Western, "Rancho Notorious" (1952), starring Marlene Dietrich, Lang directed "The Big Heat" (1953), a classic film noir long considered on of the best ever made in the genre. He made only a few more films for Hollywood before returning to Germany, where he ended his career on a soft note with "The 1000 Eyes of Dr. Mabuse" (1960). Despite living out the remainder of his life in relative quiet, Lang was later championed by a wide swath of filmmakers like Jean-Luc Goddard, Woody Allen and Martin Scorsese for his pioneering vision and profound impact on the art of filmmaking.

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Highest rated movies

100% 77% Liliom
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100% 68% Rancho Notorious
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100% 87% Scarlet Street
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100% 95% M
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100% 72% The 1,000 Eyes of Dr. Mabuse
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100% 78% You Only Live Once
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97% 92% Metropolis Watchlist
95% 82% Spies
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94% 90% The Big Heat
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94% 87% Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet Voyage to Metropolis Unknown (Character) - 2010
No Score Yet 77% Giorgio Moroder's Metropolis Director - 2002
92% 85% Contempt Fritz Lang (Character) $247.8K 1963
No Score Yet No Score Yet Journey to the Lost City Director - 1960
100% 72% The 1,000 Eyes of Dr. Mabuse Director,
Writer,
Producer
- 1960
88% 60% The Tiger of Bengal Director,
Screenwriter
- 1959
88% 57% The Indian Tomb Director - 1959
68% 57% Beyond a Reasonable Doubt Director - 1956
91% 66% While the City Sleeps Director - 1956
69% 70% Moonfleet Director - 1955
60% 73% Human Desire Director - 1954
84% 62% The Blue Gardenia Director - 1953
94% 90% The Big Heat Director - 1953
100% 68% Rancho Notorious Director - 1952
63% 69% Clash by Night Director - 1952
60% 24% American Guerrilla in the Philippines Director - 1950
60% 70% House by the River Director - 1950
65% 54% Secret Beyond the Door Director,
Producer
- 1948
80% 44% Cloak and Dagger Director - 1946
100% 87% Scarlet Street Director,
Producer
- 1945
85% 74% Ministry of Fear Director - 1944
83% 83% The Woman in the Window Director - 1944
87% 67% Hangmen Also Die Director,
Producer
- 1943
93% 75% Man Hunt Director - 1941
75% 60% Western Union Director - 1941
71% 47% The Return of Frank James Director - 1940
86% 62% You and Me Director,
Producer
- 1938
100% 78% You Only Live Once Director - 1937
94% 88% Fury Director - 1936
100% 77% Liliom Director,
Writer
- 1934
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Last Will of Dr. Mabuse Director - 1933
86% 90% The Testament of Dr. Mabuse Director,
Screenwriter,
Producer
- 1933
100% 95% M Director,
Writer
$29.6K 1931
78% 71% Woman in the Moon Director,
Producer
- 1929
95% 82% Spies Director,
Writer
- 1928
97% 92% Metropolis Director,
Writer
$1.2M 1927
89% 85% Kriemhild's Revenge Director - 1924
93% 91% Siegfried Director - 1924
No Score Yet 81% Die Niebelungen Director - 1923
94% 87% Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler Director,
Screenwriter
- 1922
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dr. Mabuse, King of Crime Director - 1922
No Score Yet 50% Four Around a Woman Director,
Writer
- 1921
80% 88% Destiny Director,
Screenwriter,
Film Editing
$12.2K 1921
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Indian Tomb Writer - 1921
No Score Yet 20% The Wandering Image Director,
Screenwriter
- 1920
No Score Yet 30% Spiders, Part 2: The Diamond Ship (Spinnen, 2. Teil - Das Brillantenschiff, Die) Director - 1920
No Score Yet 22% Madame Butterfly Director - 1919
83% 58% The Spiders Director,
Writer
- 1919