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Lang says he didn't get there in time so he sold his wife's jewelry, boarded a train to Paris that same evening, leaving most of his money and personal possessions behind, along with his wife, Thea von Harbou, who divorced him later that year and went on to write and direct films for the Nazi propaganda machine. This story is possibly ...
- December 5, 1890
- August 2, 1976
[citation needed] After he discovered von Harbou in bed with Ayi Tendulkar, an Indian journalist and student 17 years younger than her, they soon divorced. Lang's fears would be realized following his departure from Austria, as under the racist Nuremberg Laws he would be identified as half-Jewish even though his mother was a converted Roman ...
Apr 23, 2024 · He left behind his bank accounts, personal belongings, and wife, van Harbou, who was already a member of the Nazi Party; she divorced Lang and became one of the Third Reich’s most-accomplished writers and directors of propaganda films.
- Michael Barson
Feb 12, 2016 · “We were married for eleven years,” von Harbou said later, “because for ten years we didn’t have time to divorce.” When they did separate, in 1933, the break was clean: not even a year later, Lang, having only recently claimed German citizenship, had fled the country.
Apr 19, 2015 · Personal. Born December 5, 1890, in Vienna, Austria; died August 2, 1976, in Beverly Hills, CA; immigrated to United States, 1934; naturalized U.S. citizen, 1939; son of Anton (an architect) and Paula (Schlesinger) Lang; married Thea von Harbou (a novelist and screenwriter), 1920 (divorced, 1933).
After Lang's divorce from von Harbou, he had relationships with many other women; he was a ladies' man who was also accustomed to a lavish lifestyle. In 1964, when he was nearly blind, Lang was president of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival .
Dec 2, 2008 · Biography: Fritz Lang. (b. Vienna 1890 – d. Beverly Hills 1976) Director. One of the most renown and accomplished directors of the 20th century, Lang’s exceptional career began as scriptwriter ...
