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Friedrich Christian Anton Lang (German: [ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈkʁɪsti̯an ˈantɔn laŋ]; December 5, 1890 – August 2, 1976), better known as Fritz Lang ([fʁɪt͡s laŋ]), was an Austrian-American film director, screenwriter, and producer who worked in Germany and later the United States.
Fritz Lang. Actor: Contempt. Fritz Lang was born in Vienna, Austria, in 1890. His father managed a construction company. His mother, Pauline Schlesinger, was Jewish but converted to Catholicism when Lang was ten. After high school, he enrolled briefly at the Technische Hochschule Wien and then started to train as a painter.
Apr 23, 2024 · Fritz Lang, Austrian-born American motion-picture director whose films, dealing with fate and people’s inevitable working out of their destinies, are considered masterpieces of visual composition and expressionistic suspense. His most notable movies included Metropolis (1927), M (1931), and The Big Heat (1953).
Fritz Lang (1890–1976) was an Austrian film director, producer and screenwriter. In Lang's early career he worked primarily as a screenwriter, finishing film scripts in four to five days. [1] Lang directed major German films of the silent and early sound eras including Metropolis (1927) and M (1931) respectively.
Dec 2, 2008 · Professor of German Studies, Film and Media Studies, and Comparative Literature. Dartmouth College. (b. Vienna 1890 – d. Beverly Hills 1976) Director. One of the most renown and accomplished ...
Aug 4, 2020 · A man for all seasons: Fritz Lang interviewed in 1967. Fritz Lang, the towering figure of German cinema’s golden era, talks to critic and biographer Axel Madsen about his life and times, and his long career in Germany, France and Hollywood. Updated: 1 December 2023.
Friedrich Christian Anton Lang, better known as Fritz Lang, was an Austrian-American film director, screenwriter, and producer who worked in Germany and later the United States. One of the best-known émigrés from Germany's school of Expressionism, he was dubbed the "Master of Darkness" by the British Film Institute.
