FILM DIRECTOR

Fritz Lang

1890 - 1976

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Friedrich Christian Anton Lang (Austrian German pronunciation: [ˈfriːdʁɪç ˈkrɪsti̯a(ː)n ˈantɔn ˈlaŋ]; December 5, 1890 – August 2, 1976), better known as Fritz Lang (pronounced [frɪts ˈlaŋ]), was an Austrian-born German-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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fritz Lang has received more than 2,741,722 page views. His biography is available in 69 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 62 in 2019). Fritz Lang is the 31st most popular film director, the 59th most popular biography from Austria (up from 65th in 2019) and the most popular Austrian Film Director.

Fritz Lang is most famous for his film Metropolis, which was one of the first science fiction films.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Fritz Lang ranks 31 out of 2,041. Before him are Agnès Varda, Georges Méliès, Michelangelo Antonioni, George Lucas, Miloš Forman, and Konstantin Stanislavski. After him are Roger Vadim, Quentin Tarantino, Andrzej Wajda, Tinto Brass, Tim Burton, and Ken Loach.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1890, Fritz Lang ranks 12. Before him are Friedrich Paulus, Vyacheslav Molotov, Boris Pasternak, Egon Schiele, Karel Čapek, and Alfred Jodl. After him are Kurt Lewin, George II of Greece, Lawrence Bragg, Colonel Sanders, Stan Laurel, and Man Ray. Among people deceased in 1976, Fritz Lang ranks 9. Before him are Martin Heidegger, Werner Heisenberg, Howard Hughes, Alvar Aalto, Luchino Visconti, and Zhou Enlai. After him are Max Ernst, Jean Gabin, Bernard Montgomery, André Malraux, Henrik Dam, and Ulrike Meinhof.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Fritz Lang ranks 59 out of 1,424. Before him are Ernst Kaltenbrunner (1903), Archduke Franz Karl of Austria (1802), Ludwig Boltzmann (1844), Archduchess Gisela of Austria (1856), Anton Webern (1883), and Oskar Kokoschka (1886). After him are Martin Buber (1878), Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor (1527), Robert Musil (1880), Paula Hitler (1896), Peter Handke (1942), and Pope Gregory V (972).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Austria

Among film directors born in Austria, Fritz Lang ranks 1. After him are Erich von Stroheim (1885), Max Reinhardt (1873), Josef von Sternberg (1894), Gustav Ucicky (1899), Alexander Korda (1893), Ernst Marischka (1893), Ulrich Seidl (1952), Francis Lawrence (1971), Richard Oswald (1880), Hans Hass (1919), and Harald Reinl (1908).

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Filmography

Metropolis
Director
In a futuristic city sharply divided between the rich and the poor, the son of the city's mastermind meets a prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their differences.
Feb 6th 19278.115 / 10
M
Director
In this classic German thriller, Hans Beckert, a serial killer who preys on children, becomes the focus of a massive Berlin police manhunt. Beckert's heinous crimes are so repellant and disruptive to city life that he is even targeted by others in the seedy underworld network. With both cops and criminals in pursuit, the murderer soon realizes that people are on his trail, sending him into a tense, panicked attempt to escape justice.
May 11th 19318.082 / 10
The Big Heat
Director
After the suspicious suicide of a fellow cop, tough homicide detective Dave Bannion takes the law into his own hands when he sets out to smash a vicious crime syndicate.
Oct 14th 19537.6 / 10