Fritz Lang

Fritz Lang

Austrian filmmaker (1890–1976)

Friedrich Christian Anton Lang, better known as Fritz Lang, was an Austrian 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. He has been cited as one of the most influential filmmakers of all time.

Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 42 films (1919–1976) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 27 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▲ Title CreatorLengthFormatColorSound
1919 Destiny. Universal Film Mfg. Co. Inc. 6 reels 16mm B&W silent
1919 Die Pest in Florenz ▶ Theodor Becker; Edgar Allan Poe; Erner Huebsch; Fritz Lang; Otto Rippert; Julietta Brandt; Karl Bernhard
1921 Mysteries of India, Part I: Truth ▶ Conrad Veidt; Erna Morena; Fritz Lang; Olaf Fønss; Thea von Harbou; Joe May; Mia May 120 min B&W
1921 Vier um die Frau ▶ Lilli Lohrer; Fritz Lang; Carola Toelle; Thea von Harbou; Rolf E. Vanloo; Hermann Böttcher; Ludwig Hartau 84 min B&W
1922 Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler - Ein Bild der Zeit AKA Dr. Mabuse, The Gambler ▶ Fritz Lang
1922 Dr. Mabuse: The Gambler ▶ Alfred Abel; Aud Egede-Nissen; Gertrude Welcker; Norbert Jacques; Fritz Lang; Thea von Harbou; Rudolf Klein-Rogge 270 min B&W
1922 The Three Lights ▶ Walter Janssen; Bernhard Goetzke; Hans Sternberg; Fritz Lang; Thea von Harbou; Lil Dagover
1923 Die Nibelungen (Kreimhild's Revenge) Fritz Lang 40:00 16mm B&W
1924 Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge ▶ Hans Carl Mueller; Gertrud Arnold; Theodor Loos; Margarete Schön; Thea von Harbou; Fritz Lang
1924 Siegfrieds Tod die Ufa zeigt ; regie, Fritz Lang ; manuskript, Thea von Harbou. 80 16mm B&W silent and sound
1927 Metropolis UFA (Firm) 2:28:00 16mm B&W sound
1927 METROPOLIS. Paramount Famous Lasky Corp 8 reels B&W
1927 Spies Fritz Lang 90 B&W
1929 SPIES. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corp. 9 reels B&W
1931 M ▶ Essex Films ; [directed by] Fritz Lang. 99 94 min 16mm B&W sound
1931 M Fritz Lang 1:39:00 16mm Color
1931 M. . 16mm B&W sound
1932 The Testament of Dr. Mabuse Fritz Lang 1:22 B&W
1933 The testament of Dr. Mabuse. Fritz Lang 115 min 16mm B&W sound
1937 You Only Live Once Fritz Lang 86 B&W
1937 YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE. Bowers Comedy Corp. 9 reels B&W
1940 The Return Of Frank James. Fritz Lang 8 440 ft. Color
1941 Man Hunt Fritz Lang 1:05 B&W
1941 Man hunt Fritz Lang 100 min B&W
1941 Man Hunt. Fritz Lang 9 030 ft. B&W
1941 Western Union. Fritz Lang 8 450 ft. Color
1943 [Hangmen also die!--excerpt. Interrogation scene] directed by Fritz Lang. 4 16mm B&W sound
1944 The Ministry Of Fear. Fritz Lang 9 reels
1944 The Woman In The Window. Fritz Lang 99 min. B&W
1945 Scarlet Street ▶ D. W. Griffith 1:16:24 B&W sound
1946 Cloak and dagger. Fritz Lang 3800 16mm B&W sound
1948 Secret Beyond The Door. Fritz Lang 98 min. 35mm B&W sound
1950 American Guerrilla In The Philippines. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp 105 min 35mm Color sound
1950 House by the River Republic Productions Inc 1:28:00 16mm B&W sound
1952 Clash by night Inc. (Publisher) 1:45:00 16mm B&W sound
1953 The Big Heat Fritz Lang 89 B&W
1954 Human Desire Columbia Pictures Corporation 1:21:00 16mm B&W sound
1956 Beyond a Reasonable Doubt Fritz Lang 80 min B&W
1960 Journey to the Lost City ▶ Fritz Lang 95 min
1960 Journey To The Lost City. CCC Film--Arthur Brauner 95 min 35mm Color sound
1963 Contempt Jean-Luc Godard 102 min 16mm Color
1976 [M--excerpt. Searching for a victim] a Macmillan Films, Inc. film studies extract ; director, Fritz Lang ; screenplay, Thea von Harbou, with Paul Falkenberg, Adolf Jansen and Karl Vash. 13 16mm B&W sound