Cast & creator
Fritz Lang
Best known for German Film Award, M, M
Friedrich Christian Anton "Fritz" Lang (December 5, 1890 – August 2, 1976) was an Austrian-German film director, screenwriter, and occasional film producer and actor. One of the best known émigrés from Germany's school of Expressionism, he was dubbed the "Master of Darkness" by the British Film Institute. Andrew Sarris in his influential book of film criticism The American Cinema: Directors and Directions 1929–1968 included him in the "pantheon" of the 14 greatest film directors who had worked in the United States. Lang's most famous films are the groundbreaking science-fiction film Metropolis (1927) - the world's most expensive silent film at the time of its release - and the influential thriller film M (1931), made before he moved to the United States. Lang's work had a significant influence on the film noir genre and in Hollywood, he made some classics himself, such as Scarlet Street (1945) and The Big Heat (1953).
109
film credits
4
television credits
21
1916–2025 · acting roles
7.0
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (113)
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German Film Award
Self
1951
M
Director
1931M
Screenplay
1931
Metropolis
Director
1927Metropolis
Editor
1927Metropolis
Screenplay
1927
The Big Heat
Director
1953
Contempt
Fritz Lang
1963
Das Jahrhundert des Theaters
Self (archive footage)
2002
Scarlet Street
Director
1945Scarlet Street
Producer
1945
While the City Sleeps
Director
1956
The Blue Gardenia
Director
1953
Film Emigration from Nazi Germany
Self
1975
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
Director
1956
You Only Live Once
Director
1937
Secret Beyond the Door
Director
1947Secret Beyond the Door
Producer
1947
The Woman in the Window
Director
1944
Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge
Director
1924
Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler
Director
1922Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler
Screenplay
1922
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
Screenplay
1933The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
Director
1933The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
Producer
1933
Clash by Night
Director
1952
The Return of Frank James
Director
1940
Fury
Director
1936Fury
Screenplay
1936
Rancho Notorious
Director
1952
House by the River
Director
1950
Western Union
Director
1941
Hangmen Also Die!
Director
1943Hangmen Also Die!
Producer
1943Hangmen Also Die!
Original Story
1943Hangmen Also Die!
Adaptation
1943
American Guerrilla in the Philippines
Director
1950
Die Nibelungen: Siegfried
Director
1924Die Nibelungen: Siegfried
Screenplay
1924
Woman in the Moon
Screenplay
1929Woman in the Moon
Director
1929Woman in the Moon
Producer
1929
Destiny
Director
1921Destiny
Writer
1921
M
Original Story
1951
The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse
Director
1960The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse
Screenplay
1960The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse
Producer
1960
The Dance of Death
Screenplay
1919
Human Desire
Director
1954
Ministry of Fear
Director
1944
The Tiger of Eschnapur
Director
1959The Tiger of Eschnapur
Writer
1959
Cloak and Dagger
Director
1946
Moonfleet
Director
1955
Sibyl
(Archive footage)
2025
Man Hunt
Director
1941
You and Me
Producer
1938You and Me
Director
1938
The Indian Tomb
Writer
1959The Indian Tomb
Director
1959
Moontide
Co-Director
1942
The Spiders: Part 1 - The Golden Sea
Director
1919The Spiders: Part 1 - The Golden Sea
Writer
1919
Journey to the Lost City
Screenplay
1960Journey to the Lost City
Director
1960Die Peitsche
Screenplay
1916
Les messages de Fritz Lang
Himself
2003
Paparazzi
Self
1964The Word According to Whoopi
Sound Mixer
2007
Spies
Director
1928Spies
Writer
1928
Bardot et Godard
Self
1964
Harakiri
Director
1919
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
Director
1933
From Caligari to Hitler
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2015
The Spiders: Part 2 - The Diamond Ship
Director
1920The Spiders: Part 2 - The Diamond Ship
Writer
1920Fritz Lang
1990
The Indian Tomb, Part II: The Tiger of Eschnapur
Writer
1921
Fritz Lang, le cercle du destin - Les films allemands
Self (archive footage)
2004Die Frau mit den Orchideen
Writer
1919
Four Around the Woman
Director
1921Four Around the Woman
Screenplay
1921
The Indian Tomb, Part I: The Mission of the Yoghi
Writer
1921
Confirm or Deny
Co-Director
1941
Die Hochzeit im Excentricclub
Screenplay
1917
Encounter with Fritz Lang
Self - Interviewee
1964
The Plague in Florence
Screenplay
1919
The Dinosaur and the Baby
Self
1967
M the Damned
Original Film Writer
1982
Voyage to Metropolis
Self (archive footage)
2010
The Black Vampire
Original Film Writer
1953
Conversation with Fritz Lang
Self
1975
The Film in the Film
Self
1924Die Rache ist mein
Writer
1919
The Mistress of the World, Part VIII: The Revenge of Maud Fergusson
Writer
1920
Master of Love
1919Master of Love
Director
1919
Hilde Warren and Death
1917Hilde Warren and Death
Writer
1917
Lilith and Ly
Writer
1919Bettler GmbH
Writer
1919
For Example Fritz Lang
1968
Liliom
Director
1934Liliom
Writer
1934
Mimosa Tank: A Prologue for a Film
Self
2017
The Exiles
Self
1989
The Wandering Image
Director
1920The Wandering Image
Writer
1920
Half-Blood
Director
1919Half-Blood
Screenplay
1919Wolkenbau und Flimmerstern
Writer
1919