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Fritz Lang

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Austrian-German-American film director (1890-1976) whose expressionist silent films, including Metropolis and M, and later American film noir work made him one of the most influential directors of the twentieth century.

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Birth Year
1890 1
Active From Year
1910 1
Active To Year
1976 1
Classification
Gender
Male 1
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Practices

Film, Art Forms
Source Wikipedia: Fritz Lang

Works Created

M (1931 film), Works
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Metropolis, Works
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Austria

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Germany

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United States

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Vienna

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1. Wikipedia: Fritz Lang
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    One of the best-known émigrés from Germany's school of Expressionism, he was dubbed the "Master of Darkness" by the British Film Institute.
  • Lead sentence
    Friedrich Christian Anton Lang (Austrian German: [ˈfriːdrɪç ˈkrɪsti̯a(ː)n ˈantɔn ˈlaŋ]; December 5, 1890, August 2, 1976), better known as Fritz Lang (Austrian
  • Lead section
    Friedrich Christian Anton Lang (Austrian German: [ˈfriːdrɪç ˈkrɪsti̯a(ː)n ˈantɔn ˈlaŋ]; December 5, 1890 - August 2, 1976), better known as Fritz Lang (Austrian German: [ˈfrɪts ˈlaŋ]), was an Austrian film director, screenwriter, and producer, who worked in Germany and later the United States.
  • Infobox: years_active
    1910-1976
  • Works Created: Metropolis
  • In Group: Expressionist and Soviet Montage Directors, Lead
    One of the best-known émigrés from Germany's school of Expressionism, he was dubbed the "Master of Darkness" by the British Film Institute.
  • Practices: Film, Lead
    was an Austrian film director, screenwriter, and producer
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M (1931 film) (Wikipedia)
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M is a 1931 German mystery thriller film directed by Fritz Lang and starring Peter Lorre as Hans Beckert, a serial killer who targets children, in his third screen role.
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