Fritz Lang

Fritz Lang
Fritz Lang
	Lang (richt) on the set o Woman in the Moon
Born	Friedrich Christian Anton Lang; 5 December 1890; Vienna, Austrick-Hungary
Dee'd	2 August 1976 (aged 85); Beverly Hills, Californie, U.S.
Thrift	Film director, film producer
Years active	1919–1960
Hauf-marrae(s)	Lisa Rosenthal (1919–1921); Thea von Harbou (1922–1933); Lily Latté (1971–1976)

Friedrich Christian Anton "Fritz" Lang (December 5, 1890 – August 2, 1976) wis a German-Austrian filmmaker, screenwriter, an occasional film producer an actor.^[1] Ane o the baist kent émigrés frae Germany's schuil o Expressionism, he wis dubbed the "Master o Darkness" bi the Breetish Film Institute.^[2] His maist famous films include the grundbreakin Metropolis (the warld's maist expensive silent film at the time o its release), an M, made afore he moved tae the Unitit States, which is considered tae be a precursor tae the film noir genre.

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↑ Obituary Variety, August 4, 1976, page 63.
↑ "Fritz Lang: Master of Darkness". British Film Institute. Archived frae the original on 18 December 2008. Retrieved 22 Januar 2009.

[WVobit-1] Obituary Variety, August 4, 1976, page 63.

[2] "Fritz Lang: Master of Darkness". British Film Institute. Archived frae the original on 18 December 2008. Retrieved 22 Januar 2009.

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