Fritz Lang filmography
Fritz Lang (1890–1976) was an Austrian film director, producer and screenwriter. In Lang's early career he worked primarily as a screenwriter, finishing film scripts in four to five days.[1] Lang went on to direct popular films of the silent era including Metropolis and one of the first important German sound films, M.[2][3] Lang went on to direct some of the most important crime and film noir film of the American studio era, such as The Big Heat.[3] Lang's final film work was an acting role as himself in Jean-Luc Godard's Contempt. Lang returned to America to live out his remaining years.[2]
Filmography
Notes
- General
- "Fritz Lang > Filmography". Allmovie. Retrieved March 12, 2010.
- McGilligan, Patrick (June 1997). Fritz Lang: the nature of the beast. St. Martin's Press. pp. 483–503. ISBN 0-312-19454-4.
- Eisner, Lotte H (1986). Fritz Lang. Da Capo Press. ISBN 0-306-80271-6. Retrieved March 12, 2010.
- Grant, Barry Keith (2007). Film genre: from iconography to ideology. Wallflower Press. ISBN 978-1-904764-79-3. Retrieved March 12, 2010.
- Specific
- Eisner, 1986. p. 407
- Ankeny, Jason. "Fritz Lang > Biography – Allmovie". Allmovie. Retrieved March 12, 2010.
- Grant, 2007. p. 71
External links
- Fritz Lang on IMDb
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