Friedrich Anton Christian Lang (December 5, 1890 – August 2, 1976) was an Austrian-American film director, screenwriter and occasional film producer, one of the best known émigrés from Germany's school of expressionism. His most famous films are the groundbreaking Metropolis (the world's most expensive silent film at the time of its release) and M, made before he moved to the United States.
Friedrich Lang was born in Vienna, in the former Austria-Hungary, to Anton Lang (August 1, 1860–1940), an architect and construction company manager, and Pauline "Paula" Schlesinger (July 26, 1864–1920) on December 5, 1890. He was the second of two sons (his brother Adolf was nearly seven years older). Both his father and his mother were practicing Roman Catholics, although his mother was born Jewish and only converted to Catholicism when Fritz was ten.* Lang himself was baptized at the Schottenkirche in Vienna.
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British Film Institute - Fritz Lang - Features critical essays, a filmography, audio interview clips, and links related to the Austrian silent movie director.
Classic Film and Television - The Films of Fritz Lang - Features and analyzes several films of the director, by Michael E. Grost.
Fritz Lang - Daniel Shaw profiles the director's career for Senses of Cinema.
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Fritz Lang and Metropolis - Information about the Austrian director and his classic sci-fi film.
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Fritz Lang Papers - University of Wyoming archive of papers and movies Lang shot of the American Southwest from 1938-1953.
Jeffrey Scheuer - Fritz Lang Tribute - Read a biography and filmography of this Austrian director .
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