Fritz Lang

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Fritz Lang was an influential Austrian-German filmmaker and screenwriter, best known for pioneering expressionist cinema with classics like "Metropolis" and "M."

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instanceOf Austrian person
German person
film director
film producer
person
screenwriter
activeIn Weimar culture
surface form: Weimar Republic cinema
awardReceived German Film Prize for lifetime achievement
surface form: German Film Award for lifetime achievement
birthName Friedrich Christian Anton Lang
burialPlace Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles
surface form: Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills
citizenship Austria
Germany
United States of America
countryOfBirth Austro-Hungarian Empire
surface form: Austria-Hungary
countryOfDeath United States of America
dateOfBirth 1890-12-05
dateOfDeath 1976-08-02
directed Die Nibelungen
Dr. Mabuse the Gambler
Fury
M
Metropolis
Scarlet Street
Spies
The Big Heat
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
emigratedTo United States of America
emigrationReason rise of Nazism in Germany
fieldOfWork cinema
genre crime film
film noir
science fiction film
influenced film noir
science fiction cinema
thriller cinema
languageOfWork English
German
movement Expressionism
surface form: German Expressionism
name Fritz Lang self-link
notableWork Die Nibelungen
Dr. Mabuse the Gambler
Fury
M
Metropolis
Scarlet Street
Spies
The Big Heat
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
occupation film director
film producer
screenwriter
placeOfBirth Vienna
placeOfDeath Beverly Hills, California, United States
surface form: Beverly Hills, California
screenwriterOf M
Metropolis
spouse Thea von Harbou

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Fritz Lang name Fritz Lang self-link
Peter Lorre workedWith Fritz Lang