Fritz Lang

Director · Cast · Writer

Born

December 5, 1890 · Vienna, Austria-Hungary (now Austria)

Died

August 2, 1976

Birth name

Friedrich Christian Anton Lang

"The struggle of the individual against fate is perhaps the basis of all my films." Fritz Lang was an influential Austrian film director who in his beginnings contributed to the German expressionist movement with films such as Metropolis (1927), M (1931), and The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933). Years later, escaping from Nazism, he went into exile in the United States and became one of the main referents of film noir in North America. Recognized as one of the most obsessive and innovative directors in the history of cinema, Lang infused film noir with expressionist elements, using his films to explore social problems and reflect on the modern individual. With a style dominated by tension and chiaroscuro, the "Master of Darkness" used lines, shapes, and volumes to translate the mentality and mood of his characters, always maintaining the somber aesthetic that characterized his work.