Fritz Lang
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Friedrich Christian Anton "Fritz" Lang (December 5, 1890 – August 2, 1976) was an Austrian-German film director, screenwriter, and occasional film producer and actor. One of the best known émigrés from Germany's school of Expressionism, he was dubbed the "Master of Darkness" by the British Film Institute. Andrew Sarris in his influential book of film criticism The American Cinema: Directors and Directions 1929–1968 included him in the "pantheon" of the 14 greatest film directors who had worked in the United States. Lang's most famous films are the groundbreaking science-fiction film Metropolis (1927) - the world's most expensive silent film at the time of its release - and the influential thriller film M (1931), made before he moved to the United States. Lang's work had a significant influence on the film noir genre and in Hollywood, he made some classics himself, such as Scarlet Street (1945) and The Big Heat (1953).
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Metropolis (1927)
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M (1931)
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The Big Heat (1953)
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Scarlet Street (1945)
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American Guerrilla in the Philippines (1950)
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Man Hunt (1941)
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The Woman in the Window (1944)
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Clash by Night (1952)
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Fury (1936)
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Human Desire (1954)
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Rancho Notorious (1952)
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The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933)
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Western Union (1941)
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Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler (1922)
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Die Nibelungen: Siegfried (1924)
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You and Me (1938)
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Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge (1924)
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Secret Beyond the Door (1947)
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Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956)
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The Indian Tomb (1959)
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Destiny (1921)
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Hangmen Also Die! (1943)
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The Tiger of Eschnapur (1959)
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While the City Sleeps (1956)
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Spies (1928)
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The Blue Gardenia (1953)
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You Only Live Once (1937)
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The Return of Frank James (1940)
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House by the River (1950)
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Woman in the Moon (1929)
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The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse (1960)
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Ministry of Fear (1944)
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Moonfleet (1955)
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Cloak and Dagger (1946)
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Harakiri (1919)
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The Spiders: Part 1 - The Golden Sea (1919)
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Liliom (1934)
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Journey to the Lost City (1960)
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Four Around the Woman (1921)
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The Wandering Image (1920)
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The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933)
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The Spiders: Part 2 - The Diamond Ship (1920)
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Master of Love (1919)
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Half-Blood (1919)
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