Fritz Lang Summary

Lang, Fritz (1890-1976) Widely influential filmmaker Fritz Lang fled Nazi Germany in 1932, eventually settling in Hollywood where he made over 20 films. His crime dramas, including thrillers like The... Read more

Austrian-born American Fritz Lang (1890-1976) was one of the world's great film directors. He played a major role in shaping two national cinemas: the German during the 1920s and early 1930s (with fil... Read more

Critical Essay by Bertram Higgins Anyone who is indifferent or hostile to the Cinema should make a point of seeing Destiny…. [It is a very remarkable German production that is] bound, sooner o... Read more

Critical Essay by John Russell Taylor The first thing to strike the casual observer about Fritz Lang's recent films is his apparent interest in returning to his own sources and going over his ... Read more

Critical Essay by David L. Overbey The figure of the femme fatale, appearing as early as Die Spinnen, turns up again and again as a constant motif in [Lang's] work; thus the career girl [as po... Read more

Critical Essay by David Thomson In Lang's films, interiors are atmospheric geometry before they are a home for anyone. [Late] in Ministry of Fear, [Stephen Neale] and the girl come to an apart... Read more

Critical Essay by Don Willis The earliest examples we have of Lang's work, The Golden Sea and The Diamond Ship—completed parts one and two of a projected four-part "series"... Read more

In the following essay, Kaplan asserts that while Lang correctly assessed the decline in male authority in the public and private spheres, he puts forth only one solution: a return to the old-style pa... Read more