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Fritz Lang
Deceased

When Did Fritz Lang Die?

Life & Death

Died aged 85
GenderMaleNationalityGermanyBorn05/12/1890Born in Vienna, AustriaDied02/08/1976 (aged 85)Died inBeverly HillsWikidataQ19504 ↗Buried atForest Lawn Memorial ParkTMDb#68 ↗

Friedrich Christian Anton Lang, better known as Fritz Lang, was an Austrian film director, screenwriter, and producer, who worked in Germany and later the United States. One of the best-known émigrés from Germany's school of Expressionism, he was dubbed the "Master of Darkness" by the British Film Institute. He has been cited as one of the most influential filmmakers of all time.

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Filmography19 titles

YearTitleCharacterAge at
release
2025SibylMovie(Archive footage)135
2017Mimosa Tank: A Prologue for a FilmMovieSelf127
2015From Caligari to HitlerMovieSelf - Filmmaker (archive footage)125
2004Fritz Lang, le cercle du destin - Les films allemandsMovieSelf (archive footage)114
2003Les messages de Fritz LangMovieHimself113
2002Das Jahrhundert des TheatersSeriesSelf (archive footage)112
1990Fritz LangMovie—100
1989The ExilesMovieSelf99
1975Film Emigration from Nazi GermanySeriesSelf85
1975Conversation with Fritz LangMovieSelf85
1968For Example Fritz LangMovie—78
1967The Dinosaur and the BabyMovieSelf77
1964PaparazziMovieSelf74
1964Bardot et GodardMovieSelf74
1964Encounter with Fritz LangMovieSelf - Interviewee74
1963ContemptMovieFritz Lang73
1951German Film AwardSeriesSelf61
1924The Film in the FilmMovieSelf34
1917Hilde Warren and DeathMovie—27