Fritz Lang

Director | Writer

Date of birth : 12/04/1890

Date of death : 08/02/1976

City of birth : Vienna, Austria-Hungary (now Austria)

"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) or 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, he transfers expressionism to Film Noir, and in his films he goes through social problems and a constant reflection on the modern individual. With a style dominated by tension and chiaroscuro, the "Master of Darkness" uses lines, shapes and volumes to translate the mentality and mood of his characters, always maintaining the somber aesthetic that characterizes him.