In Jean-Luc Godard’s “Contempt,” when the filmmaker Fritz Lang (playing himself) meets Brigitte Bardot’s character, she sings the praises of his 1952 Western, “Rancho Notorious.” Lang ...

And, according to Patrick McGilligan, in his brilliant, densely detailed new Lang biography, “The Nature of the Beast,” Lang’s copious research for “M” included tours of police ...

NAU College of Arts and Letters Film Series. British Film Institute’s Greatest Films “M” Director: Fritz Lang. Starring: Peter Lorre, Otto Wernicke, Gustaf Gründgens, Inge Landgut ...

BBC Radio 4 Extra marks the 40th anniversary of the death of film director Fritz Lang (Born in Vienna on 5 December 1890. Died 2 August 1976), best known for "M", ...

In 1959, Fritz Lang made his own two-part version of von Harbou’s novel. The Tiger of Eschnapur and The Indian Tomb are stuffed with Orientalist elements, elaborate sets, and German actors ...

Friedrich Christian Anton Fritz Lang (December 5, 1890 – August 2, 1976) was an Austrian-German film director, screenwriter, and occasional film producer ...

Pioneering film director Fritz Lang, creator of M and Metropolis, discusses his career with Paul Mayersberg. First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in 1962. Publicity contact: RH.