Fritz Lang
Fritz Lang · Arts & Literature
Pioneering director of Metropolis and M.
1890, Vienna, Austria-Hungary — 1976, Beverly Hills, California, United States
Austria · Germany · United States
Fritz Lang is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Pioneering director of Metropolis and M.
Fritz Lang was an Austrian-German-American filmmaker, a master of Weimar cinema whose 'Metropolis' and 'M' are landmarks of film history; after leaving Nazi Germany he built a major Hollywood career in film noir. His mother was born Jewish before converting to Catholicism, giving Lang documented Jewish ancestry; he emphasized this heritage as reason to flee the Nazis.
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Pioneering director of Metropolis and M.
Source: IMDb (Jewish Actors list)
