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Tag Archives: Fritz Lang
Journey to the Lost City (1960) Fritz Lang, Debra Paget, Paul Hubschmid, Walther Reyer
An architect travels to the remote city of Eschnapur to oversee some work being done at the bequest of the local Maharajah. Read More »
House by the River (1950) Fritz Lang, Louis Hayward, Lee Bowman, Jane Wyatt
The unsuccessful writer Stephen Byrne tries to force his servant Emily Gaunt sexually while his wife Marjorie Byrne is visiting a friend and accidentally strangles her. Read More »
Cloak and Dagger (1946) Fritz Lang, Gary Cooper, Robert Alda, Lilli Palmer
Toward the end of World War II, the allied secret service receives a partial message indicating that the Germans are researching nuclear energy to build atomic bombs. Read More »
Clash by Night (1952) Fritz Lang, Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Ryan, Paul Douglas
The bitter and cynical Mae Doyle returns to the fishing village where she was raised after deceptive loves and life in New York. Read More »
Liliom (1934) Fritz Lang, Charles Boyer, Madeleine Ozeray, Robert Arnoux
Two women love the same man in a world of few prospects. In Budapest, Liliom is a “public figure,” a rascal who’s a carousel barker Read More »
Destiny (1921) Fritz Lang, Lil Dagover, Walter Janssen, Bernhard Goetzke
As a young couple stops and rests in a small village inn, the man is abducted by Death and is sequestered behind a huge doorless, windowless wall. Read More »
The Woman in the Window (1944) Fritz Lang, Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennett, Raymond Massey, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller
Gotham College professor Wanley and his friends become obsessed with the portrait of a woman in the window next to the men’s club. Read More »
You Only Live Once (1937) Fritz Lang, Sylvia Sidney, Henry Fonda, Barton MacLane, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Joan is the secretary to the public defender in a large city. She is in love with a career criminal named Eddie, and she believes that he is a basically good person who just had some tough breaks. Read More »
The Tiger of Eschnapur / Der Tiger Von Eschnapur (1959) Fritz Lang, Debra Paget, Paul Hubschmid, Walther Reyer, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Thriller
An architect travels to the remote city of Eschnapur to oversee some work being done at the bequest of the local Maharajah. Read More »
Confirm or Deny (1941) Archie Mayo, Fritz Lang, Don Ameche, Joan Bennett, Roddy McDowall, Drama, War
Newsman Mitch and teletype operator Jennifer, whose job is to see he doesn’t send inappropriate stuff out of the country, dodge bombs during the blitz of London while falling in love. Read More »
Die 1000 Augen des Dr. Mabuse AKA The 1,000 Eyes of Dr. Mabuse (1960) Fritz Lang, Dawn Addams, Peter van Eyck, Gert Fröbe, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Reporter Peter Barter gets murdered while driving to his tv station. Commisioner Kras gets a phone call from clairvoyant Cornelius who saw Barter’s death in a vision. Read More »
Secret Beyond the Door (1947) Fritz Lang, Joan Bennett, Michael Redgrave, Anne Revere, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery
In this Freudian version of the Bluebeard tale, a young, trust-funded New Yorker goes to Mexico on vacation before marrying an old friend whom she considers a safe choice for a husband. Read More »
Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler / Dr. Mabuse: The Gambler (1922) Fritz Lang, Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Aud Egede-Nissen, Gertrude Welcker, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Dr. Mabuse and his organization of criminals are in the process of completing their latest scheme, a theft of information that will allow Mabuse to make huge profits on the stock exchange. Read More »
Von Caligari zu Hitler: Das deutsche Kino im Zeitalter der Massen (2014) Rüdiger Suchsland, Hans Henrik Wöhler, Fritz Lang, Documentary, Biography, History
Focuses on the Weimar Republic (1918-1933) and its ‘collective spirit’ in cinema. The purpose of film as a cultural tool is examined. Read More »