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Born December 5, 1890 • Vienna • Austria
Died August 2, 1976 (aged 85) • Los Angeles • California
Notable Works “Fury” • “M” • “Metropolis” • “The Big Heat” • “The Half-Caste” • “While the City Sleeps”

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Fritz Lang directing Woman in the Moon (1929)
Metropolis
Fritz Lang: M
The Big Heat
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
The great Spencer Tracy
Fritz Lang: Metropolis
Alfred Abel, Brigitte Helm, and Rudolf Klein-Rogge in Metropolis
scene from The Woman in the Window
Metropolis
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