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Friedrich Christian Anton "Fritz" Lang (December 5, 1890 – August 2, 1976) was an Austrian-American filmmaker, screenwriter, and occasional film producer and actor. One of the best known émigrés from Germany's school of Expressionism, he was dubbed the "Master of Darkness" by the British Film Institute. His most famous films are the groundbreaking Metropolis (the world's most expensive silent film at the time of its release) and M, made before he moved to the United States, his iconic precursor to the film noir genre.
Lang was born in Vienna as the second son of Anton Lang (1860–1940), an architect and construction company manager, and his wife Pauline "Paula" Lang née Schlesinger (1864–1920). Fritz Lang himself was baptized on 28 December 1890 at the Schottenkirche in Vienna.
Lang's parents were of Moravian[citation needed] descent and practicing Roman Catholics. His mother was born Jewish, but had converted to Catholicism when Fritz was ten. His mother took this conversion seriously and was dedicated to raising Fritz as a Catholic. Lang never had an interest in his Jewish heritage and identified himself as Catholic. Although he was not a particularly devout Catholic, he "regularly used Catholic images and themes [in] his films".
Actors: Isild Le Besco (actress), Julie Gayet (actress), Patrick Fierry (actor), Isild Le Besco (director), Pascal Elso (actor), Vincent Solignac (actor), Elsa Zylberstein (actress), Tina Baz (editor), Fabienne Katany (costume designer), Bernard Sasia (editor), Pascal Bongard (actor), Anne Benoît (actress), Evgueni Galperine (composer), Emmanuelle Bercot (actress), Marc Bodnar (actor),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Shun Oguri (actor), Hidekatsu Shibata (actor), Vic Mignogna (actor), Mike McFarland (actor), Christopher Sabat (actor), Hidekatsu Shibata (actor), Scott McNeil (actor), Kyle Hebert (actor), John Gremillion (actor), Jason Douglas (actor), Greg Ayres (actor), Keiji Fujiwara (actor), Toshio Furukawa (actor), John Swasey (actor), Yasunori Matsumoto (actor),
Plot: Edward Elric, the Fullmetal Alchemist, is on the other side of the gate. He has befriended someone who resembles his brother, Al, and has met a gypsy resembling Rose. He finds out that the Germans are planning on opening the gate, and attack the other side, which is Ed and Al's home. Although Al has learned a lot, he cannot stop all of them, and Ed cannot use Alchemy while in the other side. Ed tries to stop them, and Al just tries to be able to talk to his brother again, who everyone else thinks is gone.
Keywords: alchemy, anime, based-on-comic, based-on-manga, biplane, brother-brother-relationship, cult-film, dragon, ethnic-slur, hitlerActors: Shun Oguri (actor), Hidekatsu Shibata (actor), Vic Mignogna (actor), Mike McFarland (actor), Christopher Sabat (actor), Hidekatsu Shibata (actor), Scott McNeil (actor), Kyle Hebert (actor), John Gremillion (actor), Jason Douglas (actor), Greg Ayres (actor), Keiji Fujiwara (actor), Toshio Furukawa (actor), John Swasey (actor), Yasunori Matsumoto (actor),
Plot: Edward Elric, the Fullmetal Alchemist, is on the other side of the gate. He has befriended someone who resembles his brother, Al, and has met a gypsy resembling Rose. He finds out that the Germans are planning on opening the gate, and attack the other side, which is Ed and Al's home. Although Al has learned a lot, he cannot stop all of them, and Ed cannot use Alchemy while in the other side. Ed tries to stop them, and Al just tries to be able to talk to his brother again, who everyone else thinks is gone.
Keywords: alchemy, anime, based-on-comic, based-on-manga, biplane, brother-brother-relationship, cult-film, dragon, ethnic-slur, hitlerActors: Philippe du Janerand (actor), Anne Kreis (actress), Réginald Huguenin (actor), Sophie Dulac (producer), Frédéric Tourneur (director),
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Zeljko Ivanek (actor), Predrag Vranesevic (composer), Mladen Vranesevic (composer), Karpo Acimovic-Godina (director), Vlado Novák (actor), Majda Potokar (actress), Gudrun Gabriel (actress), Tanja Ribic (actress), Manca Kosir (actress), Peter Bostjancic (actor), Dragana Mrkic (actress), Branko Vucicevic (writer), Svetozar Polic (actor), Marusa Oblak (actress), Jürgen Morche (actor),
Genres: ,Actors: Dana Andrews (actor), Glenn Ford (actor), Fritz Lang (actor), Charles Ruggles (actor), Ralph Staub (actor), Ralph Staub (writer), Ralph Staub (director), Ralph Staub (producer), Eleanor Powell (actress), Sonny Tufts (actor),
Plot: Dana Andrews and director Fritz Lang join Ralph Staub in this edition of Screen Snapshots, discuss their own fishing exploits and watch film on other Hollywood personalities, Glenn Ford, Eleanor Powell, Charlie Riggles and Sonny Tufts, working with the rod and reel on a fishing trip.
Keywords: 1950s, actor-shares-first-and-last-name-with-character, actress-shares-first-and-last-name-with-character, archive-footage, cigarette-smoking, commentary, film-discussion, fisherman, fishing, fishing-trip