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LANG Fritz

 

Friedrich Christian Anton Lang.

 
Date of birth : December 5, 1890, Vienna, Austria.

Date of death : August 2, 1976, Beverly Hills, California ().

 

Profession movie director; uncontested master of the expressionist silent films.

 

Portrait ,,,

 

Addresses 

* Berlin ,,,

* 1939 : 2141 LaMesa Drive, Santa Monica.

Story

His parents were Anton Lang (1860-1940) and Pauline Schlesinger (1864-1920).

He married 3 times :

* in 1919 with Lisa Rosenthal, until her death in 1921.

* from August 26, 1922 to April 26, 1933 with Thea Von Harbour (December 27, 1888, Germany-July 1st, 

1954, Germany )()

* in 1972 with Lily Latte Schaul (October 14, 1901, Berlin-November 24, 1984, Los Angeles 

)().

His most famous movies are "Métropolis" (1926), "M" (1931).

He arrived in Hollywood in 1934, after a long career in German cinema. 

He was interested in reflection about social things, particularly those emotionally unstable or socially alienated.

His movies in the USA, "Fury", "You Only Live Once", "Scarlet Street", "The Big Heat", "Rancho Notorious", mostly concerned losers or unfairness victims.

 

He became an American citizen on November 24, 1939 .

Link with Marilyn
1952, he directed Marilyn in "Clash By Night" ,-,.

When he arrived on the set of "Clash By Night", he exactly knew what he wanted from his actors.

Their collaboration was hard. Marilyn was terrified by her partner Barbara Stanwyck, and convinced that another actor, Paul Douglas, hated her.

On the set, she had imposed Natasha Lytess. Lang, who didn't bear the way this one repeated what he said, quickly dismissed her; but, like the others, he was forced, if he wanted to keep Marilyn, to call the teacher back. 

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