Fritz Lang: The Nature of the Beast

Fritz Lang: The Nature of the Beast
ISBN-10
0571191754
ISBN-13
9780571191758
Series
Fritz Lang
Category
Motion picture producers and directors
Pages
548
Language
English
Published
1997
Author
Patrick McGilligan

Description

Fritz Lang, director of films such as Metropolis, M and The Big Heat, established his reputation in Germany during the silent era. When Hitler rose to power, Lang emigrated to the USA, where he injected his fatalistic Expressionism into the domestic world of Hollywood cinema. This biography presents him as a flawed human being, and includes suggestions that he murdered his first wife and engaged in sado-masochistic practices both on and off the set.

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