CLASH BY NIGHT

Fritz Lang

(Vienna, 1890 – Los Angeles, 1976) made his directorial debut with Halbblut (1919) and quickly established himself as one of the masters of German Expressionism with Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler (1922), Die Nibelungen (1924), and Metropolis (1926). After Hitler came to power, he offered Lang the directorship of UFA, but Lang emigrated the very night of the summons. Following a film made in France, Liliom (1934), he moved to Hollywood, where he established himself as one of the great masters of classical cinema, working across genres such as film noir and the western and making masterpieces including Fury (1936), The Woman in the Window (1944), Scarlet Street (1945), The Big Heat (1953), and Rancho Notorious (1952). He returned to Europe only in the mid-1950s and made his final film, The 1,000 Eyes of Dr. Mabuse (1960), in Germany, as a kind of artistic testament.

FILMOGRAFIA

Halbblut (1919), Der Herr der Liebe (1919), Die Spinnen, 1. Teil: Der Goldene See (I ragni: Il lago d’oro, 1919), Harakiri (id., 1919), Die Spinnen, 2. Teil: Das Brillantenschiff (I ragni: La nave dei diamanti, 1920), Das wandernde Bild (L’immagine errante, 1920), Der müde Tod (Destino, 1921), Vier um die Frau (id., 1921), Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler (Il dottor Mabuse, 1922), Die Nibelungen: Siegfried + Die Nibelungen: Kriemhilds Rache (I nibelunghi, 1924), Metropolis (id., 1927), Spione (L’inafferrabile, 1928), Frau im Mond (Una donna nella luna, 1929), M (M - Il mostro di Düsseldorf, 1931), Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse (Il testamento del dottor Mabuse, 1933), Liliom (La leggenda di Liliom, 1934), Fury (Furia, 1936), You Only Live Once (Sono innocente, 1937), You and Me (id., 1938), The Return of Frank James (Il vendicatore di Jess il bandito, 1940), Western Union (Fred il ribelle, 1941), Man Hunt (Duello mortale, 1941), Confirm or Deny (id., 1941), Hangmen Also Die! (Anche i boia muoiono, 1943), Ministry of Fear (Il prigioniero del terrore, 1944), The Woman in the Window (La donna del ritratto, 1944), Scarlet Street (La strada scarlatta, 1945), Cloak and Dagger (Maschere e pugnali, 1946), Secret Beyond the Door (Dietro la porta chiusa, 1948), House by the River (Bassa marea, 1950), American Guerrilla in the Philippines (I guerriglieri delle Filippine, 1950), Rancho Notorious (id., 1952), Clash by Night (La confessione della signora Doyle, 1952), The Blue Gardenia (Gardenia blu, 1953), The Big Heat (Il grande caldo, 1953), Human Desire (La bestia umana, 1954), Moonfleet (Il covo dei contrabbandieri, 1955), While the City Sleeps (Quando la città dorme, 1956), Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (L’alibi era perfetto, 1956), Der Tiger von Eschnapur (La tigre di Eschnapur, 1959), Das Indische Grabmal (Il sepolcro indiano, 1959), Journey to the Lost City (id., 1959), Die tausend Augen des Dr. Mabuse (Il diabolico dottor Mabuse, 1960).