Fritz Lang

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Submitted by kaplan on Wed, 08/01/2007 - 10:26
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  1. Must-see

  2. Metropolis (1926)
  3. Der müde Tod (Destiny) (1921)

  4. Highly recommended

  5. M, eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder (1931)
  6. Die Nibelungen: Siegfrieds Tod (Siegfried's Death) (1924)
  7. Hangmen also Die (1943)

  8. Recommended

  9. Die Nibelungen: Kriemhilds Rache (Kreimhild's Revenge) (1924)
  10. You Only Live Once (1937)
  11. The Big Heat (1953)
  12. Liliom (1933)
  13. Scarlet Sctreet (1958)
  14. Fury (1936)
  15. The Woman in the Window (1944)

  16. Worth a look

  17. Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler - Ein Bild der Zeit (Dr. Mabuse, King of Crime) (1922)
  18. Ministry of Fear (1944)
  19. Human Desire (1954)
  20. Rancho Notorious (1954)
  21. Man Hunt (1941)
  22. Die Spinnen 1. Teil - Der goldene See (The Spiders, Part 1, The Golden Lake) (1919)
  23. The Blue Gardenia (1954)
  24. You and Me (1938)
  25. Die Spinnen, 2. Teil - Das Brillantenschiff (The Spiders, Part 2: The Diamond Ship) (1920)
  26. Western Union (1941)

  27. Not bad but why don't you read a good book instead

  28. House by the River (1949)
  29. The Return of Frank James (1940)
  30. Die Tausend Augen des Dr. Mabuse (The Thousand Eyes of Dr Mabuse) (1960)

  31. Patience is running out

  32. Der Tiger von Eschnapur (The Tiger of Eschnapur) (1958)
  33. Secret beyond the Door (1948)
  34. Kämpfende Herzen (Fighting Hearts / Four around a Woman) (1921)
  35. Cloak and Dagger (1946)
  36. Clash by Night (1952)
  37. Moonfleet (1954)

  38. Never mind

  39. American Guerilla in the Philippines (1950)

  40. Avoid

Author Comments: 

Films by Fritz Lang ranked in order of preference.

To be seen: 8
- Harakiri (1919)
- Das wandernde Bild (The Wandering Image) (1920)
- Spione (Spies) (1928)
- Die Frau im Mond (Woman in the Moon) (1928)
- Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse (The Last Will of Dr. Mabuse) (1933)
- While the City Sleeps (1956)
- Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956)
- Das indische Grabmal (The Indian Tomb) (1959)

jeff_v05/16/2009

Dang, I would probably rate all 23 of the Lang movies I've seen as at least "worth a look" and all but 3 or 4 as "recommended." (Ironically, Metropolis would rank near the bottom of my list.)