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The son of an Austrian artist, Fritz
Lang's career was born in the shadow of the Great War and
matured as storm clouds gathered over Weimar, Germany. His early
films adopted and extended the techniques of German expressionism,
culminating in the heightened psychological realism of M, in which
terror seems to seep out of the characters to infect the city
itself. As the Nazi grip on Germany tightened, Lang left the country,
arriving in America in 1935 to take up a contract with MGM. His
first American film, Fury (1936), set the stage for the uncompromising,
dark, and violent vision that he would bring to Hollywood. Lang's
work could tip over into overwrought melodrama, but when he
was in top form his nightmarish movies had a unique and unforgettable
power.
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