Fritz Lang
2) Spies
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Fritz Lang's elaborate superspy thriller is at last restored to its proper length.
7) The spiders
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
With this exotic adventure film, director Fritz Lang established himself as a master of epic storytelling, a talent that would reach its pinnacle in such monumental films as Metropolis and Die Nibelungen. Influenced by the French serials of Louis Feuillade (Fantômas) and infused with Lang's own fascination with Asian culture, The spiders follows international adventurer Kay Hoog (Carl de Vogt) in his quest for Incan gold and the precious "Buddha's...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
In 1949, at Republic Pictures, Fritz Lang (self-proclaimed "master of the unusual") created House by the river, a shocking and mordant thriller of passion and murder. Boasting an ingenious script by Spiral staircase scribe Mel Dinelli and evocative photography by Edward Cronjager (I wake up screaming), House ... is an underrated American "Grand Guignol" that transcends its modest origins and affirms Lang's genius.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
When middle-aged milquetoast Chris Cross (Edward G. Robinson) rescues street-walking bad girl Kitty (Joan Bennett) from the rain slicked gutters of Greenwich Village, he plunges headlong into a whirlpool of lust, larceny, and revenge. Scarlet street is Fritz Lang's 1945 remake of Jean Renoir's 1931 La chienne.
10) Fury
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
A once decent man becomes ruthless and bitter when he's falsely accused of a crime and becomes a target for a lynch mob. He escapes, but refuses to let his survival be known, so his attackers can be charged with murder.
11) Liliom
Publisher
Kino On Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
Français
Description
Brash ne'er-do-well Liliom, played by Boyer with physical gusto and inner uncertainty, is a carnival barker until he encounters the ethereal Julie. Their spellbound union is based on her unwavering faith in him.
Publisher
Kino on Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Dr. Mabuse, a gambler, hypnotist, master of disguises, and all-around criminal mastermind, tries to take over Berlin. This is an authorized restored edition using existing camera negatives from a two-part film. Includes English intertitles.
Series
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
Français
Description
On Capri, an Italian crew makes a German film of Homer's Odyssey; Fritz Lang directs with American money. Prokosch, the producer, with his sneer and red Alfa, holds art films in contempt and hires writer Javal to help Lang commercialize the picture. Against this backdrop, Javal's marriage to Camille, a young former typist, disintegrates. It opens with the couple talking in bed, she asking assurance that he finds her attractive. Later that day he introduces...
14) Die Nibelungen
Publisher
Kino on Video
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
Deutsch
Description
In part one, Siegfried wins the hand of Kriemhilde by slaying the dragon and defeating Brunhilde. When Brunhilde learns that magic has been used to conquer her, she has Siegfried murdered. In part two, Kriemhilde seeks revenge for Siegfried's death and marries Attila, king of the Huns, in order to further her purpose.
Series
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
Deutsch
Description
Locked away in an asylum for a decade and teetering between life and death, the criminal mastermind Dr. Mabuse has scribbled his last will and testament: a manifesto establishing a future empire of crime. When the document's nefarious writings start leading to terrifying parallels in reality, it's up to Berlin's star detective, Inspector Lohmann, to connect the most fragmented, maddening clues in a case unlike any other.
16) M
Series
Criterion collection volume 30
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
Deutsch
Description
When a serial killer is stalking the children of the city, everyone, including the criminal underworld, wants to see him brought down.
17) M
Series
Criterion collection volume 30
Publisher
Home Vision Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
Deutsch
Description
When a serial killer is stalking the children of the city, everyone, including the criminal underworld, wants to see him brought down.
Publisher
All Channel Films
Language
English
Formats
Description
A working girl wakes up a murderess after passing out in the apartment of a brutish playboy. She flees leaving behind a blue gardenia, which prompts a sensational columnist to brand her "The Blue Gardenia". Struggling to conceal her involvement with the playboy and to remember the details of that night, she eventually turns for help to the journalist who transformed her into such a notorious public figure.
19) Metropolis
Publisher
Kino International
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"The future. Metropolis is a wonderful city, high above the ground its towers stand. The people prosper, the economy is flourishing, the suspended streets are busy. But Metropolis also has a great secret, so hidden that not even Freder Fredersen, son of founder Joh Fredersen knows about it. He is spending his free time in the Eternal Gardens, when suddenly a woman shows up, with what looks like a class of children. They're from the City of Workers,...
20) Metropolis
Series
Publisher
Kino International
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
None
Description
In 2026, the rich rule over the poor, who live underground. One man tries to bridge the gap between the two classes. In July 2008 a complete copy of the film was discovered with an additional 25 minutes of lost footage that had not been seen since the film's premiere in 1927. After years of restoration the sci-fi epic was re-released in theaters in 2010 as The Complete Metropolis.