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. Patrick McGilligan has also written biographies of George Cukor, Robert Altman, Jack Nicholson and James Cagney.
- ISBN10 0312132476
- ISBN13 9780312132477
- Publish Date 1 July 1997
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 22 June 2021
- Publish Country US
- Imprint St. Martin's Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 528
- Language English