Fritz Lang was an Austrian film director, producer and screenwriter, Lang's final film work was an acting role as himself in which 1963 French drama film written and directed by Jean-Luc Godard, based on the Italian novel "Il disprezzo" ("A Ghost at Noon")?
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Fritz Lang filmography Fritz Lang was an Austrian film director, producer and screenwriter. In Lang's early career he worked primarily as a screenwriter, finishing film scripts in four to five days. Lang went on to direct popular films of the silent era including "Metropolis" and one of the first important German sound films "M". Lang went on to direct some of the most important crime and film noir film of the American studio era, such as "The Big Heat". Lang's final film work was an acting role as himself in Jean-Luc Godard's "Contempt". Lang returned to America to live out his remaining years.
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Contempt (film) Contempt (released in the UK as French: Le Mépris ) is a 1963 French drama film written and directed by Jean-Luc Godard, based on the Italian novel "Il disprezzo" ("A Ghost at Noon") by Alberto Moravia. It stars Brigitte Bardot, Michel Piccoli, Jack Palance, and Giorgia Moll.
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Breathless (1983 film) Breathless is a 1983 American drama film directed by Jim McBride and written by McBride and L. M. Kit Carson, starring Richard Gere and Valérie Kaprisky. It is a remake of the 1960 French film directed by Jean-Luc Godard and written by Jean-Luc Godard and François Truffaut, "À bout de souffle" (known as "Breathless" in English) and was released in France under the title A Bout de Souffle Made in USA. The original film is about an American girl and a French criminal in Paris. The remake is about a French girl and an American criminal in Los Angeles.
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Les Bricoleurs Les bricoleurs is a 1963 French thriller film directed by Jean Girault and starring Francis Blanche, Darry Cowl, Elke Sommer and Jacqueline Maillan. Two estate agents discover a body in a house they are about to sell to a customer. It was released as Who Stole the Body? in the United States.
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The Whip and the Body The Whip and the Body (Italian: "La frusta e il corpo" ) is a 1963 Italian-French gothic horror film directed by Mario Bava. The film is about Kurt Menliff (Christopher Lee) who is ostracized by his father for his relationship with a servant girl and her eventual suicide. He later returns to reclaim his title and his former fiancée Nevenka (Daliah Lavi) who is now his brother's wife. Menliff is later found murdered, but the locals believe his ghost has returned to haunt the castle for revenge.
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The Two Boys (1936 film) The Two Boys (French: Les deux gosses) is a 1936 French drama film directed by Fernand Rivers. It is based on the 1880 novel of the same name by Pierre Decourcelle, which had previously been made into a silent film "The Two Boys".
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The Hands of Orlac (1924 film) The Hands of Orlac (German: Orlacs Hände) is a 1924 Austrian silent horror film directed by Robert Wiene and starring Conrad Veidt, Alexandra Sorina and Fritz Kortner. The film's plot is based on the story "Les Mains d'Orlac" by Maurice Renard. Wiene had made his name as a director of Expressionist films such as "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari" and in "The Hands of Orlac" combined expressionist motifs with more naturalistic visuals. The film has been remade twice.
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The Door with Seven Locks (1962 film) The Door with Seven Locks (German: Die Tür mit den sieben Schlössern ) is a 1962 West German/French crime film directed by Alfred Vohrer and starring Heinz Drache. It is an adaptation of the Edgar Wallace novel "The Door with Seven Locks".
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Landru (film) Landru (US title: Bluebeard) is a 1963 French motion picture drama directed by Claude Chabrol. The screenplay was written by Françoise Sagan. The film stars Charles Denner, Michèle Morgan, Danielle Darrieux and Hildegard Knef.
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L'Angoisse L'Angoisse is a French play by Pierre Mills and Celia de Vilyars. The film rights to it were bought by Vernon Sewell who filmed it four times: "The Medium" (1934), "Latin Quarter" (1945), "Ghost Ship" (1952) and "House of Mystery" (1961).
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13 Days to Die 13 Days to Die or Der Fluch des schwarzen Rubin is a 1965 Italian and West German spy film drama, directed by Alberto Cardone and Manfred R. Köhler.
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Don't Tempt the Devil Don't Tempt the Devil (French: "Les Bonnes Causes" , Italian: "Il delitto Dupré" ) is a 1963 French-Italian crime film written and directed by Christian-Jaque and starring Bourvil, Marina Vlady, Virna Lisi and Pierre Brasseur. It is based on the novel "Les Bonnes Causes" by Jean Laborde.
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The Sorceror (film) The Sorceror (German: Der Hexer ) is a 1932 German drama film directed by Martin Frič and Karel Lamač. It is a German screen adaptation of Edgar Wallace's thriller "The Ringer", and is not to be confused with the 1964 remake of the same title, "Der Hexer".
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Feu Mathias Pascal Feu Mathias Pascal ("The late Matthias Pascal") is a 1925 French silent film written and directed by Marcel L'Herbier. It was the first film adaptation of Luigi Pirandello's novel "Il fu Mattia Pascal".
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Cagliostro (1929 film) Cagliostro is a 1929 French-German silent drama film directed by Richard Oswald and starring Hans Stüwe, Renée Héribel and Alfred Abel. It depicts the life of the eighteenth century Italian occultist Alessandro Cagliostro, portraying him more sympathetically than in most other works. It was based on a novel by Johannes von Guenther. The film survives but is incomplete.
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That Night in Varennes That Night in Varennes (Italian: Il mondo nuovo ; French: La Nuit de Varennes ) is a 1982 Italian and French drama film directed by Ettore Scola. It is based on a novel by Catherine Rihoit. It tells the story of a fictional meeting between Restif de la Bretonne, Giacomo Casanova, Thomas Paine and Sophie de la Borde (a lady in waiting to the Queen). They are all traveling together in a coach that is a few hours behind the one that is carrying King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette in their flight to Varennes during the French Revolution.
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Il Fornaretto di Venezia Il Fornaretto di Venezia (US TV title: The Scapegoat) is a 1963 Italian film directed by Duccio Tessari who co-wrote screenplay with Marcello Fondato, based on novel by Francesco Dall'Ongaro.
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The End of Belle The End of Belle (French: "La Mort de Belle" ) is a 1961 French crime film directed by based on the eponymous novel by Georges Simenon.
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L'ange noir L'ange Noir (English: The Black Angel ) is a French drama film directed and written by Jean-Claude Brisseau.
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Diary of a Country Priest Diary of a Country Priest (French: "Journal d'un curé de campagne" ) is a 1951 French film written and directed by Robert Bresson, and starring Claude Laydu. It was closely based on the novel of the same name by Georges Bernanos. Published in 1936, the novel received the Grand prix du roman de l'Académie française. It tells the story of a young, sickly priest, who has been assigned to his first parish, a village in northern France.
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Carlo Cassola Carlo Cassola (17 March 1917 – 29 January 1987) was an influential Italian novelist and essayist. His novel "La Ragazza di Bube" (1960), which received the Strega Prize, was adapted into a film (named the same as the novel) by Luigi Comencini in 1963.
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Détective (1985 film) Détective is a 1985 French crime film directed by Jean-Luc Godard. It was entered into the 1985 Cannes Film Festival.