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Classic filmmaker Fritz Lang is 'back' in cinemas

Jochen Kürten / kbmApril 12, 2016

He made a film about a famous serial killer and the murder of his own wife was never solved. Now a new movie about legendary German-Austrian filmmaker Fritz Lang is opening in cinemas - bridging fact and fiction.

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Scene from the film Fritz Lang, Copyright: Belle EpoqueFilms
Image: Belle EpoqueFilms

"Fritz Lang," directed by Gordian Maugg, premiered in Dusseldorf on April 7 and opens in cinemas in Germany on April 14.

For more on the filmmaker Fritz Lang (1890-1976), click through the gallery below with 14 of his greatest works.

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