Movie: Encounter with Fritz Lang

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Fritz Lang
Fritz Lang

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    Interview with Fritz Lang on the roof of Villa Malaparte on Capri during the filming of the fictitious film "Odysseus" and the filming of "Contempt" by Jean-Luc Godard, in which Fritz Lang plays the role of an old film director. During the interview, excerpts from the Lang films "The Nibelungen", "The Tired Death" and "M" are shown.

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    1964-02-05

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    An interview with film director Fritz Lang.

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