A true cinematic pioneer, Fritz Lang began his film career as a writer and director of silent movies in Germany between the World Wars. His early films, such as "Dr. Mabuse, Metropolis," and his first "talkie," ""M"," have become classics, and positioned him as a leading light in the German film industry in the early 1930s. Fleeing from the Nazis in 1933, Lang went to Hollywood, where he earned legendary status for such films as "Man Hunt, The Big Heat," and "While the City Sleeps," movies that did much to define the look of film noir. His influence on such filmmakers as Alfred Hitchcock,...