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Encounter with Fritz Lang

  • Documentary

February 5, 1964 (DE)

0h 14m

An interview with film director Fritz Lang.

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 ...

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