I should say that I was a visual person. I experience with my eyes and never, or rarely, with my ears... to my constant regret.
My private life has nothing to do with my films.
Lang appeared as himself in the 1963 French film Contempt.
Lang was President of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1964.
Lang wore a monocle when directing. Some say he copied this habit from Erich Von Stroheim.
Lang suffered from shell shock during his Army tenure in World War I.
Lang had an older brother named Adolf with whom he didn't get along.
Lang returned to Germay in 1959 and made three films there. He then came back to the United States and retired.
Lang had an affair with actress Joan Bennett, the star of his film Scarlet Street.
Lang became a naturalized United States citizen in 1939.
M star Peter Lorre detested director Lang and the two men almost never socialized during their Hollywood years.
Lang left Germany for good in 1933. Second wife Thea von Harbou remained behind and worked in the Nazi cinema.
Lang served in the Austro-Hungarian Army in World War I as a lieutenant.
Lang's father was an architect.
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