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Which studio employed Fritz Lang during the height of German silent cinema?
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Fritz Lang
Although it took Fritz Lang some 21 years to make 22 Hollywood films, arguably at least half of them are noirish masterpieces of menace. His time in Hollywood, which began in 1934, followed a directing career in Germany during the 1920s that included several landmark films.
During the height of German silent cinema, Fritz Lang was primarily employed by the German filmmaking giant UFA (Universum Film Aktiengesellschaft).1
Lang began his career working for producer Erich Pommer at Decla-Bioscop, an independent production company that merged with UFA in 1921. Following this merger, Lang continued to create ambitious works for UFA, most notably the futuristic masterpiece Metropolis, which he filmed for the studio throughout 1925 and 1926.213