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Why did Fritz Lang begin writing screenplays while recovering in a Vienna military hospital?
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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.
Fritz Lang began writing screenplays while recovering in a Vienna military hospital simply because he was convalescing there for a year after being wounded four times during his service in World War I. During this period of recovery, he occupied his time by trying his hand at writing screenplays, which eventually led to his career in the film industry.1