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Why did Fritz Lang leave Twentieth Century-Fox after making Man Hunt?
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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 left Twentieth Century-Fox following the production of Man Hunt (1941) due to professional clashes with the studio's producer, Darryl F. Zanuck.1
Following his departure from the studio, Lang moved on to independent filmmaking, notably collaborating with Bertolt Brecht on the 1943 production Hangmen Also Die!.1