Even if he had only directed Metropolis (1927) o M (1931), Fritz Lang would already have a well-deserved place in the history of cinema as the creator of two of the most fascinating European films of all time: metropolis, a defining metaphorical production of futuristic aesthetics in cinema, i M, the first great masterpiece of sound cinema. Through these and other masterpieces from his German period, like The three lights (1921), the diptych of The Nibelungs (1921) or the Dr. trilogy. Mabuse, Fritz Lang contributed together with Thea von Harbou to give filmic body to the atmosphere of the Weimar Republic, fascinating, distressing, traversed by the epic and by human misery, by fantasy and by madness. However, his creative genius continued to unfold in his time in Hollywood, in which this last cycle of 2024 in the Museum of Fine Arts of Valencia except for the first film. It includes films considered milestones of film noir, pierced by the irrationality of the masses, the terror of Nazism, the perversity of the femme fatale and the weakness of her victim, Gothic terror and criminal brutality mixed with love passion.
All sessions will take place in the Auditorium of the Museum of Fine Arts of Valencia, with presentation, comments and debate by the professors. Teresa Sorolla (Jaume I University of Castelló) i Carlos Cuéllar (University of Valencia).
The films will be screened in their original version with subtitles.
