Q 01/05
A) Prague
B) Berlin
C) Vienna
D) Munich
Answer · why
His father was an architect and construction-company manager; Lang briefly studied civil engineering before switching to art.
Q 02/05
A) 1925
B) 1927
C) 1922
D) 1931
Answer · why
It went badly over budget, hurting UFA, and is now the first film ever inscribed on UNESCO's Memory of the World register.
Q 03/05
A) The Iron Director
B) Prince of Shadows
C) Master of Darkness
D) Doctor Menace
Answer · why
His German films established the psychological conflict, paranoia and moral ambiguity later attributed to film noir.
Q 04/05
A) Die Nibelungen
B) Woman in the Moon
C) Metropolis
D) Dr. Mabuse the Gambler
Answer · why
The 1929 film also showed a multi-stage rocket and a launch pad with the rocket rolled upright against a tall building.
Q 05/05
A) Right
B) Left
C) Neither; he lost hearing
D) Both, temporarily
Answer · why
Wounded four times fighting in Russia and Romania, he began writing plays and scenarios during his convalescence.
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