Attention, cinephiles, comic book lovers and other cultural sinners: from the pen of the undisputed master of comics and great cinephile Zoran Smiljanić comes “Fritz Lang: Ljutomer – Berlin – Hollywood”, the ultimate biographical comic about one of the most influential directors of the 20th century. Fritz Lang, the great manipulator of sight and memory, is presented in this extraordinary graphic narrative in an entirely new light—not as a distant myth, but as a man of flesh, bone, and film reel, who tells his own story from his artistic beginnings in Ljutomer to the silver stardom of Hollywood.
The story begins where you’d least expect it—in Ljutomer, where the young Lang, as a war volunteer, encountered the pioneer of Slovenian cinema, Dr. Karol Grossmann. From there, the comic takes us through the heights of Weimar cinema, the chilling shadows of Nazism, and the dazzling, yet never simple times in Hollywood. Everything you’ve ever wanted to know about one of the greatest filmmakers of all time can be found in this marvelous and thoroughly researched graphic novel.
This is not a comic, this is a big-budget, no-compromise, no-nonsense film feature!
Author: Zoran Smiljanić
Year: 2025
Publishers: Kulturno turistično društvo Festival Ljutomer & Založba ZRC
Language: Slovenian
