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Thea von Harbou

Name in Native Language: "Thea Gabriele von Harbou" (German/DE)
Film Director / Screenwriter / Writer | * 12/27/1888 († 65, 07/01/1954) | Tauperlitz (Germany)
Thea Gabriele von Harbou (27 December 1888 – 1 July 1954) was a German screenwriter, novelist, film director, and actress. She is remembered as the screenwriter of the science fiction film classic Metropolis (1927) and for the 1925 novel on which it was based. von Harbou collaborated as a screenwriter with film director Fritz Lang, her husband, during the period of transition from silent to sound films. ()

Thea Gabriele von Harbou was a German actress and author of Prussian aristocratic origin. She was born in Tauperlitz in the Kingdom of Bavaria. She is especially known for the 1927 science fiction film Metropolis directed by her husband Fritz Lang. She would often publish her screenplays as novels. In 1933, Lang fleed Nazi Germany as he was Jewish; whilst she Made several Nazi propaganda films. She later Married Ayi Tendulkar, a journalist of Indian origin - before dying in 1954.

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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Adventure

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Movies with Thea von Harbou as Crew(63)

Writing/Novel1960 Journey to the Lost City
Writing/Screenplay1960 Journey to the Lost City
Writing/Novel1959 The Tiger of Eschnapur
Writing/Novel1959 The Indian Tomb
Writing/Writer1948 Fahrt ins Glück
Writing/Screenplay1945 Via Mala
Writing/Screenplay1941 Annelie
Writing/Writer1940 Wie konntest Du, Veronika!
Writing/Writer1939 Menschen vom Varieté
Writing/Screenplay1939 The Stars of Variety Show
Writing/Writer1939 Hurra, ich bin Papa
Writing/Writer1938 Jugend
Writing/Novel1938 The Tiger of Eschnapur
Writing/Novel1938 Le Tigre du Bengale
Writing/Novel1938 The Indian Tomb
Writing/Screenplay1938 Covered Tracks
Writing/Screenplay1938 Die Frau am Scheidewege
Writing/Screenplay1937 The Sovereign
Writing/Screenplay1937 The Broken Jug
Writing/Writer1937 Versprich mir nichts!
Writing/Story1937 Mother Song
Writing/Screenplay1937 Mother Song
Writing/Writer1935 Turandot, princesse de Chine
Writing/Writer1935 I Was Jack Mortimer
Writing/Writer1935 An Ideal Husband
Directing/Director1934 Hanneles Himmelfahrt
Writing/Writer1934 Hanneles Himmelfahrt
Writing/Screenplay1934 Prinzessin Turandot
Writing/Writer1934 Was bin ich ohne Dich
Directing/Director1934 Elisabeth und der Narr
Writing/Writer1934 Elisabeth und der Narr
Writing/Screenplay1933 The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
Writing/Screenplay1932 The child's first right
Writing/Screenplay1931 M
Writing/Author1929 Woman in the Moon
Writing/Novel1928 Spies
Writing/Screenplay1928 Spies
Writing/Screenplay1927 Metropolis
Writing/Novel1927 Metropolis
Writing/Adaptation1924 Michael
Writing/Screenplay1924 Michael
Writing/Screenplay1924 Die Nibelungen: Siegfried
Writing/Idea1923 The Stone Rider
Writing/Writer1923 Driven from Home
Writing/Screenplay1923 Die Prinzessin Suwarin
Writing/Screenplay1922 Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler
Writing/Writer1922 Phantom
Writing/Adaptation1922 Phantom
Writing/Writer1922 The Burning Soil
Writing/Screenplay1921 Four Around the Woman
Writing/Writer1921 Destiny
Writing/Screenplay1921 Die Frauen vom Gnadenstein
Writing/Writer1920 The Wandering Image

Full Name: Thea von Harbou
Born: Thursday, 12/27 1888 (December) in Tauperlitz (Germany)
Died: Thursday, 07/01 1954 (July) in West Berlin (aged: 65)
Zodiac sign: Capricorn (Chinese zodiac sign: Rat)
Languages: German (DE, native language)
Employer: Free University Berlin
Spouses (current/former): Fritz Lang, Rudolf Klein-Rogge
Siblings: Horst von Harbou
Other names for Thea von Harbou (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Thea Gabriele von Harbou"
Thea von Harbou frequently works together with these people:
Fritz Lang (32x, Crew)
Rudolf Klein-Rogge (16x, Actor)
Karl Vollbrecht (11x, Crew)
Erich Pommer (11x, Crew)
Georg John (11x, Actor)
Erich Kettelhut (10x, Crew)
Otto Hunte (9x, Crew)
Richard Eichberg (9x, Crew)
Joe May (8x, Crew)
Klaus Pohl (8x, Actor)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:3534, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 04/12/2024