Writer
Thea von Harbou
137 years · Tauperlitz, Germany · 42 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.
Best known for
Filmography 42
Journey to the Lost City
1960 · Screenplay
Your Heart Is My Homeland
1953 · Writer
Journey to Happiness
1948 · Writer
Via Mala
1945 · Screenplay
The Genius and the Nightingale
1943 · Screenplay
Annelie
1941 · Screenplay
Wie konntest Du, Veronika!
1940 · Writer
Hurra, ich bin Papa
1939 · Writer
Menschen vom Varieté
1939 · Writer
The Stars of Variety Show
1939 · Screenplay
Covered Tracks
1938 · Screenplay
Youth
1938 · Writer
The Broken Jug
1937 · Screenplay
Versprich mir nichts!
1937 · Writer
The Sovereign
1937 · Screenplay
Die unmögliche Frau
1936 · Writer
I Was Jack Mortimer
1935 · Writer
Turandot, princesse de Chine
1935 · Writer
The Old and The Young King
1935 · Writer
Prinzessin Turandot
1934 · Screenplay
The Assumption of Hannele
1934 · Writer, Director
Elisabeth and the Jester
1934 · Director, Writer
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
1933 · Screenplay
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1931 · Screenplay
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