Thea von Harbou
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- December 19, 1888
- Died
- July 1, 1954 (aged 65)
- Birthplace
- Tauperlitz, Germany
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
M the Damned
Movie · Original Film Writer
Journey to the Lost City
Movie · Novel, Screenplay
The Indian Tomb
Movie · Novel
The Tiger of Eschnapur
Movie · Novel
Your Heart Is My Homeland
Movie · Writer
M
Movie · Original Story
Journey to Happiness
Movie · Writer
Via Mala
Movie · Screenplay
Das Leben geht weiter
Movie · Novel
The Genius and the Nightingale
Movie · Story, Screenplay
Annelie
Movie · Screenplay
Wie konntest Du, Veronika!
Movie · Writer
The Stars of Variety Show
Movie · Screenplay
Menschen vom Varieté
Movie · Writer
Hurra, ich bin Papa
Movie · Writer
The Tiger of Eschnapur
Movie · Novel
The Indian Tomb
Movie · Novel
Le Tigre du Bengale
Movie · Novel
Die Frau am Scheidewege
Movie · Screenplay
Covered Tracks
Movie · Screenplay
Youth
Movie · Writer
The Broken Jug
Movie · Screenplay
The Sovereign
Movie · Screenplay
Mother Song
Movie · Story, Screenplay
Versprich mir nichts!
Movie · Writer
Die unmögliche Frau
Movie · Writer
Turandot, princesse de Chine
Movie · Writer
The Old and The Young King
Movie · Writer
An Ideal Husband
Movie · Writer
I Was Jack Mortimer
Movie · Writer
The Assumption of Hannele
Movie · Writer
What Am I Without You
Movie · Writer
Elisabeth and the Jester
Movie · Writer
Prinzessin Turandot
Movie · Screenplay
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
Movie · Screenplay
The child's first right
Movie · Screenplay
M
Movie · Screenplay
Woman in the Moon
Movie · Screenplay, Novel
Spies
Movie · Novel, Screenplay
Metropolis
Movie · Novel, Screenplay
The Chronicles of the Gray House
Movie · Writer
The Finances of the Grand Duke
Movie · Writer
Michael
Movie · Adaptation, Screenplay
Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge
Movie · Screenplay
Die Nibelungen: Siegfried
Movie · Screenplay
The Expulsion
Movie · Writer
The Stone Rider
Movie · Idea
Die Prinzessin Suwarin
Movie · Screenplay
Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler
Movie · Screenplay
Phantom
Movie · Adaptation, Writer
The Burning Soil
Movie · Writer
Destiny
Movie · Writer
The Indian Tomb, Part I: The Mission of the Yoghi
Movie · Writer, Novel
The Indian Tomb, Part II: The Tiger of Eschnapur
Movie · Writer, Novel
Der Leidensweg der Inge Krafft
Movie · Story
Die Frauen vom Gnadenstein
Movie · Screenplay
Four Around the Woman
Movie · Screenplay
The Wandering Image
Movie · Writer
Die Legende von der heiligen Simplicia
Movie · Writer