Thea von Harbou
Writer, Director
December 19, 1888 — July 1, 1954 (65 years)
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
| 1982 | M. le maudit · as Original Film Writer |
| 1960 | Journey to the Lost City · as Novel |
| 1959 | The Indian Tomb · as Novel |
| 1959 | The Tiger of Eschnapur · as NovelOn Plex |
| 1945 | Via Mala · as Screenplay |
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| 1941 | Annelie · as Screenplay |
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| 1938 | Covered Tracks · as Screenplay |
| 1938 | Die Frau am Scheidewege · as Screenplay |
| 1938 | |
| 1938 | Das indische Grabmal · as Novel |
| 1938 | The Tiger of Eschnapur · as Novel |
| 1937 | |
| 1937 | Der Herrscher · as Screenplay |
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| 1935 | The Broken Jug · as Screenplay |
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| 1934 | Prinzessin Turandot · as Screenplay |
| 1934 | |
| 1933 | The Testament of Dr. Mabuse · as Screenplay |
| 1931 | M · as ScreenplayOn Plex |
| 1929 | Woman in the Moon · as Screenplay |
| 1928 | Spies · as Novel |
| 1927 | Metropolis · as ScreenplayOn Plex |
| 1925 | |
| 1924 | Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge · as Screenplay |
| 1924 | |
| 1924 | Die Nibelungen: Siegfried · as Screenplay |
| 1922 | Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler · as Screenplay |
| 1922 | |
| 1921 | Mysteries of India, Part II: Above All Law · as Novel |
| 1921 | |
| 1921 | |
| 1921 | Four Around the Woman · as Screenplay |
| 1920 |
| 2001 | Metropolis · as Novel "metropolis" |
| 1962 | The Terror of Doctor Mabuse · as Idea |
| 1951 | M · as Original Story |
| 1938 | Le tombeau hindou · as Novel "das Indische Grabmal" |
| 1937 | Mother Song · as Story |
| 1936 | Eskapade · as Adaptation |
| 1924 | Michael · as Adaptation |
| 1923 | Der steinerne Reiter · as Idea |
| 1922 | Phantom · as Adaptation |