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Thea von Harbou

Known for: Writing

Biography: 1888-12-27

Deathday: 1954-07-01 (65 years old)

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.

Filmography

all 77

Movies 77

Writer 69

Screenplay 4

Thea von Harbou

Biography

Filmography

all 77

Movies 77

Writer 69

Screenplay 4

Director 2

Metropolis (2001)

Giorgio Moroder's Metropolis (1984)

M the Damned (1982)

The Terror of Doctor Mabuse (1962)

Journey to the Lost City (1960)

The Indian Tomb (1959)

The Tiger of Eschnapur (1959)

Dein Herz ist meine Heimat (1953)

Dr. Holl (1951)

M (1951)

Erzieherin gesucht (1950)

Es kommt ein Tag (1950)

Fahrt ins Glück (1948)

Via Mala (1945)

Kolberg (1945)

Eine Frau für drei Tage (1944)

Die Gattin (1943)

Gefährtin meines Sommers (1943)

The Genius and the Nightingale (1943)

Mit den Augen einer Frau (1942)

Annelie (1941)

Clarissa (1941)

Am Abend auf der Heide (1941)

Wie konntest Du, Veronika! (1940)

Lauter Liebe (1940)

Hurra, ich bin Papa (1939)

Menschen vom Varieté (1939)

The Stars of Variety Show (1939)

Die Frau am Scheidewege (1938)

Covered Tracks (1938)

Jugend (1938)

Le Tigre du Bengale (1938)

The Indian Tomb (1938)

The Tiger of Eschnapur (1938)

Mother Song (1937)

The Broken Jug (1937)

Versprich mir nichts! (1937)

The Sovereign (1937)

Eine Frau ohne Bedeutung (1936)

Die unmögliche Frau (1936)

Der Mann mit der Pranke (1935)

I Was Jack Mortimer (1935)

An Ideal Husband (1935)

Turandot, princesse de Chine (1935)

The Making of a King (1935)

Prinzessin Turandot (1934)

Was bin ich ohne Dich (1934)

Hanneles Himmelfahrt (1934)

Elisabeth und der Narr (1934)

The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933)

Der Läufer von Marathon (1933)

The child's first right (1932)

M (1931)

Woman in the Moon (1929)

Spies (1928)

Metropolis (1927)

The Chronicles of the Gray House (1925)

Michael (1924)

Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge (1924)

Die Nibelungen: Siegfried (1924)

The Finances of the Grand Duke (1924)

Driven from Home (1923)

Die Prinzessin Suwarin (1923)

The Stone Rider (1923)

Phantom (1922)

Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler: Part 2 – Inferno (1922)

Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler (1922)

Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler: Part 1 – The Great Gambler (1922)

The Burning Soil (1922)

The Indian Tomb, Part II: The Tiger of Bengal (1921)

The Indian Tomb, Part I: The Mission of the Yogi (1921)

Destiny (1921)

Known For
Writing

Gender
Female

Birthday
1888-12-27

Deathday
1954-07-01 (65 years old)

Birth Place
Tauperlitz, Germany

Relationships
Fritz Lang (1922-08-26 - 1933-04-01), Rudolf Klein-Rogge (1914-01-01 - 1920-01-01)

Siblings
Horst von Harbou

Citizenships
Weimar Republic, Nazi Germany, West Germany, German Empire

Also Known As
Thea Gabriele von Harbou