Thea von Harbou

Dec 19, 1888 - Tauperlitz, Germany

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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Movie	1931	M	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1922	Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1938	The Tiger of Eschnapur	Novel	Writing
Movie	1938	The Indian Tomb	Novel	Writing
Movie	1959	The Indian Tomb	Novel	Writing
Movie	1933	The Testament of Dr. Mabuse	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1922	Phantom	Adaptation	Writing
Movie	1922	Phantom	Writer	Writing
Movie	1924	The Finances of the Grand Duke	Writer	Writing
Movie	1922	The Burning Soil	Writer	Writing
Movie	1924	Michael	Adaptation	Writing
Movie	1924	Michael	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1960	Journey to the Lost City	Novel	Writing
Movie	1960	Journey to the Lost City	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1938	Le Tigre du Bengale	Novel	Writing
Movie	1937	The Broken Jug	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1984	Giorgio Moroder's Metropolis	Novel	Writing
Movie	1937	The Sovereign	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1938	Die Frau am Scheidewege	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1925	The Chronicles of the Gray House	Writer	Writing
Movie	1934	The Assumption of Hannele	Writer	Writing
Movie	1939	The Stars of Variety Show	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1923	The Expulsion	Writer	Writing
Movie	1937	Mother Song	Story	Writing
Movie	1937	Mother Song	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1934	Elisabeth und der Narr	Director	Directing
Movie	1934	The Assumption of Hannele	Director	Directing
Movie	1928	Spies	Novel	Writing
Movie	1928	Spies	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1935	Turandot, princesse de Chine	Writer	Writing
Movie	1934	Was bin ich ohne Dich	Writer	Writing
Movie	1927	Metropolis	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1927	Metropolis	Novel	Writing
Movie	1921	Destiny	Writer	Writing
Movie	1935	The Old and The Young King	Writer	Writing
Movie	1945	Via Mala	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1941	Annelie	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1939	Menschen vom Varieté	Writer	Writing
Movie	1937	Versprich mir nichts!	Writer	Writing
Movie	1959	The Tiger of Eschnapur	Novel	Writing
Movie	1948	Fahrt ins Glück	Writer	Writing
Movie	1951	M	Original Story	Writing
Movie	1936	Die unmögliche Frau	Writer	Writing
Movie	1921	The Indian Tomb, Part I: The Mission of the Yoghi	Writer	Writing
Movie	1921	The Indian Tomb, Part I: The Mission of the Yoghi	Novel	Writing
Movie	1921	The Indian Tomb, Part II: The Tiger of Eschnapur	Novel	Writing
Movie	1921	The Indian Tomb, Part II: The Tiger of Eschnapur	Writer	Writing
Movie	1935	An Ideal Husband	Writer	Writing
Movie	1939	Hurra, ich bin Papa	Writer	Writing
Movie	1938	Covered Tracks	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1924	Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1934	Elisabeth und der Narr	Writer	Writing
Movie	1923	The Stone Rider	Idea	Writing
Movie	1921	Der Leidensweg der Inge Krafft	Story	Writing
Movie	1921	Die Frauen vom Gnadenstein	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1938	Jugend	Writer	Writing
Movie	1932	The child's first right	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1924	Die Nibelungen: Siegfried	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1935	I Was Jack Mortimer	Writer	Writing
Movie	1923	Die Prinzessin Suwarin	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1921	Four Around the Woman	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1920	The Wandering Image	Writer	Writing
Movie	1920	Die Legende von der heiligen Simplicia	Writer	Writing
Movie	1934	Prinzessin Turandot	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1940	Wie konntest Du, Veronika!	Writer	Writing
Movie	1982	M the Damned	Original Film Writer	Writing
Movie	1945	Das Leben geht weiter	Novel	Writing
Movie	1943	The Genius and the Nightingale	Story	Writing
Movie	1943	The Genius and the Nightingale	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1929	Woman in the Moon	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1929	Woman in the Moon	Novel	Writing
Movie	1953	Dein Herz ist meine Heimat	Writer	Writing
Movie	1984	Giorgio Moroder's Metropolis	Screenplay	Writing
TV Show	N/A	Metropolis	Original Story	Writing

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