Thea von Harbou photo

Thea von Harbou

Writing

  • Born
  • December 19, 1888
  • Died
  • July 1, 1954
  • Place of birth
  • 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.

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Metropolis poster
Metropolis
1927
M poster
M
1931
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse poster
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
1933
Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge poster
Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge
1924
Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler poster
Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler
1922
Die Nibelungen: Siegfried poster
Die Nibelungen: Siegfried
1924
The Tiger of Eschnapur poster
The Tiger of Eschnapur
1959
Destiny poster
Destiny
1921
M poster
M
1951
Woman in the Moon poster
Woman in the Moon
1929
The Indian Tomb poster
The Indian Tomb
1959
Covered Tracks poster
Covered Tracks
1938
The Indian Tomb, Part I: The Mission of the Yoghi poster
The Indian Tomb, Part I: The Mission of the Yoghi
1921
Journey to the Lost City poster
Journey to the Lost City
1960
Phantom poster
Phantom
1922
Spies poster
Spies
1928
Michael poster
Michael
1924
Four Around the Woman poster
Four Around the Woman
1921
The Indian Tomb, Part II: The Tiger of Eschnapur poster
The Indian Tomb, Part II: The Tiger of Eschnapur
1921
The Finances of the Grand Duke poster
The Finances of the Grand Duke
1924
The Genius and the Nightingale poster
The Genius and the Nightingale
1943
Das Leben geht weiter
1945
The Tiger of Eschnapur poster
The Tiger of Eschnapur
1938
What Am I Without You
1934
I Was Jack Mortimer poster
I Was Jack Mortimer
1935
The Old and The Young King poster
The Old and The Young King
1935
Die Frauen vom Gnadenstein
1921
Journey to Happiness poster
Journey to Happiness
1948
Turandot, princesse de Chine poster
Turandot, princesse de Chine
1935
Mother Song
1937
Dein Herz ist meine Heimat
1953
Der Leidensweg der Inge Krafft
1921
Elisabeth and the Jester poster
Elisabeth and the Jester
1934
Die Frau am Scheidewege
1938
Hurra, ich bin Papa poster
Hurra, ich bin Papa
1939
The Assumption of Hannele poster
The Assumption of Hannele
1934
Die Legende von der heiligen Simplicia poster
Die Legende von der heiligen Simplicia
1920
Le Tigre du Bengale poster
Le Tigre du Bengale
1938
Wie konntest Du, Veronika! poster
Wie konntest Du, Veronika!
1940
The Stars of Variety Show poster
The Stars of Variety Show
1939
The child's first right
1932
Annelie poster
Annelie
1941
M the Damned poster
M the Damned
1982
The Wandering Image poster
The Wandering Image
1920
Die unmögliche Frau poster
Die unmögliche Frau
1936
The Chronicles of the Gray House poster
The Chronicles of the Gray House
1925
Die Prinzessin Suwarin poster
Die Prinzessin Suwarin
1923
Menschen vom Varieté poster
Menschen vom Varieté
1939
The Indian Tomb poster
The Indian Tomb
1938
The Sovereign poster
The Sovereign
1937
The Burning Soil poster
The Burning Soil
1922
Versprich mir nichts! poster
Versprich mir nichts!
1937
Via Mala poster
Via Mala
1945
The Expulsion
1923
An Ideal Husband
1935
Youth poster
Youth
1938
The Broken Jug poster
The Broken Jug
1937
The Stone Rider poster
The Stone Rider
1923
Prinzessin Turandot poster
Prinzessin Turandot
1934