Thea von Harbou
Writing
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
Writing59
movieM the Damned
1982
Original Film Writer
movieJourney to the Lost City
1960
Novel, Screenplay
movieM
1951
Original Story
movieVia Mala
1945
Screenplay
movieThe Genius and the Nightingale
1943
Story, Screenplay
movieAnnelie
1941
Screenplay
movieThe Stars of Variety Show
1939
Screenplay
movieCovered Tracks
1938
Screenplay
movieYouth
1938
Writer
Mother Song
1937
Story, Screenplay
movieThe Broken Jug
1937
Screenplay
movieThe Sovereign
1937
Screenplay
moviePrinzessin Turandot
1934
Screenplay
movieThe Testament of Dr. Mabuse
1933
Screenplay
movieM
1931
Screenplay
movieWoman in the Moon
1929
Screenplay, Novel
movieSpies
1928
Novel, Screenplay
movieMetropolis
1927
Screenplay, Novel
movieMichael
1924
Adaptation, Screenplay
movieDie Nibelungen: Siegfried
1924
Screenplay
movieDie Prinzessin Suwarin
1923
Screenplay
moviePhantom
1922
Adaptation, Writer
movieDr. Mabuse, the Gambler
1922
Screenplay
movieDestiny
1921
Writer
movieFour Around the Woman
1921
Screenplay
