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.
Wrote 50
1980s
- 1982
M the Damned
Original Film Writer
1960s
- 1960
Journey to the Lost City
Novel, Screenplay
1950s
- 1959
The Indian Tomb
Novel
The Tiger of Eschnapur
Novel
- 1953
Your Heart Is My Homeland
Writer
- 1951
1940s
- 1948
Journey to Happiness
Writer
- 1945
Via Mala
Screenplay
- 1943
The Genius and the Nightingale
Story, Screenplay
- 1941
Annelie
Screenplay
- 1940
Wie konntest Du, Veronika!
Writer
1930s
- 1939
Hurra, ich bin Papa
Writer
Menschen vom Varieté
Writer
The Stars of Variety Show
Screenplay
- 1938
Youth
Writer
Le Tigre du Bengale
Novel
The Indian Tomb
Novel
The Tiger of Eschnapur
Novel
- 1937
The Broken Jug
Screenplay
Versprich mir nichts!
Writer
The Sovereign
Screenplay
- 1936
Die unmögliche Frau
Writer
- 1935
I Was Jack Mortimer
Writer
Turandot, princesse de Chine
Writer
The Old and The Young King
Writer
- 1934
Prinzessin Turandot
Screenplay
Elisabeth and the Jester
Writer
- 1933
- 1931
1920s
- 1929
Woman in the Moon
Screenplay, Novel
- 1928
- 1927
- 1925
The Chronicles of the Gray House
Writer
- 1924
Michael
Adaptation, Screenplay
Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge
Screenplay
The Finances of the Grand Duke
Writer
- 1923
Die Prinzessin Suwarin
Screenplay
The Stone Rider
Idea
- 1922
Phantom
Adaptation, Writer
Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler
Screenplay
The Burning Soil
Writer
- 1921
The Indian Tomb, Part II: The Tiger of Eschnapur
Novel, Writer
The Indian Tomb, Part I: The Mission of the Yoghi
Writer, Novel
Destiny
Writer
Four Around the Woman
Screenplay
- 1920
The Wandering Image
Writer
Die Legende von der heiligen Simplicia
Writer
Directed 2
1930s
- 1934
Elisabeth and the Jester
Director