Thea von Harbou

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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.

Filmography

• M the Damned (1982)
• Journey to the Lost City (1960)
• The Indian Tomb (1959)
• The Tiger of Eschnapur (1959)
• Dein Herz ist meine Heimat (1953)
• M (1951)
• Journey to Happiness (1948)
• Via Mala (1945)
• Das Leben geht weiter (1945)
• The Genius and the Nightingale (1943)
• Annelie (1941)
• Wie konntest Du, Veronika! (1940)
• Hurra, ich bin Papa (1939)
• Menschen vom Varieté (1939)
• The Stars of Variety Show (1939)
• Die Frau am Scheidewege (1938)
• Covered Tracks (1938)
• Youth (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)
• Die unmögliche Frau (1936)
• I Was Jack Mortimer (1935)
• An Ideal Husband (1935)
• Turandot, princesse de Chine (1935)
• The Old and The Young King (1935)
• Prinzessin Turandot (1934)
• What Am I Without You (1934)
• The Assumption of Hannele (1934)
• Elisabeth and the Jester (1934)
• The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (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)
• The Expulsion (1923)
• Die Prinzessin Suwarin (1923)
• The Stone Rider (1923)
• Phantom (1922)
• Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler (1922)
• The Burning Soil (1922)
• The Indian Tomb, Part II: The Tiger of Eschnapur (1921)
• The Indian Tomb, Part I: The Mission of the Yoghi (1921)
• Destiny (1921)
• Der Leidensweg der Inge Krafft (1921)
• Four Around the Woman (1921)
• Die Frauen vom Gnadenstein (1921)
• The Wandering Image (1920)
• Die Legende von der heiligen Simplicia (1920)