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
Metropolis
(1927)
Screenplay and Novel
Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler
(1922)
Screenplay
M
(1931)
Screenplay
Woman in the Moon
(1929)
Author
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
(1933)
Screenplay
Die Nibelungen: Siegfried
(1924)
Screenplay
The Tiger of Eschnapur
(1959)
Novel
Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge
(1924)
Screenplay
The Indian Tomb
(1959)
Novel
Spies
(1928)
Novel and Screenplay
Full Filmography
Writing
The Wandering Image
(1920)
Writer
Die Legende von der heiligen Simplicia
(1920)
Writer
The Indian Tomb, Part II: The Tiger of Bengal
(1921)
Novel and Writer
The Indian Tomb, Part I: The Mission of the Yogi
(1921)
Novel and Writer
Der Leidensweg der Inge Krafft
(1921)
Story
Die Frauen vom Gnadenstein
(1921)
Screenplay
Four Around the Woman
(1921)
Screenplay
Destiny
(1921)
Writer
Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler
(1922)
Screenplay
Phantom
(1922)
Writer and Adaptation
The Burning Soil
(1922)
Writer
Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler: Part 1 – The Great Gambler
(1922)
Screenplay
Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler: Part 2 – Inferno
(1922)
Screenplay
Driven from Home
(1923)
Writer
The Stone Rider
(1923)
Idea
Die Prinzessin Suwarin
(1923)
Screenplay
The Finances of the Grand Duke
(1924)
Writer
Michael
(1924)
Adaptation and Screenplay
Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge
(1924)
Screenplay
Die Nibelungen: Siegfried
(1924)
Screenplay
The Chronicles of the Gray House
(1925)
Writer
Metropolis
(1927)
Screenplay and Novel
Spies
(1928)
Novel and Screenplay
Woman in the Moon
(1929)
Author
M
(1931)
Screenplay
The child's first right
(1932)
Screenplay
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
(1933)
Screenplay
Was bin ich ohne Dich
(1934)
Writer
Elisabeth und der Narr
(1934)
Writer
Prinzessin Turandot
(1934)
Screenplay
Hanneles Himmelfahrt
(1934)
Writer
Turandot, princesse de Chine
(1935)
Writer
The Making of a King
(1935)
Writer
An Ideal Husband
(1935)
Writer
I Was Jack Mortimer
(1935)
Writer
The Broken Jug
(1937)
Screenplay
Versprich mir nichts!
(1937)
Writer
The Sovereign
(1937)
Screenplay
Mother Song
(1937)
Story and Screenplay
Covered Tracks
(1938)
Screenplay
Jugend
(1938)
Writer
The Tiger of Eschnapur
(1938)
Novel
The Indian Tomb
(1938)
Novel
Die Frau am Scheidewege
(1938)
Screenplay
Le Tigre du Bengale
(1938)
Novel
The Stars of Variety Show
(1939)
Screenplay
Menschen vom Varieté
(1939)
Writer
Hurra, ich bin Papa
(1939)
Writer
Wie konntest Du, Veronika!
(1940)
Writer
Annelie
(1941)
Screenplay
Via Mala
(1945)
Screenplay
Fahrt ins Glück
(1948)
Writer
M
(1951)
Original Story
The Tiger of Eschnapur
(1959)
Novel
The Indian Tomb
(1959)
Novel
Journey to the Lost City
(1960)
Novel and Screenplay
Giorgio Moroder's Metropolis
(1984)
Novel
Directing