Director

Thea von Harbou

Writing

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Directed movies: 1Directed series: 0All crew credits: 49

TMDB ID: 157

IMDb ID: nm0902376

Known for: Writing

Born: December 19, 1888

Died: July 1, 1954

Age: 65

Place of birth: Tauperlitz, Germany

Gender: Female

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1920 - 1982

Years active: 63

Average TMDB rating: 7.08

Wikidata: Q58866

Also known as

Thea Gabriele von Harbou

Frequent jobs

Director (1)Writer (19)Screenplay (15)Novel (8)Adaptation (2)Idea (1)Original Film Writer (1)Original Story (1)Story (1)

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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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