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Thea von Harbou

Thea von Harbou

Known For Writing
Birthday Dec 19, 1888
Died Jul 01, 1954 (65)
Birthplace Tauperlitz, Germany
Popularity 0.8 (history)
Updated Aug 18, 2025
Entry Date Aug 18, 2025
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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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The Indian Tomb

The Indian Tomb

1959

Novel

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M

1951

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M

1931

Screenplay

Spies

Spies

1928

Novel, Screenplay

Metropolis

Metropolis

1927

Novel, Screenplay

Die Nibelungen: Siegfried

Die Nibelungen: Siegfried

1924

Screenplay

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