Historical FigureFemale
Thea von Harbou
1888 – 1954
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryThea Gabriele von Harbou was a German screenwriter, novelist, film director, and actress. She is remembered as the screenwriter of the science fiction film classic Metropolis (1927) and for the 1925 novel on which it was based. Von Harbou collaborated as a screenwriter with film director Fritz Lang, her husband, during the period of transition from silent to sound films.
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
December 27, 1888
Tauperlitz
Date of death
July 1, 1954
West Berlin
Citizenship
Kingdom of Bavaria · Weimar Republic · Nazi Germany · West Germany
Occupations & fields
film directorscreenwriterwriterscience fiction writerfilm actorstage actor
- Field and occupation
- německá spisovatelka (1888-1954)
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