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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.
Metropolis is a 1925 science fiction novel by the German writer Thea von Harbou. The novel was based on the screenplay for Fritz Lang's 1927 film Metropolis, on which von Harbou and Lang collaborated in 1924.
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Metropolis is a 1927 German expressionist science-fiction silent film directed by Fritz Lang and written by Thea von Harbou in collaboration with Lang from von Harbou's 1925 novel of the same name (which was intentionally written as a treatment). It stars Gustav Fröhlich, Alfred Abel, Rudolf Klein-Rogge, and Brigitte Helm.
1,720ratings243reviews. Kindle $2.95. This is Metropolis, the novel that the film's screenwriter—Thea von Harbou, who was director Fritz Lang's wife, and a collaborator in the creation of the film—this is the novel that Harbou wrote from her own notes.
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May 20, 2015 · Metropolis. Thea von Harbou. Courier Dover Publications, May 20, 2015 - Fiction - 224 pages. This city of the future encompasses two worlds: that of the hedonistic ruling class and that of a segregated subculture, toilers in a mechanized underworld who labor to provide the rich with their pleasures. When a charismatic leader arises, she seeks a ...
Plot Summary. German writer Thea Von Harbou published Metropolis in 1925. It is a love story that crosses class lines, as well as a novelistic exploration of social formation. Fitz Lang, Von Harbou's husband, based his 1927 classic film, Metropolis, on this book. The story begins in the year 2026.
Thea von Harbou was born on 27 December 1888 in Tauperlitz, Döhlau, Bavaria, Germany. She was a writer and director, known for Metropolis (1927), M (1931) and Woman in the Moon (1929). She was married to Fritz Lang and Rudolf Klein-Rogge. She died on 1 July 1954 in Berlin, Germany.
