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Thea Gabriele von Harbou (27 December 1888 – 1 July 1954) 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 ...
Published in English. 1927. Pages. 273. 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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Filmography. Screenwriter. Director. Books. References. List of works by Thea von Harbou. Thea Gabriele von Harbou (27 December 1888 – 1 July 1954) was a German screenwriter, novelist and film director. [1] Filmography. Harbou made the following films. [1] Screenwriter. The Legend of Holy Simplicity (dir. Joe May, 1920)
German screenwriter, novelist, director and actress who is best known for her novel and screenplay Metropolis . Born on December 27, 1888, in Tauperlitz bei Hof, Bavaria; died in West Berlin on July 1, 1954; daughter of Theodor von Harbou and Clotilde (d'Alinge) von Harbou; married Rudolf Klein-Rogge, in 1914; married Fritz Lang (a director ...
The outbreak of the First World War coincided with debates about the role of women in German society. Most female activists saw the war as an opportunity to broaden women’s sphere of activity and infl uence. The author Thea von Harbou’s fi ctional and essayistic works weighed in on the question. Although scholars char-acterize Harbou as a ...
Destiny. Die Nibelungen: Siegfried. The Tiger of Eschnapur. The Indian Tomb. Writing. Directing. 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.
Overview. Thea Von Harbou. (1888—1954) Quick Reference. (1888–1954) German scriptwriter and novelist, born in Tauperlitz; wife of (until 1932) and co‐scriptwriter with the director Fritz Lang. Her novel of the script for Metropolis (1927) illuminates the film. ... From: Von Harbou, Thea in The Oxford Companion to English Literature »
