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Thea von Harbou was born in Tauperlitz (now part of Döhlau ), Bavaria, in 1888, [1] into a family of minor nobility and government officials, which gave her a level of sophisticated comfort. As a child, she was educated in a convent by private tutors who taught her several languages as well as piano and violin.
Mini Bio. Thea von Harbou was born on December 27, 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 July 1, 1954 in Berlin, Germany.
- December 27, 1888
- July 1, 1954
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Thea von Harbou, one of three German screenwriters who Pudovkin singles out, stands alongside Carl Mayer as one of the most influential film figures in Weimar German cinema, which spanned the years 1919 to 1933. Including an excerpt from Harbou’s script for Spione (1928), an espionage adventure film, Pudovkin goes on to praise the novelist ...
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.
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- Tauperlitz, Döhlau, Bavaria, Germany
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- Berlin, Germany
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 ...
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.
Von Harbou was born in 1888 in Tauperlitz, to an aristocratic family. An avid reader of classics, drama, and philosophy, she wrote and sold her first piece of short fiction before she'd reached her teens. At 13, von Harbou published a volume of deeply philosophical poems and at 18, decided to become an actress.
