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Thea von Harbou is a Director and Scriptwriter Allemande born on 19 december 1888 at Döhlau (German)

Thea von Harbou

Thea von Harbou
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Birth name Thea Gabriele von Harbou
Nationality German
Birth 19 december 1888 at Döhlau (German)
Death 1 july 1954 (at 65 years) at Berlin (German)

Thea Gabriele von Harbou (27 December 1888 – 1 July 1954) was a German screenwriter, novelist, film director, and actress. She is especially known as the screenwriter of the science fiction film classic Metropolis and the story 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.

Usually with

Fritz Lang
Fritz Lang
(14 films)
Rudolf Klein-Rogge
Rudolf Klein-Rogge
(13 films)
Theodor Loos
Theodor Loos
(9 films)
Erich Pommer
Erich Pommer
(11 films)
Georg John
Georg John
(11 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Thea von Harbou (41 films)

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The Indian Tomb
The Indian Tomb (1959)
, 1h41
Directed by Fritz Lang
Origin German
Genres Drama, Adventure, Romance
Actors Debra Paget, Paul Hubschmid, Walther Reyer, Guido Celano, Claus Holm, Luciana Paluzzi
Roles Novel
Rating65% 3.290983.290983.290983.290983.29098
Recueillis par une caravane, Henri et Seetha sont soignés par des villageois. Mais ils sont trahis par certains villageois attirés par une forte récompense. Ils se réfugient dans une grotte des collines. Une statue de Shiva se trouve dans la grotte et Seetha lui rend hommage, alors qu'Henri n'en tient pas compte. De ce fait, ils sont retrouvés par les hommes de Chandra, le maharadjah d'Eschnapur. Seetha est faite prisonnière, tandis qu’Henri fait une chute en apparence mortelle.
The Tiger of Eschnapur
The Tiger of Eschnapur (1959)
, 1h37
Directed by Fritz Lang
Origin German
Genres Drama, Thriller, Adventure, Romance
Themes Films about animals, Mise en scène d'un tigre, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Debra Paget, Paul Hubschmid, Walther Reyer, Luciana Paluzzi, Claus Holm, Sabine Bethmann
Roles Novel
Rating65% 3.293263.293263.293263.293263.29326
The tale begins when architect Harold Berger (Paul Hubschmid) arrives in India to meet with Maharaja Chandra (Walter Reyer), for whom he will build schools and hospitals. En route to the Maharaja's palace, Berger meets a dancer named Seetha (Debra Paget) and saves her from a tiger. Seetha, whose father was European, is promised to the Maharaja, but she and the architect begin to fall in love. Predictably, this leads to a buildup of tension between Chandra and Berger, helped along by scheming palace courtiers. The film is also filled with action, and a highlight of it is Seetha's first ritual dance. At the end of Tiger, Seetha and Berger are imprisoned but escape into the desert just as Berger's sister and her husband, also an architect who works with Berger, arrive in Eschnapur. Chandra informs them the plans have changed; he now wants a tomb to be built.
Dr. Holl
Dr. Holl (1951)
, 1h42
Directed by Rolf Hansen
Origin German
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films
Actors Dieter Borsche, Maria Schell, Heidemarie Hatheyer, Otto Gebühr, Franz Schafheitlin, Lina Carstens
Rating68% 3.4400353.4400353.4400353.4400353.440035
The industrialist Alberti is an very wealthy man, but is concerned about Angelika, his fragile, anemic daughter. She is terminally ill and frequently bedridden. Alberti would give all his wealth if he could do anything for Angelika. Alberti had consulted any doctors about his daughter's case, but every effort was in vain. The doctors have long given up. But to "give up" does not appear in the vocabulary of Angelika's father. Only in the medical student Helga, who earns her living as a nurse, does he find an ally.
M
M (1951)
, 1h28
Directed by Joseph Losey
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Themes Serial killer films
Actors David Wayne, Howard Da Silva, Martin Gabel, Luther Adler, Steve Brodie, Raymond Burr
Roles Original Story
Rating67% 3.392143.392143.392143.392143.39214
In this Americanized remake of the 1931 German film of the same name, both the police and the criminal underworld stalk a mysterious killer who preys on small children.
Via Mala
Via Mala (1945)
, 1h48
Directed by Josef von Báky
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Films about families, Films about domestic violence
Actors Viktor Staal, Hilde Körber, Albert Florath, Karl Hellmer, Carl Kuhlmann, Renate Mannhardt
Rating65% 3.271133.271133.271133.271133.27113
In a rural village, the tyrannical Jonas Lauretz intimidates his family, mistress and neighbours. After he disappears one night, it is widely believed that his eldest daughter, Silvelie, has murdered him. A new investigating judge arrives in the village, he falls in love with Silvelie. He becomes torn between his love for her and his duty to investigate the potential crime. Eventually it emerges that it was not Silvelie who murdered Jonas Lauretz but the village innkeeper Bündner. He is forgiven by everyone because they all shared his desire to murder him.
Burning Hearts
Burning Hearts (1945)
, 1h50
Directed by Veit Harlan
Genres Drama, War, Historical, Romance
Themes Politique, Political films, Histoire de France, Napoleonic Wars films, French Revolution films
Actors Kristina Söderbaum, Heinrich George, Paul Wegener, Gustav Diessl, Horst Caspar, Claus Clausen
Rating59% 2.953812.953812.953812.953812.95381
The film begins in 1813 after the phase of the Napoleonic Wars known in German as the Befreiungskriege (War of Liberation). The opening scenes show Prussian Landwehr and volunteers marching down the streets of Breslau through enthusiastic crowds. This is followed by a dialogue between King Frederick William III of Prussia and Count August von Gneisenau, in which Gneisenau explains that the siege of Kolberg taught the importance of citizen armies. Ending with the admonition that kings who cannot lead must abdicate, the scene switches to Vienna in 1806 to show the abdication of the last Holy Roman Emperor, Francis II of Austria, whom the script has Gneisenau call "an Emperor who abandoned the German people in their hour of need".
The Indian Tomb
The Indian Tomb (1938)
, 1h34
Directed by Richard Eichberg
Origin German
Genres Drama, Adventure
Actors Philip Dorn, La Jana, Alexander Golling, Gustav Diessl, Hans Stüwe, Theo Lingen
Roles Novel
Rating61% 3.0924453.0924453.0924453.0924453.092445
Differences from novel
The Woman at the Crossroads
The Woman at the Crossroads (1938)
, 1h35
Directed by Josef von Báky
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Ewald Balser, Magda Schneider, Hans Söhnker, Paul Westermeier, Georg Alexander, Willi Schur
Rating65% 3.2896853.2896853.2896853.2896853.289685
After a failed marriage to an artist, a young female director returns to her rightful place in the hospital.
Covered Tracks
Covered Tracks (1938)
, 1h21
Directed by Veit Harlan
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Kristina Söderbaum, Philip Dorn, Heinrich Schroth, Friedrich Kayßler, Paul Dahlke, Leo Peukert
Rating68% 3.438453.438453.438453.438453.43845
Séraphine arrive avec sa mère à Paris pour visiter l'Exposition universelle. Elles doivent loger dans deux hôtels différents. Le lendemain, lorsqu'elle vient retrouver sa mère, celle-ci a disparu, et c'est comme si elle n'avait même pas été à l'hôtel du tout...
The Sovereign
The Sovereign (1937)
, 1h43
Directed by Veit Harlan
Genres Drama
Actors Emil Jannings, Hilde Körber, Käthe Haack, Marianne Hoppe, Herbert Hübner, Rudolf Klein-Rogge
Rating56% 2.8293152.8293152.8293152.8293152.829315
Matthias Clausen (Emil Jannings) is the head of Clausen Works, an old and prosperous munitions firm. He falls in love with a secretary in the office (Marianne Hoppe), and his children conspire against him in order to protect their inheritance. Clausen disowns them and bestows the firm on the state, confident that one of his workers capable of carrying on his work will arise.