Thea von Harbou

Writer · Born 19 December 1888 in Tauperlitz, Germany · Died 1 July 1954 · 3 credits in the Movie Owl catalogue

3 of Thea von Harbou’s films and series stream in Sweden right now — 3 on Cineasterna and 1 on Prime Video. Highest rated available: M (1931) ★ 8.3.

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. She would often publish her screenplays as novels. In 1933, Lang fleed Nazi Germany as he was Jewish; whilst she made several Nazi propaganda films. She later married Ayi Tendulkar, a journalist of Indian origin - before dying in 1954.

Writing

• Metropolis (1927)
• M (1931)
• The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933)

Not streaming in Sweden right now

• Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler (1922)
• Destiny (1921)
• Die Nibelungen: Siegfried (1924)
• Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge (1924)
• Woman in the Moon (1929)
• Spies (1928)
• Michael (1924)
• Phantom (1922)
• The Finances of the Grand Duke (1924)
• The Burning Soil (1922)
• Four Around the Woman (1921)
• The Wandering Image (1920)