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Thea von Harbou circa 1928
Thea Gabriele von Harbou (27 December 1888 – 1 July 1954) was a German screenwriter, novelist and film director.
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Filmography
Harbou made the following films.
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Screenwriter
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The Legend of Holy Simplicity (dir.
Joe May, 1920)
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The Wandering Image (dir.
Fritz Lang, 1920)
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The Women of Gnadenstein (dir.
Robert Dinesen and
Joe May, 1921)
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Four Around a Woman (dir.
Fritz Lang, 1921) - Screenplay based on a play by
Rolf E. Vanloo
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Destiny (dir.
Fritz Lang, 1921)
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The Indian Tomb (dir.
Joe May, 1921)
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The Burning Soil (dir.
F. W. Murnau, 1922)
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Dr. Mabuse the Gambler (dir.
Fritz Lang, 1922) - Screenplay based on
Dr. Mabuse by
Norbert Jacques
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Phantom (dir.
F. W. Murnau, 1922) - Screenplay based on a novel by
Gerhart Hauptmann
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Princess Suwarin (dir.
Johannes Guter, 1923) - Screenplay based on a novel by
Ludwig Wolff
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The Expulsion (dir.
F. W. Murnau, 1923) - Screenplay based on a play by
Carl Hauptmann [
de]
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The Grand Duke's Finances (dir.
F. W. Murnau, 1924) - Screenplay based on a novel by
Frank Heller
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Die Nibelungen—Part 1: Siegfried (dir.
Fritz Lang, 1924) - Screenplay based on the
Nibelungenlied
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Die Nibelungen—Part 2: Kriemhild's Revenge (dir.
Fritz Lang, 1924) - Screenplay based on the
Nibelungenlied
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Michael (dir.
Carl Theodor Dreyer, 1924) - Screenplay based on a novel by
Herman Bang
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Chronicles of the Gray House (dir.
Arthur von Gerlach [
de], 1925) - Screenplay based on a novella by
Theodor Storm
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Metropolis (dir.
Fritz Lang, 1927)
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Spione (dir.
Fritz Lang, 1928)
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Woman in the Moon (dir.
Fritz Lang, 1929)
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M (dir.
Fritz Lang, 1931)
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The First Right of the Child (dir.
Fritz Wendhausen, 1932)
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The Marathon Runner (dir.
E. A. Dupont, 1933) - Screenplay based on a novel by
Werner Scheff
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The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (dir.
Fritz Lang, 1933) - Screenplay based on
Dr. Mabuse by
Norbert Jacques
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Hanneles Himmelfahrt (dir. Thea von Harbou, 1934) - Screenplay based on
The Assumption of Hannele by
Gerhart Hauptmann
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What Am I Without You (dir.
Arthur Maria Rabenalt, 1934)
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Elisabeth and the Fool (dir. Thea von Harbou), 1934)
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Princess Turandot (dir.
Gerhard Lamprecht, 1934) - Screenplay based on
Turandot
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The Old and the Young King (dir.
Hans Steinhoff, 1935)
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An Ideal Husband (dir.
Herbert Selpin, 1935) - Screenplay based on
An Ideal Husband by
Oscar Wilde
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I Was Jack Mortimer (dir.
Carl Froelich, 1935) - Screenplay based on
I Was Jack Mortimer by
Alexander Lernet-Holenia
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Der Mann mit der Pranke (dir. Rudolf van der Noss, 1935) - Screenplay based on a novel by
Fritz Zeckendorf [
de]
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The Impossible Woman (dir.
Johannes Meyer, 1936) - Screenplay based on a novel by Mia Fellmann
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Escapade (dir.
Erich Waschneck, 1936) - Screenplay based on
My Official Wife by
Richard Henry Savage
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A Woman of No Importance (dir.
Hans Steinhoff, 1936) - Screenplay based on
A Woman of No Importance by
Oscar Wilde
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The Ruler (dir.
Veit Harlan, 1937) - Screenplay based on a play by
Gerhart Hauptmann
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Don't Promise Me Anything (dir.
Wolfgang Liebeneiner, 1937) - Screenplay based on a play by Charlotte Rissmann
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The Broken Jug (dir.
Gustav Ucicky, 1937) - Screenplay based on
The Broken Jug by
Heinrich von Kleist
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Mother Song (dir.
Carmine Gallone, 1937)
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Youth [
it] (dir.
Veit Harlan, 1938) - Screenplay based on a play by
Max Halbe
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The Woman at the Crossroads (dir.
Josef von Báky, 1938) - Screenplay based on a novel by
Alice Lyttkens [
sv]
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Covered Tracks (dir.
Veit Harlan, 1938) - Screenplay based on a
radio drama by
Hans Rothe
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Stars of Variety (dir.
Josef von Báky, 1939)
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Hurrah! I'm a Father (dir.
Kurt Hoffmann, 1939)
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Lauter Liebe (dir.
Heinz Rühmann, 1940)
- Wie konntest Du, Veronika! (dir.
Milo Harbich, 1940)
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Am Abend auf der Heide [
de] (dir.
Jürgen von Alten, 1940) - Screenplay based on a novel by F. B. Cortan
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Clarissa (dir.
Gerhard Lamprecht, 1941) (uncredited)
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Annelie (dir.
Josef von Báky, 1941) - Screenplay based on a play by
Walter Lieck [
de]
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With the Eyes of a Woman (dir.
Karl Georg Külb, 1942) - Screenplay based on a novel by
Zsolt Harsányi
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Maria Malibran (dir.
Guido Brignone, 1943)
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Gefährtin meines Sommers (dir.
Fritz Peter Buch, 1943) - Screenplay based on a novel by
Klaus-Erich Boerner [
de]
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Die Gattin [
de] (dir.
Georg Jacoby, 1943) - Screenplay based on two plays by
János Bókay [
hu]
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A Wife for Three Days (dir.
Fritz Kirchhoff, 1944) - Screenplay based on a novel by
Elisabeth Gürt [
de]
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Via Mala (dir.
Josef von Báky, 1945) - Screenplay based on
Via Mala by
John Knittel
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Journey to Happiness (dir.
Erich Engel, 1944/1948)
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Erzieherin gesucht [
de] (dir.
Ulrich Erfurth, 1944/1950)
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A Day Will Come (dir.
Rudolf Jugert, 1950) - Screenplay based on a novella by
Ernst Penzoldt
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Dr. Holl (dir.
Rolf Hansen, 1951)
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Your Heart Is My Homeland (dir.
Richard Häussler, 1953) - Screenplay based on a novel by Irmgard Wurmbrand
Director
Books
Harbou wrote the following books.
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- Wenn's Morgen wird, 1905
- Weimar: Ein Sommertagstraum, verse stories 1908
- Die nach uns kommen, a village novel, 1910
- Von Engeln und Teufelchen, ten stories, 1913
- Deutsche Frauen. Bilder stillen Heldentums, five stories, 1914
- Der unsterbliche Acker, a war novel, 1915
- Gold im Feuer, novel, 1915
- Der Krieg und die Frauen, eight stories, 1915
- Die Masken des Todes. Sieben Geschichten in einer, 1915
- Die Flucht der Beate Hoyermann, 1916
- Die Deutsche Frau im Weltkrieg, essays, 1916
- Aus Abend und Morgen ein neuer Tag, 1916
- Du junge Wacht am Rhein!, 1917
- Adrian Drost und sein Land, 1918
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Das indische Grabmal (The Indian Tomb), 1918, English translation 2016
- Der belagerte Tempel, 1917
- Die nach uns kommen, 1918
- Legenden, five stories including "Holy Simplicity"), 1919
- Sonderbare Heilige, ten stories, 1919
- Die unheilige Dreifaltigkeit, 1920
- Das Haus ohne Tür und Fenster, 1920
- Gute Kameraden, 1920
- Gedichte, 1920
- Das Nibelungenbuch, 1924
- Mondscheinprinzeßchen, 1925
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Metropolis, 1925, English translation 1927
- Der Insel der Unsterblichen, 1926
- Mann zwischen Frauen, 1927
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Frau im Mond (The Rocket to the Moon), 1928, English translation 1930
- Spione, 1929
- Du bist unmöglich, Jo!, novel, 1931
- Liebesbriefe aus St. Florin; Novella, 1935
- Aufblühender Lotos, 1941
- Der Dieb von Bagdad, 1949
- Gartenstraße 64, 1952
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