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Thea von Harbou

Thea von Harbou
Thea von Harbou, German actress, director, and screenwriter (d. 1954)

Thea Gabriele von Harbou 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 husband, during the period of transition from silent to sound films.

27 December 1888

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