Thea Gabriele von Harbou (27 December 1888 – 1 July 1954) was a German screenwriter, novelist and film director.
Filmography Harbou made the following films. Screenwriter The Legend of Holy Simplicity (dir. Joe May, 1920) The Wandering Image (dir. Fritz Lang, 1920) The Women of Gnadenstein (dir. Robert Dinesen and Joe May, 1921) Four Around a Woman (dir. Fritz Lang, 1921) - Screenplay based on a play by Rolf E. Vanloo Destiny (dir. Fritz Lang, 1921) The Indian Tomb (dir. Joe May, 1921) The Burning Soil (dir. F. W. Murnau, 1922) Dr. Mabuse the Gambler (dir. Fritz Lang, 1922) - Screenplay based on Dr. Mabuse by Norbert Jacques Phantom (dir. F. W. Murnau, 1922) - Screenplay based on a novel by Gerhart Hauptmann Princess Suwarin (dir. Johannes Guter, 1923) - Screenplay based on a novel by Ludwig Wolff The Expulsion (dir. F. W. Murnau, 1923) - Screenplay based on a play by The Grand Duke's Finances (dir. F. W. Murnau, 1924) - Screenplay based on a novel by Frank Heller Die Nibelungen—Part 1: Siegfried (dir. Fritz Lang, 1924) - Screenplay based on the Nibelungenlied Die Nibelungen—Part 2: Kriemhild's Revenge (dir. Fritz Lang, 1924) - Screenplay based on the Nibelungenlied Michael (dir. Carl Theodor Dreyer, 1924) - Screenplay based on a novel by Herman Bang Chronicles of the Gray House (dir. , 1925) - Screenplay based on a novella by Theodor Storm Metropolis (dir. Fritz Lang, 1927) Spione (dir. Fritz Lang, 1928) Woman in the Moon (dir. Fritz Lang, 1929) M (dir. Fritz Lang, 1931) The First Right of the Child (dir. Fritz Wendhausen, 1932) The Marathon Runner (dir. E. A. Dupont, 1933) - Screenplay based on a novel by Werner Scheff The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (dir. Fritz Lang, 1933) - Screenplay based on Dr. Mabuse by Norbert Jacques Hanneles Himmelfahrt (dir. Thea von Harbou, 1934) - Screenplay based on The Assumption of Hannele by Gerhart Hauptmann What Am I Without You (dir. Arthur Maria Rabenalt, 1934) Elisabeth and the Fool (dir. Thea von Harbou), 1934) Princess Turandot (dir. Gerhard Lamprecht, 1934) - Screenplay based on Turandot The Old and the Young King (dir. Hans Steinhoff, 1935) An Ideal Husband (dir. Herbert Selpin, 1935) - Screenplay based on An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde I Was Jack Mortimer (dir. Carl Froelich, 1935) - Screenplay based on I Was Jack Mortimer by Alexander Lernet-Holenia The Man with the Paw (dir. Rudolf van der Noss, 1935) - Screenplay based on a novel by Fritz Zeckendorf The Impossible Woman (dir. Johannes Meyer, 1936) - Screenplay based on a novel by Mia Fellmann Escapade (dir. Erich Waschneck, 1936) - Screenplay based on My Official Wife by Richard Henry Savage A Woman of No Importance (dir. Hans Steinhoff, 1936) - Screenplay based on A Woman of No Importance by Oscar Wilde The Ruler (dir. Veit Harlan, 1937) - Screenplay based on a play by Gerhart Hauptmann Don't Promise Me Anything (dir. Wolfgang Liebeneiner, 1937) - Screenplay based on a play by Charlotte Rissmann The Broken Jug (dir. Gustav Ucicky, 1937) - Screenplay based on The Broken Jug by Heinrich von Kleist Mother Song (dir. Carmine Gallone, 1937) (dir. Veit Harlan, 1938) - Screenplay based on a play by Max Halbe The Woman at the Crossroads (dir. Josef von Báky, 1938) - Screenplay based on a novel by Covered Tracks (dir. Veit Harlan, 1938) - Screenplay based on a radio drama by Hans Rothe Stars of Variety (dir. Josef von Báky, 1939) Hurrah! I'm a Father (dir. Kurt Hoffmann, 1939) Lauter Liebe (dir. Heinz Rühmann, 1940) Wie konntest Du, Veronika! (dir. Milo Harbich, 1940) (dir. Jürgen von Alten, 1940) - Screenplay based on a novel by F. B. Cortan Clarissa (dir. Gerhard Lamprecht, 1941) (uncredited) Annelie (dir. Josef von Báky, 1941) - Screenplay based on a play by Walter Lieck With the Eyes of a Woman (dir. Karl Georg Külb, 1942) - Screenplay based on a novel by Zsolt Harsányi Maria Malibran (dir. Guido Brignone, 1943) My Summer Companion (dir. Fritz Peter Buch, 1943) - Screenplay based on a novel by (dir. Georg Jacoby, 1943) - Screenplay based on two plays by A Wife for Three Days (dir. Fritz Kirchhoff, 1944) - Screenplay based on a novel by Via Mala (dir. Josef von Báky, 1945) - Screenplay based on Via Mala by John Knittel Journey to Happiness (dir. Erich Engel, 1944/1948) (dir. Ulrich Erfurth, 1944/1950) A Day Will Come (dir. Rudolf Jugert, 1950) - Screenplay based on a novella by Ernst Penzoldt Dr. Holl (dir. Rolf Hansen, 1951) Your Heart Is My Homeland (dir. Richard Häussler, 1953) - Screenplay based on a novel by Irmgard Wurmbrand
Director Elisabeth and the Fool (1934) Hanneles Himmelfahrt (1934)
Books Harbou wrote the following books. 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 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 Metropolis, 1925, English translation 1927 Der Insel der Unsterblichen, 1926 Mann zwischen Frauen, 1927 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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