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Thea von Harbou

1888 - 1954

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Thea Gabriele von Harbou (27 December 1888 – 1 July 1954) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thea von Harbou has received more than 499,121 page views. Her biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Thea von Harbou is the 213th most popular film director (down from 200th in 2019), the 1,158th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,114th in 2019) and the 13th most popular German Film Director.

Thea von Harbou was a German author and film director who is most famous for her work in the film Metropolis.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Thea von Harbou ranks 213 out of 1,581. Before her are Liliana Cavani, Bertrand Tavernier, Robert Siodmak, John Sturges, Wes Anderson, and Cecil B. DeMille. After her are Alfonso Cuarón, Theo van Gogh, Mario Bava, Marco Ferreri, Robert J. Flaherty, and Spike Lee.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, Thea von Harbou ranks 54. Before her are W. O. Bentley, John Foster Dulles, Vladimir K. Zworykin, Abul Kalam Azad, August Kubizek, and Inayatullah Khan. After her are Heinrich Neuhaus, Georgios Papandreou, Nikolay Shvernik, Antonio Sant'Elia, Walther von Seydlitz-Kurzbach, and Prince Oskar of Prussia. Among people deceased in 1954, Thea von Harbou ranks 29. Before her are Auguste Perret, Hannes Meyer, Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Martin Andersen Nexø, Charles Ives, and Léon Jouhaux. After her are Clemens Krauss, Franco Alfano, Gideon Sundback, Archduke Eugen of Austria, Stig Dagerman, and Aristides de Sousa Mendes.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Thea von Harbou ranks 1,158 out of 6,142. Before her are David Fabricius (1564), Alfred Weber (1868), Paul Frederick, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1800), Amalia of Oldenburg (1818), Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Germany (1227), and Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine (1617). After her are Johann Christoph Adelung (1732), Johann Elert Bode (1747), Joseph Süß Oppenheimer (1698), Christian Gottlob Neefe (1748), Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (1709), and Maria Reiche (1903).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Germany

Among film directors born in Germany, Thea von Harbou ranks 13. Before her are Ernst Lubitsch (1892), Wolfgang Petersen (1941), Roland Emmerich (1955), Volker Schlöndorff (1939), Max Ophüls (1902), and Robert Siodmak (1900). After her are Douglas Sirk (1897), Margarethe von Trotta (1942), Mike Nichols (1931), Veit Harlan (1899), Lotte Reiniger (1899), and Gustaf Gründgens (1899).

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Filmography

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