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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 539,233 page views. Her biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Thea von Harbou is the 211th most popular film director (up from 213th in 2019), the 1,232nd most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,158th in 2019) and the 14th 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 211 out of 2,041. Before her are Douglas Sirk, Claude Lanzmann, Dariush Mehrjui, Danny Boyle, Lina Wertmüller, and Joe D'Amato. After her are Alan J. Pakula, Mahesh Bhatt, Alfonso Cuarón, Robert Wise, Liliana Cavani, and Carol Reed.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, Thea von Harbou ranks 52. Before her are Carin Göring, August Kubizek, Irving Berlin, Oskar Schlemmer, Max Steiner, and John Foster Dulles. After her are Heinrich Neuhaus, Georgios Papandreou, Tôn Đức Thắng, Nuri al-Said, W. O. Bentley, and Fritz Klein. Among people deceased in 1954, Thea von Harbou ranks 31. Before her are Martin Andersen Nexø, Auguste Perret, Aristides de Sousa Mendes, Duchess Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Sadriddin Ayni, and Ivan Ilyin. After her are Marius Jacob, Franco Alfano, Charles Ives, Vagn Walfrid Ekman, Archduke Eugen of Austria, and Marianne Weber.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Thea von Harbou ranks 1,232 out of 7,253. Before her are Princess Cecilie of Baden (1839), Leo von Klenze (1784), Carl Schuhmann (1869), Georg von Hertling (1843), Frederick Francis III, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1851), and Otto of Bamberg (1060). After her are Jack Steinberger (1921), Hans Reichenbach (1891), Adolph Wagner (1835), Robert Koldewey (1855), Princess Elisabeth Marie of Bavaria (1874), and Konrad Witz (1400).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Germany

Among film directors born in Germany, Thea von Harbou ranks 14. Before her are Wolfgang Petersen (1941), Volker Schlöndorff (1939), Roland Emmerich (1955), Max Ophüls (1902), Margarethe von Trotta (1942), and Douglas Sirk (1897). After her are Robert Siodmak (1900), Mike Nichols (1931), Gustaf Gründgens (1899), Veit Harlan (1899), Lotte Reiniger (1899), and Wolfgang Reitherman (1909).

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Filmography

Metropolis
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In a futuristic city sharply divided between the rich and the poor, the son of the city's mastermind meets a prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their differences.
Feb 6th 19278.115 / 10
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In this classic German thriller, Hans Beckert, a serial killer who preys on children, becomes the focus of a massive Berlin police manhunt. Beckert's heinous crimes are so repellant and disruptive to city life that he is even targeted by others in the seedy underworld network. With both cops and criminals in pursuit, the murderer soon realizes that people are on his trail, sending him into a tense, panicked attempt to escape justice.
May 11th 19318.082 / 10
Metropolis
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Kenichi and his detective uncle, Shunsaku Ban, leave Japan to visit Metropolis, in search of the criminal, Dr. Laughton. However, when they finally find Dr. Laughton, Kenichi and Shunsaku find themselves seperated and plunged into the middle of a larger conspiracy. While Shunsaku searches for his nephew and explanations, Kenichi tries to protect Tima (a mysterious young girl), from Duke Red and his adopted son Rock, both of whom have very different reasons for wanting to find her.
May 26th 20017.119 / 10