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 The grave of Thea von Harbou at Friedhof Heerstrasse, Berlin. Picture by androom (25 Aug 2006) |
 The grave of Thea von Harbou at Friedhof Heerstrasse, Berlin. Picture by androom (25 Aug 2006) |
Harbou, Thea von |
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BORN 27 Dec 1888, Tauperlitz, Bayern (near Hof) - DIED 1 Jul 1954, Berlin BIRTH NAME Harbou, Thea Gabriele von GRAVE LOCATION Berlin: Friedhof Heerstrasse, Trahkener Allee 1, Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf (Feld 6-H-10 (Ehrengrab)) |
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Thea von Harbou was of aristocratic descent. Her first novel "Wenn's Morgen wird" was published in the Deutsche Roman-Zeitung in 1905, but after that she started working as an actress in Düsseldorf in 1906. Engagements in Weimar (1908), Chemnitz (1911) and Aachen (1913) followed. In Aachen she met the actor Rudolf Kleine-Rogge and they married in 1914. In 1918 she went to Berlin with her husband. Her book "Die nach uns kommen" (1910) had been successful and she concentrated on writing. In 1920 she wrote the film script for "Das Indische Grabmal" together with Fritz Lang. She divorced Klein-Rogge and married Lang in 1922. They collaborated on the screenplays for "Metropolis" and "M". They worked together until 1933, but Lang started an affair with the actress Gerda Maurus. In 1931 Harbou and Lang seperated and they divorced in 1933. After the nazis came to power in 1933 she became the president of the Verbandes deutscher Tonfilmautoren (Association of German Sound Film Authors). Fritz Lang left Germany in 1934 after his movie "Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse" had been declared illegal because it was thought to criticize nazism. Harbou continued to write screenplays during the Third Reich. She became a member of the NSDAP in 1940. After the war she was imprisoned by the British authorities at camp Staumühle for a while. After she was released she obtained a working permit and she wrote stories for newspapers, German words for foreign movies. She returned to writing scripts as well. On 26 June 1954 she was a guest of honour when "Der müde Tot" (1921) was shown in Berlin. When she left the cinema she slipped and fell on a staircase and was injured so bad that she died five days later. Related persons • discovered Fröhlich, Gustav • knew Müller, Renate Events |
| 10/1/1927 | Premiere of Fritz Lang's movie "Metropolis" in Berlin. The premiere took place at the UFA-Palast am Zoo. [Fröhlich, Gustav] |
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The grave of Thea von Harbou at Friedhof Heerstrasse, Berlin. Picture by androom (25 Aug 2006) |
The grave of Thea von Harbou at Friedhof Heerstrasse, Berlin. Picture by androom (25 Aug 2006) |
Sources • Aubert, Joachim, Handbuch der Grabstätten berühmten Deutscher, Österreicher und Schweizer, Deutscher Kunstverlag, München, 1973 • Benz, Wolfgang/Hermann, Biographisches Lexicon zur Weimarer Republik, Beck, München, 1988 • Internet Movie Database • Thea von Harbou - Wikipedia (EN) • Thea von Harbou - Wikipedia (DE) |
