List of works by Thea von Harbou explained

Thea Gabriele von Harbou (27 December 1888 - 1 July 1954) was a German screenwriter, novelist and film director.^[1]

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
Der Mann mit der Pranke (dir. Rudolf van der Noss, 1935) - Screenplay based on a novel by
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
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)
Gefährtin meines Sommers (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.^[2]

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

Notes and References

Web site: Thea von Harbou . . de . 10 November 2023 .
Book: Bruns, Karin . 1995 . Kinomythen 1920-1945: Die Filmentwürfe der Thea von Harbou . Stuttgart and Weimar . J.B. Metzler . 250 . 10.1007/978-3-476-03576-9 . 978-3-476-03576-9 .