Screenplay: Thea von Harbou

Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Thea von Harbou. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.


M

1931 · Movie · 111 min. · Germany

Direction Fritz Lang

Cast Peter Lorre · Otto Wernicke · Gustaf Gründgens · Theo Lingen

Plot In Fritz Langs startling and exquisite film M, fear stalks the streets of Berlin in the form of a serial child murderer whose grisly accomplishments are so heinous even the...

Max

8.3

20K votes

8.3

20K votes

Metropolis

1927 · Movie · 153 min. · Germany

Direction Fritz Lang

Cast Gustav Fröhlich · Brigitte Helm · Alfred Abel · Rudolf Klein-Rogge

Plot In Metropolis, society is divided in two classes: the rich, who have all the power and all kinds of luxuries and the workers, doomed to work and confined to live...

8.2

38K votes

8.2

38K votes

Die Nibelungen: Siegfried (Die Nibelungen - Part I)

1924 · Movie · 143 min. · Germany

Direction Fritz Lang

Cast Paul Richter · Margarete Schön · Hanna Ralph · Theodor Loos

Plot It is based on the German epic from the 13th century. We follow Siegfried through the making of the magic sword, his slaying of the dragon, his bath in the...

8.0

2K votes

8.0

2K votes

The Testament of Dr. Mabuse

1933 · Movie · 122 min. · Germany

Direction Fritz Lang

Cast Rudolf Klein-Rogge · Oskar Beregi · Theodor Loos · Karl Meixner

Plot Berlin police inspector Lohmann investigates a case, in which all clues lead to a man, who's in a hospital for mental illnesses for since many years - Dr. Mabuse.

Max

8.0

4K votes

8.0

4K votes

Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler

1922 · Movie · 272 min. · Germany

Direction Fritz Lang

Cast Rudolf Klein-Rogge · Alfred Abel · Aud Egede Nissen · Bernhard Goetzke

Plot Arch-criminal Dr. Mabuse sets out to make a fortune and run Berlin. Detective Wenk sets out to stop him.

7.9

3K votes

7.9

3K votes

Destiny

1921 · Movie · 105 min. · Germany

Direction Fritz Lang

Cast Lil Dagover · Walter Janssen · Bernhard Goetzke · Rudolf Klein-Rogge

Plot As a young couple stops and rests in a small village inn, the man is abducted by Death and is sequestered behind a huge doorless, windowless wall. The woman finds...

7.8

3K votes

7.8

3K votes

Direction Fritz Lang

Cast Margarete Schön · Rudolf Klein-Rogge · Georg John · Theodor Loos

Plot After Siegfried's dead, Kriemhild marries Etzel, the King of the Huns. She gives birth to a child, and invites her brothers for a party. She tries to persuade Etzel and...

7.8

2K votes

7.8

2K votes

Spies

1928 · Movie · 144 min. · Germany

Direction Fritz Lang

Cast Rudolf Klein-Rogge · Gerda Maurus · Willy Fritsch · Lupu Pick

Plot The mastermind behind a ubiquitous spy operation learns of a dangerous romance between a Russian lady in his employ and a dashing agent from the government's secret service.

7.3

695 votes

7.3

695 votes

Woman in the Moon

1929 · Movie · 165 min. · Germany

Direction Fritz Lang

Cast Gerda Maurus · Willy Fritsch · Fritz Rasp · Gustav von Wangenheim

Plot Thirty years ago, at a scientific conference, Prof. Manfeldt presented his theory on the existence of gold on the Moon. It was greeted with laughter by the assembled academics. Today,...

7.2

1K votes

7.2

1K votes

The Indian Tomb

1959 · Movie · 96 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)

Direction Fritz Lang

Cast Debra Paget · Paul Hubschmid · Walther Reyer · Claus Holm

Plot Harald Berger and Seetha manage to elude Chandra's soldiers until Seetha's faith in her gods results in her capture and his apparent death. Berger's partner Dr. Rhode (Claus Holm) and...

7.0

2K votes

7.0

2K votes

The Tiger of Eschnapur

1959 · Movie · 101 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)

Direction Fritz Lang

Cast Debra Paget · Walther Reyer · Paul Hubschmid · Claus Holm

Plot Architect Harald Berger (Paul Hubschmid) travels to far off Eschnapur, there to build schools and hospitals for Chandra (Walter Reyer), the district's all-powerful Maharaja. Along the way he falls in...

6.9

2K votes

6.9

2K votes

Mikaël

1924 · Movie · 93 min. · Germany

6.9

309 votes

6.9

309 votes

Phantom

1922 · Movie · 125 min. · Germany

Direction F.W. Murnau

Cast Alfred Abel · Grete Berger · Lil Dagover · Lya De Putti

Plot The story revolves around a man obsessed with an unattainable woman, and his attempts to substitute for his unfulfilled desires.

6.8

336 votes

6.8

336 votes

Burning Soil

1922 · Movie · 110 min. · Germany

Direction F.W. Murnau

Cast Eugen Klöpfer · Vladimir Gajdarov · Werner Krauss · Eduard von Winterstein

Plot When farmer Rog dies, his son Peter stays, but Johannes can not be satisfied with such a condition (and servant Maria's love) and finds a job as old Count Rudenberg's...

6.6

166 votes

6.6

166 votes

The Indian Tomb: Part II, the Tiger of Bengal

1921 · Movie · 100 min. · Germany

6.6

58 votes

6.6

58 votes

The Indian Tomb: Part I, the Mission of the Yogi

1921 · Movie · 120 min. · Germany

6.2

38 votes

6.2

38 votes

Finances of the Grand Duke

1924 · Movie · 80 min. · Germany

Direction F.W. Murnau

Cast Alfred Abel · Mady Christians · Adolphe Engers · Julius Falkenstein

Plot The likeable and carefree Grand Duke of Abacco is in dire straits. There is no money left to service the State's debt; the main creditor is looking forward to expropriating...

6.0

143 votes

6.0

143 votes

The Moving Image

1920 · Movie · 67 min. · Germany

5.9

173 votes

5.9

173 votes

Struggling Hearts

1921 · Movie · 80 min. · Germany

5.5

100 votes

5.5

100 votes

Die Frau am Scheidewege

1938 · Movie · 95 min. · Germany

Not rated

Not rated