Manfred Noa

Manfred Noa
Born22 March 1893
Berlin, German Empire
Died5 December 1930(1930-12-05) (aged 37)
Berlin, Weimar Germany
OccupationFilm director
Years active1916 - 1930
RelativesLoo Hardy (sister)

Manfred Noa (22 March 1893 – 5 December 1930) was a German film director. Noa was described by Vilma Bánky, who he directed twice, as her "favourite director". Noa's 1924 film Helena has been called his "masterpiece" although it was so expensive that it seriously damaged the finances of its production company Bavaria Film.

A film and art director later specialised in historical films, Noa is perhaps best known today for his 1922 film Nathan the Wise, an adaptation of Gotthold Ephraim Lessing's 1779 play of the same title, which made a plea for religious tolerance. He was the third husband of the actress Eva May, who was the daughter of his fellow director Joe May and actress Mia May. Noa died 5 December 1930 in Berlin of peritonitis.[citation needed]

Selected filmography

References

  1. ↑ Schildgen p.42
  2. ↑ Schildgen p.42
  3. ↑ Santini, Daria (2019-09-05). The Exiles: Actors, Artists and Writers Who Fled the Nazis for London. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-78673-628-4.
  4. ↑ Hoberman, J. (2010). Bridge of Light: Yiddish Film Between Two Worlds. UPNE. ISBN 978-1-58465-870-2.
  5. ↑ Barton, Ruth (2010-08-13). Hedy Lamarr: The Most Beautiful Woman in Film. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 978-0-8131-3991-3.

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