Manfred Noa

Manfred Noa
Born	22 March 1893 Berlin, German Empire
Died	5 December 1930 (aged 37) Berlin, Weimar Germany
Occupation	Film director
Years active	1916 - 1930

Manfred Noa (1893–1930) was a German film director. Noa was described by Vilma Bánky, who he directed twice, as her "favourite director".^[1] Noa's 1924 film Helena has been called his "masterpiece" although it was so expensive that it seriously damaged the finances of Bavaria Film.^[2]

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. Noa died 5 December 1930 in Berlin of peritonitis.

Selected filmography

• Wibbel the Tailor (1920)
• Nathan the Wise (1922)
• Helena (1924)
• The Wonderful Adventure (1924)
• Should We Get Married? (1925)
• Young Blood (1926)
• Wrath of the Seas (1926)
• Why Get a Divorce? (1926)
• Die Dame von Paris (1927)
• Queen of the Boulevards (1927)
• Casanova's Legacy (1928)
• The Lady and the Chauffeur (1928)
• Modern Pirates (1928)
• My Sister and I (1929)
• Mon coeur incognito (1930)
• Der Walzerkönig (1930)
• Road to Rio (1931)
• La regina di Sparta (1931)

References

1. Schildgen p.42
2. Schildgen p.42

Bibliography

• Eisner, Lotte H. The Haunted Screen: Expressionism in the German Cinema and the Influence of Max Reinhardt. University of California Press, 2008.
• Kester, Bernadette. Film Front Weimar: Representations of the First World War in German films of the Weimar Period (1919-1933). Amsterdam University Press, 2003.
• Prawer, S.S. Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910-1933. Berghahn Books, 2007.
• Schildgen, Rachel A. More Than A Dream: Rediscovering the Life and Films of Vilma Banky. 1921 PVG Publishing, 2010.

External links

• Manfred Noa at the Internet Movie Database