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". Noa's 1924 film Helena has been called his "masterpiece" although it was so expensive that it seriously damaged the finances of Bavaria Film. 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.

Selected filmography

• Wibbel the Tailor (1920)
• Nathan the Wise (1922)
• Helena (1924)
• Das schöne Abenteuer (1924)
• Soll man heiraten? (1925)
• Young Blood (1926)
• Why Get a Divorce? (1926)
• Die Dame von Paris (1927)
• Casanovas Erbe (1928)
• Die Dame und ihr Chauffeur (1928)
• Moderne Piraten (1928)
• Mon coeur incognito (1930)
• Der Walzerkönig (1930)
• Road to Rio (1931)
• La regina di Sparta (1931)

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 IMDb