FILM DIRECTOR

Herbert Selpin

1904 - 1942

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Herbert Selpin (29 May 1904 – 1 August 1942) was a German film director, film editor, and screenwriter of light entertainment during the 1930s and 1940s. He is known for his final film, the partly suppressed 1943 propaganda film Titanic, during the production of which he was arrested by Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels. He was later found dead in his prison cell. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Herbert Selpin is the 728th most popular film director (up from 1,073rd in 2019), the 3,764th most popular biography from Germany (up from 4,675th in 2019) and the 35th most popular German Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Herbert Selpin ranks 728 out of 2,041. Before him are Alexander Payne, Franco Rossi, Mike Flanagan, Sırrı Süreyya Önder, Olle Hellbom, and Dariush Mehrjui. After him are Luigi Zampa, Hal Roach, W. S. Van Dyke, Aleksei Yuryevich German, Bruce Beresford, and Mohsen Makhmalbaf.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, Herbert Selpin ranks 183. Before him are Vlado Perlemuter, Terence Fisher, Xenophon Zolotas, Hertta Kuusinen, Princess Elizabeth of Greece and Denmark, and Robert Montgomery. After him are Srečko Kosovel, Bobbie Rosenfeld, Ibrahim Moustafa, Helen Kane, József Takács, and Lili Damita. Among people deceased in 1942, Herbert Selpin ranks 150. Before him are Natalya Kovshova, Fritz Platten, Charlie Christian, Vladimir Petlyakov, Kiyoura Keigo, and Elmer Niklander. After him are Símun av Skarði, Łucja Frey, Constantin Henriquez, Ants Laikmaa, Lev Nussimbaum, and J. B. M. Hertzog.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Herbert Selpin ranks 3,766 out of 7,253. Before him are Princess Wilhelmina of Hesse-Kassel (1726), Curt Haase (1881), Fritz Buchloh (1909), Hildegard Behrens (1937), Augustus George, Margrave of Baden-Baden (1706), and Princess Caroline Reuss of Greiz (1884). After him are Ludwig von Pastor (1854), Fahriye Evcen (1986), Albrecht Wilhelm Roth (1757), Rolf Wolfshohl (1938), Ferdinand Freiligrath (1810), and Maximilian von Edelsheim (1897).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Germany

Among film directors born in Germany, Herbert Selpin ranks 35. Before him are Arnold Fanck (1889), Oskar Fischinger (1900), Gustav von Wangenheim (1895), Bernd Eichinger (1949), E. A. Dupont (1891), and Percy Adlon (1935). After him are Peter Stein (1937), Konrad Wolf (1925), Wolfgang Becker (1954), Fatih Akin (1973), Wolfgang Staudte (1906), and Michael Verhoeven (1938).

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