FILM DIRECTOR

Herbert Selpin

1904 - 1942

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

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Herbert Selpin has received more than 101,203 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Herbert Selpin is the 1,073rd most popular film director (down from 1,049th in 2019), the 4,674th most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,200th in 2019) and the 53rd most popular German Film Director.

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Over the past year Herbert Selpin has had the most page views in the with 13,811 views, followed by German (6,402), and Russian (1,449). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Volapük (155.81%), Malagasy (114.60%), and Galician (57.89%)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Herbert Selpin ranks 1,073 out of 2,041. Before him are Frédéric Rossif, David Furnish, Gerry Anderson, Alexander Nevzorov, Martin Frič, and Franz Antel. After him are Zbigniew Rybczyński, José Luis Garci, Fran Walsh, Byron Haskin, Curtis Bernhardt, and Noémie Lvovsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, Herbert Selpin ranks 245. Before him are Elizabeth Roboz Einstein, Sven Thofelt, Christian Møller, Chūhei Nambu, Rukmini Devi Arundale, and Doris Eaton Travis. After him are Pretty Boy Floyd, Lillian Copeland, Paul Mattick, Margery Allingham, Alfredo Brilhante da Costa, and Tommy Douglas. Among people deceased in 1942, Herbert Selpin ranks 199. Before him are Ruth Maier, Frank Churchill, Ivan Horbachevsky, Cecilia Beaux, Jakob van Hoddis, and Alfred Asikainen. After him are James Juvenal, Mikhail Yefremov, Gertrud Adelborg, Harald Tammer, William Henry Young, and Mariya Polivanova.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Herbert Selpin ranks 4,674 out of 7,253. Before him are Rüdiger Abramczik (1956), Dieter Henrich (1927), Diana Damrau (1971), Mary Roos (1949), Hilde Schrader (1910), and Jörg Michael (1963). After him are Johann Gottfried Seume (1763), Reinhold Mack (1901), Hans-Jürgen Dörner (1951), Fritz Schwab (1919), Friedrich August Marschall von Bieberstein (1768), and Rudolf Wagner (1805).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Germany

Among film directors born in Germany, Herbert Selpin ranks 53. Before him are Helmut Käutner (1908), Kurt Maetzig (1911), Helmut Dietl (1944), Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck (1973), Peter Fleischmann (1937), and Frank Beyer (1932). After him are Curtis Bernhardt (1899), Helma Sanders-Brahms (1940), Erik Ode (1910), E. A. Dupont (1891), Georg Jacoby (1882), and Gerhard Lamprecht (1897).

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Filmography

Water for Canitoga
Director
In the spring of 1905, the water conduit project in the Canadian city of Canitoga is set to be completed. For years, the completion had been marred by sabotage. Engineer Oliver Montstuart commands the last blasting operation. But again, the explosive charge is too large and thus, further construction is forestalled again. When Montstuart confronts foreman Westbrook, the foreman threatens him with a knife. In self-defence, Montstuart shoots him. Now, he has to flee.
Mar 10o 19396.7 / 10
Titanic
Director
This little-known German film retells the true story of the British ocean liner that met a tragic fate. Ernst Fritz Fürbringer plays the president of the White Star Line, who unwisely pressed the Titanic's captain (Otto Wernicke) to make the swiftest possible crossing to New York.
Nov 10o 19436.201 / 10
The Green Domino
Director
Dec 27o 19356.1 / 10