Manfred Noa | |
Birth Date: | 22 March 1893 |
Birth Place: | Berlin, German Empire |
Death Place: | Berlin, Weimar Germany |
Occupation: | Film director |
Yearsactive: | 1916 - 1930 |
Relatives: | Loo 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".[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.