Herbert Selpin

Directing

Herbert Selpin

Born — Died

1902-05-29 — 1942-08-01

Place of birth

Berlin, Germany

Known for

Directing

Credits

33 titles

Known for

Behind the camera

Titanic poster
6.1

In 1912, the Titanic embarks on its inevitable collision course with history. In the wake of the over-spending required to build the largest luxury ship in the world, White Star Line executive Sir Bruce Ismay schemes to reverse the direction of his company's plummeting stock value. Onboard the Titanic, brave German 1st Officer Petersen struggles to convince his self-important British superiors not to overexert the ship's engines.

Titanic

1943

Titanic poster
6.1

In 1912, the Titanic embarks on its inevitable collision course with history. In the wake of the over-spending required to build the largest luxury ship in the world, White Star Line executive Sir Bruce Ismay schemes to reverse the direction of his company's plummeting stock value. Onboard the Titanic, brave German 1st Officer Petersen struggles to convince his self-important British superiors not to overexert the ship's engines.

Titanic

1943

Die Reiter von Deutsch-Ostafrika poster
5.5

German colonial soldiers fight against the British during World War I.

Die Reiter von Deutsch-Ostafrika

1934

Trenck, der Pandur poster
6.2

Film about the fictitious adventures of Franz Freiherr von Trenck, who lived during the times of empress Maria Theresia of Austria garnished with espionage and twisted love affairs.

Trenck, der Pandur

1940

No artwork available
5.8

Nazi propaganda film showing the development of the German navy's submarine fleet.

Geheimakte W.B. 1

1942

No artwork available
5.8

Nazi propaganda film showing the development of the German navy's submarine fleet.

Geheimakte W.B. 1

1942

Sergeant Berry poster
7.0

Sergeant Hans Albers, the terror of Chicago gangsters, is transferred South of the border to deal with bandidos.

Sergeant Berry

1938

The Green Domino poster
6.2

After his girlfriend is murdered, an art critic realizes that a wealthy heiress is falling in love with him.

The Green Domino

1935

Antoinette poster
7.0

Ruined by her banker, Antoinette becomes her driver. She signs a contract which assures her of the reimbursement of her fortune if she manages to support the banker for three months. She wins his bet, but falling in love with him, she tears up the check and marries him.

Antoinette

1932

No artwork available
9.0

Pontresina, Switzerland, at the beginning of the 20th century. A ski jumping competition is about to take place.

The Champion of Pontresina

1934

Water for Canitoga poster
6.9

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.

Water for Canitoga

1939

Kleiner Mann – was nun? poster
7.0

First adaptation of Hans Fallada's novel of the same name.

Kleiner Mann – was nun?

1933

Ein Mann auf Abwegen poster
7.2

Swedish industrial magnate Percival, known as Percy Patterson, has suddenly disappeared after a business meeting with his partner Sully.

Ein Mann auf Abwegen

1940

No artwork available
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Skandal um die Fledermaus

1936

No artwork available
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Skandal um die Fledermaus

1936

No artwork available
9.0

A young woman becomes the driver of a wealthy stockbroker who lost her family’s savings.

The Love Contract

1932

Alarm in Peking poster
7.5

Set against the backdrop of the 1900 Boxer Rebellion...

Alarm in Peking

1937

Alarm in Peking poster
7.5

Set against the backdrop of the 1900 Boxer Rebellion...

Alarm in Peking

1937

No artwork available
7.0

The film The Green Domino is adapted from the 1933 stage play Der Fall Claasen by German dramatist Erich Ebermayer, whose works often examined criminal cases and moral dilemmas. Ebermayer's play, premiered at Vienna's Akademietheater, centers on a mysterious figure linked to a green domino mask during a pivotal event, blending elements of intrigue and personal reckoning.

Der grüne Domino

1935

No artwork available
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Mädels von heute

1933

No artwork available
7.0

On a German steamer en route to New York stowaway Viktor and office girl Susanne fall in love while they get caught up in Marquis de la Tour's elaborate scheme to steal collector Henning's valuable stamp collection.

Game on Board

1936

No artwork available
7.0

On a German steamer en route to New York stowaway Viktor and office girl Susanne fall in love while they get caught up in Marquis de la Tour's elaborate scheme to steal collector Henning's valuable stamp collection.

Game on Board

1936

No artwork available
6.5

Percy, a young, rich American, is on vacation in Germany and thinks that every girl wants his sorry ass. He’s far from right: There’s the hugely admired Eve, whom he’s decided will be the love of his life, but who isn’t in the slightest bit impressed with either him or his Dollars. To finally be able to talk to her without being disturbed so he can express his feelings, he slips a mickey in her drink and takes her to the house of his friend Max. When Eve finally emerges from the drug-induced nap forced upon her, Percy admits his love (!) and is told to drop dead. And this is their idea of a romantic comedy?!?

Ich liebe Dich

1938

No artwork available
6.5

Percy, a young, rich American, is on vacation in Germany and thinks that every girl wants his sorry ass. He’s far from right: There’s the hugely admired Eve, whom he’s decided will be the love of his life, but who isn’t in the slightest bit impressed with either him or his Dollars. To finally be able to talk to her without being disturbed so he can express his feelings, he slips a mickey in her drink and takes her to the house of his friend Max. When Eve finally emerges from the drug-induced nap forced upon her, Percy admits his love (!) and is told to drop dead. And this is their idea of a romantic comedy?!?

Ich liebe Dich

1938

No artwork available
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Der Traum vom Rhein

1933

No artwork available
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Der Traum vom Rhein

1933

Romance poster
10.0

Weaves together the story of a wife who remains faithful despite being unhappy, with attempts at spying on German industrial facilities in Africa.

Romance

1936

No artwork available
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Between Two Hearts

1934

No artwork available
9.0

The athletic young widow Antoinette Peterson gets into financial troubles when a business venture backfires and has to sell her car and her villa. On the road, she meets a stranger whose car she is able to repair and whom she later meets again as the buyer of her house. It is no one else than the venturer William P. Harrison to whom she lost her whole fortune in the first place. He offers her a bet: If she manages to stay for three months as his chauffeur and behaves accordingly, he would give her back her fortune. Although Harrison makes it as hard as possible for her, she keeps up. But they have already fallen in love with each other.

Chauffeur Antoinette

1932

Carl Peters poster
5.8

National-Socialist propaganda film that serves to memorialize one of the early representatives of colonialism: the German philologist Carl Peters. He is, at the end of the 1900′s, a noted advocate of the establishment of a German colony. Without support from Germany, he struggles on his own account against the English in East Africa. Later he is named Reichskommissar and promotes the expansion of a German colony. But Jewish and Social-Democrat opponents order him back to Germany and force him to resign.

Carl Peters

1941

Carl Peters poster
5.8

National-Socialist propaganda film that serves to memorialize one of the early representatives of colonialism: the German philologist Carl Peters. He is, at the end of the 1900′s, a noted advocate of the establishment of a German colony. Without support from Germany, he struggles on his own account against the English in East Africa. Later he is named Reichskommissar and promotes the expansion of a German colony. But Jewish and Social-Democrat opponents order him back to Germany and force him to resign.

Carl Peters

1941

No artwork available
9.0

Sir Robert Chiltern is a successful Government minister, well-off and with a loving wife. All this is threatened when Mrs Cheveley appears in London with damning evidence of a past misdeed. Sir Robert turns for help to his friend Lord Goring, an apparently idle philanderer and the despair of his father. Goring knows the lady of old, and, for him, takes the whole thing pretty seriously.

An Ideal Husband

1935

The Marriage Swindler poster
7.0

A confidence trickster is released from prison and travels to a village where he blackmails and tricks women out of their savings.

The Marriage Swindler

1938