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Herbert Selpin (1902–1942)

Dissatisfied with the scenario of the film Titanic, Selpin openly critised its writer Walter Zerlett-Olfenius and the whole German Navy. Goebbels had him arrested by the Gestapo. Selpin was found hung in his cell the following day. Suicide or murder? See full bio »

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(age 40) in Berlin, Germany

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1943 Titanic (writer)
 
1941 Carl Peters
 
1938 Ich liebe dich (uncredited)
 
1937 Alarm in Peking
 
1936 Spiel an Bord
 
1933 The Dream of the Rhine (writer)
 
1933 Little Man What Now (writer)
 
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1933 Little Man What Now (assistant director)
 
1933 Der Läufer von Marathon (assistant director)
 
1929 The Way of Lost Souls (assistant director)
 
1929 Miss Else (assistant director)
 
1926 Adventures of a Ten Mark Note (assistant director)
 
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Died under mysterious circumstances, was quite possibly killed by the Gestapo. See more »

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