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Norbert Jacques (6 June 1880 – 15 May 1954) was a Luxembourgish novelist, journalist, screenwriter, and translator who wrote in German. He was born in Luxembourg-Eich, Luxembourg and died in Koblenz, West Germany. He created the character Dr. Mabuse, who was a feature of some of his novels.
- Novelist, journalist, screenwriter, translator
- 6 June 1880, Luxembourg-Eich, Luxembourg
- 1901–1954
- 15 May 1954 (aged 73), Koblenz, West Germany
Dr. Mabuse is a fictional character created by Norbert Jacques in his 1921 novel Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler ('Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler'), and his 1932 follow-up novel Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse (1932). The character was made famous by three films about the character directed in Germany by Fritz Lang: Dr. Mabuse the Gambler (silent, 1922), The ...
May 6, 2020 · Adapted from a popular novel by the journalist Norbert Jacques, “Mabuse” was a lightning bolt that crackled across the stormy sky of Weimar Germany — a newly established, shellshocked democracy...
Norbert Jacques. (1880—1954) Quick Reference. (Luxemburg, 1880–1954, Koblenz), lived most of his life at Lindau, but spent his last years at Hamburg. The author of many sensational novels, he created the character of Dr Mabuse, internationally known through the cinema (Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler, 1921). [...]
Norbert Jacques was born on 6 June 1880 in Eich, Luxembourg. He was a writer, known for The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933), Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler (1922) and Doctor Mabuse (2013). He was married to Maria Jäger, Margerite Samuely and Olga Hübner. He died on 15 May 1954 in Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
- Writer
- June 6, 1880
- Norbert Jacques
- May 15, 1954
Luxembourgish German languaged novelist, journalist and screenwriter. He is mostly known for creating the horror character Dr. Mabuse and his work for German cinema. He is credited with writing the scripts for 16 films made between 1922 and 1990. In 1922 he received German citizenship.
May 17, 2004 · Based on a character created by novelist Norbert Jacques, Mabuse was a master criminal who used disguise, blackmail, stock market manipulation and occult powers of hypnosis to deliver people into his control. He proclaimed, “There is only one thing that is interesting anymore: playing with people and their destinies.”
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