---
name: "Norbert Jacques"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/norbert-jacques"
fi1m_id: "norbert-jacques"
imdb_id: "nm0415167"
tmdb_id: 47086
wikidata_id: "Q75835"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "6 June 1880"
died: "15 May 1954"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T05:52:57.071136+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Norbert Jacques

## Identity

Norbert Jacques

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/norbert-jacques
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** norbert-jacques
- **IMDb ID:** nm0415167
- **TMDB ID:** 47086
- **Wikidata ID:** Q75835
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norbert_Jacques, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q75835, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0415167/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/47086

Writer. Born 6 June 1880 in Eich, Luxembourg. Died 15 May 1954.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 6 June 1880, Eich, Luxembourg
- **Died:** 15 May 1954
- **Also known as:** Norbert Jaques
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norbert_Jacques, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q75835, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0415167/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/47086

## Biography

Norbert Jacques (also credited as Norbert Jaques) was a Luxembourgish novelist, journalist, screenwriter and translator who wrote in German. He was born on 6 June 1880 in Eich, Luxembourg, and died on 15 May 1954 in Koblenz, West Germany. He received German citizenship in 1922.

Jacques created the character Dr. Mabuse in his 1921 novel *Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler*, which became a bestseller. He wrote the novel and contributed to the screenplay for the 1922 film *Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler*, directed by Fritz Lang. The character featured in later novels and adaptations, including *The Testament of Dr. Mabuse* (1933).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler* (1922), Fi1m 77, Novel, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/dr-mabuse-the-gambler.md)

## Complete filmography (11)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Dr. M* (1990), Novel
- *The Death Ray of Dr. Mabuse* (1964), Characters
- *Scotland Yard Hunts Dr. Mabuse* (1963), Characters
- *The Testament of Dr. Mabuse* (1962), Screenplay
- *The Invisible Dr. Mabuse* (1962), Characters
- *The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse* (1960), Characters
- *Endstation Rote Laterne* (1960), Novel
- *The Testament of Dr. Mabuse* (1933), Novel
- *Girls for Sale!* (1927), Novel
- *Mensch gegen Mensch* (1924), Screenplay
- *Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler* (1922), Novel, Screenplay — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/dr-mabuse-the-gambler.md)

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