Max Ophüls

Directeur, Scénariste, Producteur

6 mai 1902 — 26 mars 1957 (54 ans)
Maximillian Oppenheimer (6 May 1902 – 26 March 1957) — known as Max Ophüls — was an influential German film director who worked in Germany (1931–33), France (1933–40), the United States (1947–50), and France again (1950–57). He is best known for his smooth camera movements and complex tracking shots. Many of his films are narrated from the point of view of the female protagonist. In addition to the American romantic melodrama Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948), the French productions La Ronde (1950), Le Plaisir (1952), The Earrings of Madame de... (1953) and Lola Montès (1955) are among his best-known works. Andrew Sarris in his influential book of film criticism The American Cinema: Directors and Directions 1929–1968 included him in the "pantheon" of the 14 greatest film directors who had worked in the United States.

Connue pour

  • Lettre d'une inconnue
    Lettre d'une inconnue1948
  • Madame de…
    Madame de…1953
  • La Ronde
    La Ronde1950
  • Le Plaisir
    Le Plaisir1952
  • Lola Montès
    Lola Montès1955
  • Les Désemparés
    Les Désemparés1949
  • Pris au piège
    Pris au piège1949
  • La Dame de tout le monde
    La Dame de tout le monde1934
  • Une histoire d'amour
    Une histoire d'amour1933
  • Les Amants de Montparnasse
    Les Amants de Montparnasse1958
  • Sans lendemain
    Sans lendemain1940
  • La Tendre Ennemie
    La Tendre Ennemie1936
  • De Mayerling à Sarajevo
    De Mayerling à Sarajevo1940
  • Le Roman de Werther
    Le Roman de Werther1938
  • Yoshiwara
    Yoshiwara1937
  • Calais-Douvres
    Calais-Douvres1931
  • On a volé un homme
    On a volé un homme1934

Filmographie

1958
1955
1953
1948
1939
There's No Tomorrow · as Screenplay
1937
Yoshiwara · as Screenplay
1936
1936
The Tender Enemy · as Screenplay
1934
Everybody's Woman · as Screenplay
1933
1932
The Bartered Bride · as Screenplay

1952
Le Plaisir · as Adaptation
1950
La Ronde · as Adaptation
1938
The Novel of Werther · as Adaptation
1935
Divine · as Scenario Writer
1933
Laughing Heirs · as Adaptation
1931
Nie wieder Liebe! · as Assistant Director