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Max Ophüls

Director, Writer, Producer, Additional Credits
Born May 6, 1902Died March 26, 1957 (54 years)
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.

Known For

  • Letter from an Unknown Woman
  • The Earrings of Madame De...
  • La Ronde
  • Le Plaisir
  • Lola Montès
  • The Reckless Moment
  • Caught
  • Everybody's Woman
  • Playing at Love
  • Montparnasse 19
  • There's No Tomorrow
  • The Tender Enemy
  • From Mayerling to Sarajevo
  • The Novel of Werther
  • Yoshiwara
  • Nie wieder Liebe!
  • A Man Has Been Stolen

Max Ophüls Filmography

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

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