Max Ophüls

Regissör, Författare, Producent

6 maj 1902 — 26 mars 1957 (54 år)
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.

Känd för

  • Brev från en okänd kvinna
    Brev från en okänd kvinna1948
  • Bröllopsgåvan
    Bröllopsgåvan1953
  • Kärlekens hus
    Kärlekens hus1950
  • Kärlekens fröjder
    Kärlekens fröjder1952
  • Lola Montez - kurtisanen
    Lola Montez - kurtisanen1955
  • Kvinna i fara
    Kvinna i fara1949
  • Fångad
    Fångad1949
  • Lidelse
    Lidelse1934
  • Din för evigt
    Din för evigt1933
  • Montparnasse 19
    Montparnasse 191958
  • There's No Tomorrow
    There's No Tomorrow1940
  • Älskad av tre män
    Älskad av tre män1936
  • Från Mayerling till Sarajevo
    Från Mayerling till Sarajevo1940
  • En kärleks tragedi
    En kärleks tragedi1938
  • Glädjegatan
    Glädjegatan1937
  • Äventyrerskan från Dover
    Äventyrerskan från Dover1931
  • En natt vid Rivieran
    En natt vid Rivieran1934

Filmografi

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