Max Ophüls

Max Ophüls

Directing
Born 1902-05-06 Died 1957-03-26 Saarbrücken, Saarland, Germany 29 credits

Awards

Nominated for 2 Academy Awards

Academy Awards 2 nominated

  • 1955 Best Art Direction, Black and White Nominated Le Plaisir
  • 1952 Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay Nominated La Ronde

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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.
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Filmography
Directing 26 credits
Lola Montès
Lola Montès
1955 · ★ 6.9 · Director, Writer
Caught
Caught
1949 · ★ 6.6 · Director
Letter from an Unknown Woman
Letter from an Unknown Woman
1948 · ★ 7.8 · Director
The Earrings of Madame de...
The Earrings of Madame de...
1953 · ★ 7.5 · Director, Screenplay
Le Plaisir
Le Plaisir
1952 · ★ 7.5 · Director, Adaptation
La Ronde
La Ronde
1950 · ★ 7.3 · Director, Adaptation
Laughing Heirs
Laughing Heirs
1933 · Director, Adaptation
The Reckless Moment
The Reckless Moment
1949 · ★ 6.8 · Director
A Man Has Been Stolen
A Man Has Been Stolen
1934 · Director
The Tender Enemy
The Tender Enemy
1936 · Director, Screenplay, Producer
Yoshiwara
Yoshiwara
1937 · Director, Screenplay
L'école des femmes
L'école des femmes
1940 · Director
Everybody's Woman
Everybody's Woman
1934 · Director, Screenplay
Divine
Divine
1935 · Director, Writer, Scenario Writer
Ave Maria de Schubert
Ave Maria de Schubert
1935 · Director
There's No Tomorrow
There's No Tomorrow
1940 · Director, Screenplay
The Trouble with Money
The Trouble with Money
1936 · Director, Writer, Dialogue
The Company's in Love
The Company's in Love
1932 · Director
The Exile
The Exile
1947 · Director
Love Story
Love Story
1933 · Director
The Novel of Werther
The Novel of Werther
1938 · Director, Adaptation
I'd Rather Have Cod Liver Oil
I'd Rather Have Cod Liver Oil
1931 · Director, Writer
From Mayerling to Sarajevo
From Mayerling to Sarajevo
1940 · Director
The Bartered Bride
The Bartered Bride
1932 · Director, Screenplay
Liebelei
Liebelei
1933 · Director
Chopin's Brilliant Waltz
Chopin's Brilliant Waltz
1936 · Director
Writing 10 credits
Lola Montès
Lola Montès
1955 · ★ 6.9 · Director, Writer
The Earrings of Madame de...
The Earrings of Madame de...
1953 · ★ 7.5 · Director, Screenplay
The Tender Enemy
The Tender Enemy
1936 · Director, Screenplay, Producer
Yoshiwara
Yoshiwara
1937 · Director, Screenplay
Everybody's Woman
Everybody's Woman
1934 · Director, Screenplay
Divine
Divine
1935 · Director, Writer, Scenario Writer
There's No Tomorrow
There's No Tomorrow
1940 · Director, Screenplay
The Trouble with Money
The Trouble with Money
1936 · Director, Writer, Dialogue
I'd Rather Have Cod Liver Oil
I'd Rather Have Cod Liver Oil
1931 · Director, Writer
The Bartered Bride
The Bartered Bride
1932 · Director, Screenplay
Acting 8 credits
Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma
Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma
1978 · Self (archive footage)
Le Plaisir
Le Plaisir
1952 · ★ 7.5 · Director, Adaptation
La Ronde
La Ronde
1950 · ★ 7.3 · Director, Adaptation
Laughing Heirs
Laughing Heirs
1933 · Director, Adaptation
Divine
Divine
1935 · Director, Writer, Scenario Writer
Mistress Berta Garlan
Mistress Berta Garlan
1989 · Adaptation
The Trouble with Money
The Trouble with Money
1936 · Director, Writer, Dialogue
The Novel of Werther
The Novel of Werther
1938 · Director, Adaptation
Other credits 1 credit
No More Love
No More Love
1931 · Assistant Director
Producing 1 credit
The Tender Enemy
The Tender Enemy
1936 · Director, Screenplay, Producer
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