Marcel Ophüls

ActorDirectorWriterProducerCrew Nov 1 (died age 97) Frankfurt am Main, Germany 1952–2024 (72 year career)

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Biography

Marcel Ophuls (German: [ˈɔfʏls]; born 1 November 1927) was a German-French documentary film maker and former actor, best known for his films The Sorrow and the Pity and Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie. Ophuls was born in Frankfurt, Germany, the son of Hildegard Wall and the director Max Ophüls. His family left Germany in 1933 following the coming to power of the Nazi Party and settled in Paris, France. Following the invasion of France by Germany in May 1940 they were forced t…

Known For

Film

Annie Hall

Thanks

Film

Lola Montès

Assistant Director

Film

Love at Twenty

Director

Film

Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie

Self

Film

The Sorrow and the Pity

Self - Interviewer

Film

The Memory of Justice

Director

Film

Banana Peel

Director

Film

Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah

Self

Filmography

Acting (22)

Movies (17)

The Sorrow and the Pity: The Film That Shocked France

2024

as Self (archive footage) - Director ("Le Chagrin et la Pitié")

8.5

A Deal Made in a Turkish Bath

2017

as Self

Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah

as Self

Ain't Misbehavin

as Self

Marcel Ophuls and Jean-Luc Godard: The Meeting in St-Gervais

2011

as Self

7.0

Max par Marcel: Lola Montès

2009

as Self

Marcel Ophuls: The Memory Hunter

2004

as Self

A Journey Through Le Plaisir

2002

as himself

The Troubles We've Seen

1994

as Self

5.0

François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits

1993

as Self (archive footage)

5.1

November Days

1991

as Self - Interviewer

5.7

Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie

1988

as Self

7.0

Das schöne irre Judenmädchen

1984

as Medardus

Liberty Belle

1983

as German teacher

3.1

Festspiele

1982

as Clown

Egon Schiele: Excess and Punishment

1980

as Dr. Stovel

5.2

Cinéastes de notre temps : Max Ophuls ou la ronde

1965

as Self

4.0

Television (5)

Zeil um Zehn

1990

as Self

Wortwechsel

1982

as Self

Spécial cinéma

1974

as Self

The Sorrow and the Pity

1969

as Self - Interviewer

7.6

Grimme Award

1964

as Self

Crew (46)

Movies (44)

Ain't Misbehavin

2013

Director

6.2

Max par Marcel: Lola Montès

2009

Director

Max par Marcel: Lola Montès

2009

Writer

The Troubles We've Seen

1994

Director

5.0

The Troubles We've Seen

Writer

November Days

Director

November Days

Writer

Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie

1988

Director

7.0

Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie

1988

Producer

7.0

Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie

1988

Writer

7.0

Yorktown: The Meaning of a Victory

1982

Director

Festspiele

1982

Director

Festspiele

1982

Writer

Kortnergeschichten

1980

Director

Kortnergeschichten

1980

Writer

Annie Hall

1977

Thanks

7.7

The Memory of Justice

1976

Director

6.8

The Memory of Justice

1976

Producer

6.8

The Memory of Justice

1976

Writer

6.8

A Sense of Loss

1973

Director

A Sense of Loss

1973

Producer

À la recherche de mon Amérique

1971

Director

À la recherche de mon Amérique

1971

Scenario Writer

The Harvest of My Lai

1970

Director

The Harvest of My Lai

1970

Writer

Zwei ganze Tage

1970

Director

Zwei ganze Tage

1970

Screenplay

Clavigo

1970

Director

The Sorrow and the Pity

1969

Director

The Sorrow and the Pity

1969

Writer

Munich, or Peace in Our Time

1967

Director

Munich, or Peace in Our Time

1967

Writer

Place Your Bets, Ladies

1965

Director

4.0

Place Your Bets, Ladies

Screenplay

Banana Peel

Director

Banana Peel

Screenplay

Love at Twenty

Director

Love at Twenty

Writer

Munich

Director

Matisse ou Le talent de bonheur

1960

Director

Matisse ou Le talent de bonheur

1960

Writer

Das Pflichtmandat

1958

Director

Lola Montès

1955

Assistant Director

6.8

The Girl with the Whip

1952

Assistant Director

Television (2)

The Sorrow and the Pity

1969

Director

7.6

The Sorrow and the Pity

1969

Writer

7.6