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Max Ophüls

Max Ophüls

WriterDirectorProducerDirecting May 6 (died age 54) Saarbrücken, Saarland, Germany 1931–1989 (58 year career)
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Biography

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 (…

Known For

Letter from an Unknown Woman
Film

Letter from an Unknown Woman

Director
The Earrings of Madame de...
Film

The Earrings of Madame de...

Director
Le Plaisir
Film

Le Plaisir

Adaptation
La Ronde
Film

La Ronde

Adaptation
Lola Montès
Film

Lola Montès

Director
The Reckless Moment
Film

The Reckless Moment

Director
Caught
Film

Caught

Director
Liebelei
Film

Liebelei

Director

Filmography

Crew (45)

Movies (45)

Mistress Berta Garlan

Mistress Berta Garlan

1989

Adaptation

Lola Montès

Lola Montès

1955

Director

6.8
Lola Montès

Lola Montès

1955

Writer

6.8
The Earrings of Madame de...

The Earrings of Madame de...

1953

Director

7.5
The Earrings of Madame de...

The Earrings of Madame de...

1953

Screenplay

7.5
Le Plaisir

Le Plaisir

1952

Adaptation

7.5
Le Plaisir

Le Plaisir

1952

Director

7.5
La Ronde

La Ronde

1950

Adaptation

7.3
La Ronde

La Ronde

1950

Director

7.3
Caught

Caught

1949

Director

6.6
The Reckless Moment

The Reckless Moment

1949

Director

6.7
Letter from an Unknown Woman

Letter from an Unknown Woman

1948

Director

7.8
The Exile

The Exile

1947

Director

6.1
There's No Tomorrow

There's No Tomorrow

1940

Director

6.9
There's No Tomorrow

There's No Tomorrow

1940

Screenplay

6.9
From Mayerling to Sarajevo

From Mayerling to Sarajevo

1940

Director

7.0
L'école des femmes

L'école des femmes

1940

Director

The Novel of Werther

The Novel of Werther

1938

Adaptation

6.8
The Novel of Werther

The Novel of Werther

1938

Director

6.8
Yoshiwara

Yoshiwara

1937

Director

8.0
Yoshiwara

Yoshiwara

1937

Screenplay

8.0
The Trouble with Money

The Trouble with Money

1936

Dialogue

5.7
The Trouble with Money

The Trouble with Money

1936

Director

5.7
The Trouble with Money

The Trouble with Money

1936

Writer

5.7
The Tender Enemy

The Tender Enemy

1936

Director

5.9
The Tender Enemy

The Tender Enemy

1936

Producer

5.9
The Tender Enemy

The Tender Enemy

1936

Screenplay

5.9
Grand Waltz Brilliant by Chopin

Grand Waltz Brilliant by Chopin

1936

Director

5.6
Divine

Divine

1935

Director

6.5
Divine

Divine

1935

Scenario Writer

6.5
Divine

Divine

1935

Writer

6.5
Ave Maria de Schubert

Ave Maria de Schubert

1935

Director

A Man Has Been Stolen

A Man Has Been Stolen

1934

Director

Everybody's Woman

Everybody's Woman

1934

Director

6.8
Everybody's Woman

Everybody's Woman

1934

Screenplay

6.8
Laughing Heirs

Laughing Heirs

1933

Adaptation

5.7
Laughing Heirs

Laughing Heirs

1933

Director

5.7
Liebelei

Liebelei

1933

Director

6.9
Love Story

Love Story

1933

Director

3.8
The Company's in Love

The Company's in Love

1932

Director

6.1
The Bartered Bride

The Bartered Bride

1932

Director

5.8
The Bartered Bride

The Bartered Bride

1932

Screenplay

5.8
No More Love

No More Love

1931

Assistant Director

7.5
I'd Rather Have Cod Liver Oil

I'd Rather Have Cod Liver Oil

1931

Director

I'd Rather Have Cod Liver Oil

I'd Rather Have Cod Liver Oil

1931

Writer