Max Ophüls
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- May 6, 1902
- Died
- March 26, 1957
- Birthplace
- Saarbrücken, Saarland, Germany
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.
Filmography
- Mistress Berta Garlan
Mistress Berta Garlan 1989
Adaptation
Lola Montès 1955
Director, Writer
The Earrings of Madame de... 1953
Director, Screenplay
Le Plaisir 1952
Director, Adaptation
La Ronde 1950
Director, Adaptation
The Reckless Moment 1949
Director
Caught 1949
Director
Letter from an Unknown Woman 1948
Director
The Exile 1947
Director
L'école des femmes 1940
Director
There's No Tomorrow 1940
Screenplay, Director
From Mayerling to Sarajevo 1940
Director
The Novel of Werther 1938
Director, Adaptation
Yoshiwara 1937
Director, Screenplay
The Trouble with Money 1936
Director, Writer, Dialogue
The Tender Enemy 1936
Director, Screenplay, Producer
Chopin's Brilliant Waltz 1936
Director
Divine 1935
Director, Scenario Writer, Writer
- Ave Maria de Schubert
Ave Maria de Schubert 1935
Director
Everybody's Woman 1934
Director, Screenplay
A Man Has Been Stolen 1934
Director
Love Story 1933
Director
Liebelei 1933
Director
Laughing Heirs 1933
Director, Adaptation
The Bartered Bride 1932
Director, Screenplay
The Company's in Love 1932
Director
I'd Rather Have Cod Liver Oil 1931
Director, Writer
No More Love 1931
Assistant Director
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