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Max Ophüls
Director 1902 - 1957

Max Ophüls

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... Read full bio →

Directed Films

Every film this person directed

13 titles
Lola Montès

Lola Montès

Max Ophüls 1955 1h 56m 8.0

The film tells the tragical story of the life of Lola Montes who was a great adventurer and stopped being the attraction of her circus after having been the lover of various important men.

Madame de...

Madame de...

Max Ophüls 1953 1h 45m 8.4

In late 19th century France, the Countess Louise, wife of a wealthy general, sells the earrings her husband gave her on their wedding day to pay off her secret debts, then claims to have lost them.

Le plaisir

Le plaisir

Max Ophüls 1952 1h 37m 8.2

Three short stories about pleasure.

La ronde

La ronde

Max Ophüls 1950 1h 35m 9.8

An all-knowing interlocutor guides us through a series of affairs in Vienna, 1900. A soldier meets an eager young lady of the evening. Later he has an affair with a young lady, who becomes a maid and does similarly with the young man of the house. The young man seduces a married woman. On and on, spinning on the gay carousel of life.

The Reckless Moment

The Reckless Moment

Max Ophüls 1949 1h 22m 7.3

After discovering the dead body of Bea Harper's lover, Bea's mother Lucia hides the body under the assumption that it was her daughter who killed the man.

Caught

Caught

Max Ophüls 1949 1h 28m 8.3

It was her childhood dream come true. She had married a man worth millions. But her innocent dream became a tormented nightmare once she realized the truth about her husband. He was more than a millionaire, he was absolutely insane!

Letter from an Unknown Woman

Letter from an Unknown Woman

Max Ophüls 1948 1h 27m 8.5

Letter from an Unknown Woman is a drama from Max Ophuls starring Joan Fontaine about an author who receives an anonymous letter.

The Exile

The Exile

Max Ophüls 1947 1h 35m

A deposed king fights for his life while hiding out at a farm.

Sans lendemain

Sans lendemain

Max Ophüls 1940 1h 22m

Apres un mariage malheureux, une femme du monde est contrainte de devenir danseuse nue dans un cabaret pour elever son jeune fils.

De Mayerling à Sarajevo

De Mayerling à Sarajevo

Max Ophüls 1940 1h 35m 7.0

Franz Ferdinand, heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary, is kept absent from the royal court due to his dangerous political ideas. Sent on a tour of inspections and inaugurations, he falls in love with Countess Sophie Chotek.

Divine

Divine

Max Ophüls 1935 1h 22m 8.0

A country girl finds work as a chorus girl in Paris, gets embroiled with a bad egg, and then finds true love with a good-looking milkman.

La signora di tutti

La signora di tutti

Max Ophüls 1934 1h 37m 9.0

Gaby is expelled from school after a married teacher commits suicide after telling her he can't live without her. Though she has done nothing, she is punished for his act.

Liebelei

Liebelei

Max Ophüls 1933 1h 28m

Vienna in the beginning of the twentieth century. Cavalry Lieutenant Fritz Lobheimer is about to end his affair with Baroness Eggerdorff when he meets the young Christine, the daughter of an opera violinist. Baron Eggerdorff however soon hears of his past misfortune...

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