Max Ophüls

Max Ophüls

Born 06/05/1902
Saarbrücken, Saarland, German Empire

Died 25/03/1957 (54 years old)
Hamburk, West Germany

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Max Ophüls (b. 1902, Saarbrücken – 1957, Hamburg) was deemed controversial during his time, particularly by the realist- and socially-oriented mainstream film critics. Not even the setting of his stories in fin-de-siècle Europe (most often Vienna) fitted their criteria, nor their leaning towards melodrama, nor their polished ornamental style. It is only today that Ophüls is recognised as one of the luminaries of classic world film. An unwilling German globetrotter… (more)

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Director

Screenwriter

Movies
1955

Lola Montès

1950

La Ronde

Actor