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Maximilian Schell

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Maximilian Schell is the most successful German-speaking actor in English-language films since Emil Jannings, the winner of the first Best Actor Academy Award. Like Jannings, Schell won the Oscar, but unlike him, he is a dedicated anti-Nazi. Indeed, with the exception of Maurice Chevalier and Marcello Mastroianni... See full bio »

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2009 Darkness
 
2009 Flores negras
Jacob Krinsten
 
2008 The Brothers Bloom
Diamond Dog
 
2007 Die Rosenkönigin (TV movie)
Karl Friedrich Weidemann
 
2007 Giganten (TV series)
Albert Einstein
– Einstein - Superstar der Wissenschaft (2007) … Albert Einstein
 
2003-2007 Der Fürst und das Mädchen (TV series)
Friedrich Fürst von Thorwald / Fürst Friedrich von Thorwald / Fürst Thorwald
– Die Söhne des Fürsten (2007) … Fürst Thorwald
– Geheimnisvolle Reise (2007) … Fürst Thorwald
– Himmelwärts (2007) … Fürst Thorwald
– Erpressung (2007) … Fürst Friedrich von Thorwald
– Gefährliche Strömung (2007) … Fürst Friedrich von Thorwald
See all 34 episodes »
 
2006 The Shell Seekers (TV movie)
Lawrence Sterne
 
2006 House of the Sleeping Beauties
Kogi
 
2006 Die Alpenklinik (TV movie)
Dr. Alexander Ohlendorf
 
2005 Die Liebe eines Priesters (TV movie)
Pater Christoph
 
2004 The Return of the Dancing Master (TV movie)
Fernando Hereira/Aaron Silberstein
 
2003 Alles Glück dieser Erde (TV movie)
Xaver Schönborn
 
2003 Coast to Coast (TV movie)
Casimir
 
2002 Der Bestseller - Mord auf italienisch (TV movie)
Karl Steingraf
 
2002 Love, Lies, Passions (TV mini-series)
Franz Steininger
– Episode #1.1 (2002) … Franz Steininger
 
2001 Festival in Cannes
Viktor Kovner
 
2001 The Song of the Lark (TV movie)
Wunsch
 
2000 Just Messing About
 
2000 I Love You, Baby
Walter Ekland
 
1999 Joan of Arc (TV movie)
Brother Jean le Maistre
 
1999 On the Wings of Love
Hochberg
 
1998 Deep Impact
Jason Lerner
 
1998 Vampires
Cardinal Alba
 
1998 Left Luggage
Mr. Silberschmidt, Chaya's Father
 
1998 The Eighteenth Angel
Father Simeon
 
1997 Telling Lies in America
Dr. Istvan Jonas
 
1997 Biography (TV series documentary)
Hans Rolfe
– Judy Garland: Beyond the Rainbow (1997) … Hans Rolfe
 
1997 Through Roses
Carl Stern
 
1997 The Song of the Lark (short)
Wunsch
 
1996 The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years (TV movie)
Cardinal Vittorio
 
1996 The Vampyre Wars
Rodan
 
1994 Little Odessa
Arkady Shapira
 
1993 Abraham (TV movie)
Pharaoh
 
1993 Candles in the Dark (TV movie)
Colonel Arkush
 
1993 Justiz
Isaak Kohler
 
1993 A Far Off Place
Col. Mopani Theron
 
1992 Stalin (TV movie)
Vladimir Lenin
 
1992 Miss Rose White (TV movie)
Mordecai Weiss
 
1991 Young Catherine (TV movie)
Frederick the Great
 
1990 Wiseguy (TV series)
Amado Guzman
– Witness Protection for the Archangel Lucifer (1990) … Amado Guzman
– La Mina (1990) … Amado Guzman
– The Gift (1990) … Amado Guzman
– Black Gold (1990) … Amado Guzman
– Fruit of the Poisonous Tree: Part 1 (1990) … Amado Guzman
See all 6 episodes »
 
1990 The Freshman
Larry London
 
1989 The Rosegarden
Aaron
 
1986 Peter the Great (TV mini-series)
Peter the Great
 
1985 The Assisi Underground
Col. Müller
 
1984 Morgen in Alabama
Lawyer Landau
 
1983 The Islands
Fabrice
 
1983 The Phantom of the Opera (TV movie)
Sándor Korvin / The Phantom of the Opera
 
1981 The Chosen
Professor David Malter
 
1980 The Diary of Anne Frank (TV movie)
Otto Frank
 
1979 The Black Hole
Dr. Hans Reinhardt
 
1979 Amo non amo
Giovanni
 
1979 Tales from the Vienna Woods
Theatre Visitor (uncredited)
 
1979 Avalanche Express
Bunin
 
1979 Players
Marco
 
1977 Julia
Johann
 
1977 A Bridge Too Far
Lieutenant General Bittrich
 
1977 Cross of Iron
Hauptmann (Capt.) Stransky
 
1976 St. Ives
Dr. John Constable
 
1975 The Day That Shook the World
Djuro Sarac
 
1975 End of the Game
Robert Schmied on Audiotape (voice) (uncredited)
 
1975 The Man in the Glass Booth
Arthur Goldman
 
1974 The Odessa File
Eduard Roschmann
 
1974 The Rehearsal
 
1973 The Pedestrian
Andreas Giese
 
1972 Paulina 1880
Comte Michel Cantarini
 
1972 Pope Joan
Adrian
 
1970 First Love
Father
 
1969 Simón Bolívar
Simón Bolívar
 
1969 Krakatoa: East of Java
Captain Hanson
 
1968 Heidi (TV movie)
Herr Sessemann
 
1968 Beyond the Mountains
Marek
 
1968 The Castle
'K'
 
1967 Counterpoint
Gen. Schiller
 
1967 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (TV series)
August Holland
– A Time to Love (1967) … August Holland
 
1966 Die venezianischen Zwillinge (TV movie)
Zanetto und Tonio
 
1966 The Deadly Affair
Dieter Frey
 
1965 Return from the Ashes
Stanislaus Pilgrin
 
1965 Der seidene Schuh (TV mini-series)
Don Rodrigo
– Episode #1.4 (1965) … Don Rodrigo
– Episode #1.3 (1965) … Don Rodrigo
– Episode #1.2 (1965) … Don Rodrigo
– Episode #1.1 (1965) … Don Rodrigo
 
1964 Topkapi
Walter Harper
 
1964 Letters of Mozart - Briefe Mozarts (short)
 
1962 The Reluctant Saint
Giuseppe
 
1962 The Condemned of Altona
Franz von Gerlach
 
1962 Five Finger Exercise
Walter
 
1961 Judgment at Nuremberg
Hans Rolfe
 
1961 Hamlet (TV movie)
Hamlet
 
1960 Family Classics: The Three Musketeers (TV movie)
D'Artagnan
 
1960 Alcoa Theatre (TV series)
Sarrail
– The Observer (1960) … Sarrail
 
1960 Sunday Showcase (TV series)
Peter Gerard
– Turn the Key Deftly (1960) … Peter Gerard
 
1960 The Fifth Column (TV movie)
 
1959 Eine Dummheit macht auch der Gescheiteste (TV movie)
Jegor Dmitritsch Glumow
 
1959 Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (TV series)
Hans
– Perilous (1959) … Hans
 
1959 Playhouse 90 (TV series)
Gunther / Hans Rolfe
– Judgment at Nuremberg (1959) … Hans Rolfe
– Child of Our Time (1959) … Gunther
 
1958 Die Bernauerin (TV movie)
Herzog Albrecht von Bayern
 
1958 Kinder der Berge
Josef Ospel
 
1958 The Young Lions
Capt. Hardenberg
 
1958 Der Meisterdieb (TV movie)
 
1957 The Last Ones Shall Be First
Lorenz Darrandt
 
1957 Taxi Driver Baenz
Toni Schellenberg
 
1956 Ein Herz kehrt heim
Wolfgang Thomas
 
1956 Marriage of Dr. Danwitz
Dr. Oswald Hauser
 
1956 The Girl from Flanders
Lt. Alexander 'Alex' Haller
 
1955 Ripening Youth
Jürgen Sengebusch
 
1955 The Plot to Assassinate Hitler
Mitglied des Kreisauer Kreises
 
1955 Children, Mother, and the General
Deserteur
 
Show ShowWriter (9 titles)
2002 My Sister Maria (documentary)
 
1984 Marlene (documentary)
 
1979 Tales from the Vienna Woods (writer)
 
1975 End of the Game (screenplay)
 
1973 The Pedestrian (writer)
 
1971 Trotta
 
1970 First Love
 
1968 The Castle (writer)
 
1964 Letters of Mozart - Briefe Mozarts (short)
 
Show ShowDirector (8 titles)
2002 My Sister Maria (documentary)
 
1993 Candles in the Dark (TV movie)
 
1984 Marlene (documentary)
 
1979 Tales from the Vienna Woods
 
1975 End of the Game
 
1973 The Pedestrian
 
1970 First Love
 
1967 Alles zum Guten (TV movie) (theatre director)
 
Show ShowProducer (7 titles)
2002 My Sister Maria (documentary) (executive producer)
 
1985 Die Föhnforscher (co-producer)
 
1979 Tales from the Vienna Woods (producer)
 
1976 The Clown (producer)
 
1975 End of the Game (producer)
 
1973 The Pedestrian (producer)
 
1968 The Castle (co-producer)
 
Show ShowProduction Manager (1 title)
1970 First Love (production manager)
 
Show ShowSelf (57 titles)
2004-2011 Imperium (TV series documentary)
Himself / Himself - Presenter
– Der Kriegsruf der Indianer (2011) … Himself - Presenter
– Das Gold der Piraten (2011) … Himself - Presenter
– Der letzte Kampf der Ritter (2011) … Himself - Presenter
– Das Schwert der Shogune (2010) … Himself - Presenter
– Der Fluch des Diamanten (2010) … Himself - Presenter
See all 20 episodes »
 
2005-2011 Terra X - Rätsel alter Weltkulturen (TV series documentary)
Himself - Presenter / Himself - presenter / Himself - Host / …
– Imperium - Der Kriegsruf der Indianer (2011) … Himself - presenter
– Imperium - Das Gold der Piraten (2011) … Himself - presenter
– Imperium - Der letzte Kampf der Ritter (2011) … Himself - Narrator
– Das Schwert der Shogune (2010) … Himself - Presenter
– Imperium - Der Fluch des Diamanten (2010) … Himself - Presenter
See all 8 episodes »
 
2002-2011 Seitenblicke (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode dated 19 March 2011 (2011) … Himself (uncredited)
– Premiere: Meine Schwester Maria (2002) … Himself
 
2010 Riverboat - Die MDR-Talkshow aus Leipzig (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode dated 22 October 2010 (2010) … Himself
 
2010 Im Gespräch mit Teddy Podgorski (TV series)
Himself
 
2009 Bambi Verleihung 2009 (TV movie)
Himself - Winner
 
2008 Imperium der Päpste (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Flammen über Rom (2008) … Himself
– Verschwörung im Vatikan (2008) … Himself
– Duell zwischen Kreuz und Krone (2008) … Himself
 
2008 Wiener Opernball (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 31 January 2008 (2008) … Himself
 
2007 Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen (TV series documentary)
Quote Reader
– Censored (2007) … Quote Reader (voice) (as Maximillian Schell)
 
2007 Verstörung - und eine Art von Poesie. Die Filmlegende Bernhard Wicki (documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Brando (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2003-2006 Die Johannes B. Kerner Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 27 April 2006 (2006) … Himself
– Episode dated 13 September 2005 (2005) … Himself
– Episode dated 12 March 2003 (2003) … Himself
 
2005 Tavis Smiley (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 3 June 2005 (2005) … Himself
 
2005 Das Bibelrätsel (TV series documentary)
Himself
 
2003-2005 Beckmann (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 28 February 2005 (2005) … Himself
– Episode dated 8 September 2003 (2003) … Himself
 
2004 In Conversation: Abby Mann and Maximillian Schell (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2004 Ninth November Night (documentary short)
Himself
 
2004 Hinter den Fassaden - Die Geheimnisse der Wiener Ringstrasse (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Sphinx - Geheimnisse der Geschichte (TV series documentary)
Himself - Presenter
– Der Fall Karthagos (2004) … Himself - Presenter
– Kampf um Rom (2004) … Himself - Presenter
 
2004 Menschen bei Maischberger (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 6 April 2004 (2004) … Himself
 
2003 The 75th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Past Winner
 
2002 Leute heute (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode dated 28 May 2002 (2002) … Himself
– Aus Cannes (2002) … Himself
 
2002 Gero von Boehm begegnet... (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Maximilian Schell (2002) … Himself
 
2002 My Sister Maria (documentary)
Himself
 
2001 Wetten, dass..? (TV series)
Himself
– Wetten, dass..? aus Dresden (2001) … Himself
 
2001 2001 World Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
2000 Hamlet in Hollywood (documentary)
Himself
 
1998 The 70th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Past Winner (uncredited)
 
1996 Die Harald Schmidt Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.57 (1996) … Himself
 
1996 Claudio Abbado: The Silence That Follows the Music (TV documentary)
Actor
 
1994 Ein Freund, ein guter Freund - Heinz Rühmann 1902-1994 (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1994 The 51st Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Presenter
 
1993 Lara - Meine Jahre mit Boris Pasternak (documentary)
Narrator
 
1993 The 50th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Winner: Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV
 
1993 Vision 2000 (documentary)
Himself
 
1991 Labyrinth
Himself
 
1991 Glaube, Liebe, Hoffnung in Moskau (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1991 The 48th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter
 
1984 Étoiles et toiles (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Festival de Berlin 1984 (1984) … Himself
 
1984 Marlene (documentary)
Himself
 
1982 Bernstein/Beethoven (TV mini-series documentary)
Commentator
 
1978 The 50th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
1978 V.I.P.-Schaukel (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode #8.2 (1978) … Himself
 
1975-1978 The Mike Douglas Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 2 March 1978 (1978) … Himself
– Episode dated 29 August 1975 (1975) … Himself
 
1976 The 2nd Annual People's Choice Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
1975 Je später der Abend... (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 12 February 1975 (1975) … Himself
 
1970 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 10 September 1970 (1970) … Himself
 
1969 The David Frost Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.59 (1969) … Himself
 
1969 The Joe Namath Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.6 (1969) … Himself
 
1968 Flash 14 (documentary short)
Himself
 
1967 The Beautiful Blue and Red Danube (TV documentary)
Narrator
 
1966 Late Show London (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.25 (1966) … Himself
 
1965 Today (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 15 October 1965 (1965) … Himself
 
1963 The 35th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter: Best Actress in a Leading Role
 
1962 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Hans Rolfe - scene from 'Judgement at Nuremberg'
– Episode #15.31 (1962) … Hans Rolfe - scene from 'Judgement at Nuremberg'
 
1962 The 34th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Winner: Best Actor in a Leading Role
 
1961-1962 Here's Hollywood (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 25 January 1962 (1962) … Himself
– Episode dated 28 June 1961 (1961) … Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (7 titles)
2011 Passion & Poetry: Sam Peckinpah's War (video documentary)
Himself
 
2011 Willkommen Österreich (TV series)
 
2007 La tele de tu vida (TV series)
 
2006 Unsere Besten (TV series)
 
2004 Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust (documentary)
 
1999 My Best Fiend (documentary)
Himself - Deserteur
 
1970 Hamlet Revisited: Approaches to Hamlet (TV documentary)
Hamlet
 

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He wrote the novel 'Der Rebell' in 1997. See more »

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Alternate Names:

Maximillian Schell

Height:

5' 10" (1.78 m)
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[on directing movies] It's more fulfilling than acting, but it's also more wounding to get bad reviews as a director than an actor. See more »

Trivia:

In later life he began directing operatic productions. His first foray in the musical medium was a Swiss production of Verdi's "La Traviata." This passion was triggered when he was performing in the play "Jedermann" (or "Everyman") in Salzburg, Austria from 1978-1982, and he came into contact with several musical conductors including Leonard Bernstein, James Levine and Claudio Abbado. See more »

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