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Overview
Mini Biography:
Maximilian Schell is the most successful German-speaking actor in Eng... moreAwards:
Won Oscar. Another 17 wins & 7 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(23 articles)
DVD: Review:Marlene (From The AV Club. 8 September 2009, 10:00 PM, PDT)
“Nazis. I hate these guys.”: 15 WWII Movies Worth Watching Before You See Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds.
(From FilmJunk. 26 May 2009, 4:10 PM, PDT)
Filmography
Jump to filmography as: Actor, Writer, Director, Producer, Production Manager, Self, Archive Footage
Actor:
- T.M.A. (2009)
... aka Darkness (International: English title) - Flores negras (2009) .... Jacob Krinsten
... aka Schwarze Blumen (Austria) (Germany) - The Brothers Bloom (2008) .... Diamond Dog
- Die Rosenkönigin (2007) (TV) .... Karl Friedrich Weidemann
- "Giganten" .... Albert Einstein (1 episode, 2007)
- Einstein - Superstar der Wissenschaft (2007) TV episode .... Albert Einstein - "Der Fürst und das Mädchen" .... Fürst Thorwald (30 episodes, 2003-2007)
- Mutterglück (2007) TV episode .... Fürst Thorwald
- Verluste (2007) TV episode .... Fürst Thorwald
- Die Söhne des Fürsten (2007) TV episode .... Fürst Thorwald
- Gehemnisvolle Reise (2007) TV episode .... Fürst Thorwald
- Freundschaft (2007) TV episode .... Fürst Thorwald
(25 more) - Das Haus der schlafenden Schönen (2006) .... Kogi
... aka House of the Sleeping Beauties (International: English title) (USA: new title) - Die Alpenklinik (2006) (TV) .... Dr. Ohlendorf
- The Shell Seekers (2006) (TV) .... Lawrence Sterne
... aka Rosamunde Pilcher - Die Muschelsucher (Germany) - Die Liebe eines Priesters (2005) (TV) .... Pater Christoph
- The Return of the Dancing Master (2004) (TV) .... Fernando Hereira
... aka Die Rückkehr des Tanzlehrers (Germany) - Alles Glück dieser Erde (2003) (TV) .... Xaver Schönborn
- Coast to Coast (2003) (TV) .... Casimir
- Der Bestseller - Mord auf italienisch (2002) (TV) .... Karl Steingraf
- "Liebe, Lügen, Leidenschaften" .... Franz Steininger (1 episode, 2002)
... aka Love, Lies, Passions (International: English title)
- Episode #1.1 (2002) TV episode .... Franz Steininger - Festival in Cannes (2001) .... Viktor Kovner
- The Song of the Lark (2001) (TV) .... Wunsch
- Fisimatenten (2000)
... aka Just Messing About (International: English title) - I Love You, Baby (2000) .... Walter Ekland
- Joan of Arc (1999) (TV) .... Brother Jean le Maistre
... aka Jeanne d'Arc (Canada: French title) - Wer liebt, dem wachsen Flügel... (1999) .... Hochberg
... aka On the Wings of Love (International: English title) - Deep Impact (1998) .... Jason Lerner
- Vampires (1998) .... Cardinal Alba
... aka John Carpenter's Vampires (USA: complete title)
... aka Vampire$ (USA) - Left Luggage (1998) .... Mr. Silberschmidt, Chaya's Father
... aka 2 koffers vol (Netherlands) - The Eighteenth Angel (1998) .... Father Simeon
- Telling Lies in America (1997) .... Dr. Istvan Jonas
- "Biography" .... Hans Rolfe (1 episode, 1997)
- Judy Garland: Beyond the Rainbow (1997) TV episode .... Hans Rolfe - Through Roses (1997) .... Carl Stern
... aka Zwischen Rosen (Germany) - The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years (1996) (TV) .... Cardinal Vittorio
- The Vampyre Wars (1996) .... Rodan
- Little Odessa (1994) .... Arkady Shapira
- Abraham (1994) (TV) .... Pharaoh
... aka Die Bibel - Abraham (Germany)
... aka La bible: Abraham (France)
... aka The Bible: Abraham - Candles in the Dark (1993) (TV) .... Colonel Arkush
- Justiz (1993) .... Isaak Kohler
- A Far Off Place (1993) .... Col. Mopani Theron
- Stalin (1992) (TV) .... Vladimir Lenin
... aka Sztálin (Hungary) - Miss Rose White (1992) (TV) .... Mordecai Weiss
- Young Catherine (1991) (TV) .... Frederick the Great
- "Wiseguy" .... Amado Guzman (6 episodes, 1990)
- Witness Protection for the Archangel Lucifer (1990) TV episode .... Amado Guzman
- La Mina (1990) TV episode .... Amado Guzman
- The Gift (1990) TV episode .... Amado Guzman
- Black Gold (1990) TV episode .... Amado Guzman
- Fruit of the Poisonous Tree: Part 1 (1990) TV episode .... Amado Guzman
(1 more) - The Freshman (1990) .... Larry London
- The Rosegarden (1989) .... Aaron
... aka Der Rosengarten - "Peter the Great" (1986) TV mini-series .... Peter the Great
- The Assisi Underground (1985) .... Col. Müller
- Morgen in Alabama (1984) .... Lawyer Landau
... aka Man Under Suspicion - Les îles (1983) .... Fabrice
... aka The Islands (International: English title) - The Phantom of the Opera (1983) (TV) .... Sándor Korvin / The Phantom of the Opera
- The Chosen (1981) .... Professor David Malter
- The Diary of Anne Frank (1980) (TV) .... Otto Frank
- The Black Hole (1979) .... Dr. Hans Reinhardt
- Amo non amo (1979) .... Giovanni
... aka I Love You, I Love You Not (USA)
... aka Together? (USA: reissue title) - Avalanche Express (1979) .... Nikolai Bunin
- Players (1979) .... Marco
- Julia (1977) .... Johann
- A Bridge Too Far (1977) .... Lt. Gen. Wilhelm Bittrich
- Cross of Iron (1977) .... Hauptmann Stransky
... aka Steiner - Das Eiserne Kreuz (West Germany) - St. Ives (1976) .... Dr. John Constable
- Sarajevski atentat (1975) .... Djuro Sarac
... aka Atentat u Sarajevu (Czechoslovakia: Czech title)
... aka Der Tag, der die Welt veränderte (West Germany)
... aka Merénylet Szarajevóban (Hungary)
... aka Sarajevský atentát (Czechoslovakia: Czech title)
... aka The Day That Shook the World (USA) - Der Richter und sein Henker (1975) (voice) (uncredited) .... Robert Schmied on Audiotape
... aka Assassinio sul ponte (Italy)
... aka Deception (UK: video title)
... aka End of the Game (USA)
... aka Getting Away with Murder (USA: reissue title)
... aka Murder on the Bridge (USA)
... aka The Judge and His Hangman (International: English title: informal literal title) - The Man in the Glass Booth (1975) .... Arthur Goldman
... aka Robert Shaw's The Man in the Glass Booth (Australia: DVD box title) - The Odessa File (1974) .... Eduard Roschmann
... aka Der Fall Odessa (West Germany)
... aka Die Akte Odessa (West Germany) - The Rehearsal (1974)
... aka I dokimi (Greece) - Der Fußgänger (1973) .... Andreas Giese
... aka The Pedestrian (USA) - Paulina 1880 (1972) .... Comte Michel Cantarini
- Pope Joan (1972) .... Adrian
... aka She Who Would Be Pope (UK: restored version)
... aka The Devil's Imposter (USA: recut version) - Erste Liebe (1970) .... Father
... aka First Love (USA) (West Germany)
... aka First Love - Die Geschichte einer Liebe (Switzerland: German title) - Simón Bolívar (1969) .... Simón Bolívar
... aka La epopeya de Bolívar (Venezuela) - Krakatoa: East of Java (1969) .... Captain Hanson
... aka Volcano (USA: reissue title) - Heidi (1968) (TV) .... Herr Richard Sesemann
... aka Heidi kehrt heim (West Germany) - The Desperate Ones (1968) .... Marek
... aka Beyond the Mountains (USA)
... aka Más allá de las montañas (Spain) - Das Schloß (1968) .... 'K'
... aka The Castle (USA) - Counterpoint (1967) .... Gen. Schiller
- "Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre" .... August Holland (1 episode, 1967)
... aka The Chrysler Theater
... aka Theatre of Stars (UK)
... aka Universal Star Time (syndication title)
- A Time to Love (1967) TV episode .... August Holland - The Deadly Affair (1966) .... Dieter Frey
- Return from the Ashes (1965) .... Stanislaus Pilgrin
- "Der seidene Schuh" .... Don Rodrigo (4 episodes, 1965)
- Episode #1.4 (1965) TV episode .... Don Rodrigo
- Episode #1.3 (1965) TV episode .... Don Rodrigo
- Episode #1.2 (1965) TV episode .... Don Rodrigo
- Episode #1.1 (1965) TV episode .... Don Rodrigo - Topkapi (1964) .... Walter Harper
- Letters of Mozart - Briefe Mozarts (1964)
- The Reluctant Saint (1962) .... Giuseppe
... aka Joseph Desa (UK) - I sequestrati di Altona (1962) .... Franz
... aka Les séquestrés d'Altona (France)
... aka The Condemned of Altona (USA) - Five Finger Exercise (1962) .... Walter
- Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) .... Hans Rolfe
... aka Judgement at Nuremberg - Hamlet, Prinz von Dänemark (1961) (TV) .... Hamlet
... aka Hamlet (USA) - The Three Musketeers (1960) (TV) .... D'Artagnan
- "Alcoa Theatre" .... Sarrail (1 episode, 1960)
- The Observer (1960) TV episode .... Sarrail - "Sunday Showcase" .... Peter Gerard (1 episode, 1960)
... aka Breck Sunday Showcase (USA: promotional title)
... aka NBC Sunday Showcase (USA: complete title)
- Turn the Key Deftly (1960) TV episode .... Peter Gerard - The Fifth Column (1960) (TV)
- "Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse" .... Hans (1 episode, 1959)
... aka Desilu Playhouse
- Perilous (1959) TV episode .... Hans - "Playhouse 90" .... Gunther / ... (2 episodes, 1959)
- Judgment at Nuremberg (1959) TV episode .... Hans Rolfe
- Child of Our Time (1959) TV episode .... Gunther - Eine Dummheit macht auch der Gescheiteste (1959) (TV)
- Die Bernauerin (1958) (TV) .... Herzog Albrecht von Bayern
- Kinder der Berge (1958) .... Josef Ospel
- The Young Lions (1958) .... Capt. Hardenberg
- Die Letzten werden die Ersten sein (1957) .... Lorenz Darrandt
... aka The Last Ones Shall Be First (International: English title) - Taxichauffeur Bänz (1957) .... Toni Schellenberg
... aka Taxi Driver Baenz (International: English title) - Ein Herz kehrt heim (1956) .... Wolfgang Thomas
- Die Ehe des Dr. med. Danwitz (1956) .... Dr. Hauser
... aka Marriage of Dr. Danwitz (International: English title) - Ein Mädchen aus Flandern (1956) .... Lt. Alexander 'Alex' Haller
... aka The Girl from Flanders (USA) - Reifende Jugend (1955) .... Jürgen Sengebusch
... aka Ripening Youth (International: English title) - Der 20. Juli (1955) .... Mitglied des Kreisauer Kreises
... aka The Plot to Assassinate Hitler (USA) - Kinder, Mütter und ein General (1955) .... Deserteur
... aka Children, Mother, and the General (International: English title)
Writer:
- Meine Schwester Maria (2002) (writer)
... aka Ma soeur Maria (France: TV title)
... aka My Sister Maria (International: English title) - Marlene (1984) (writer)
... aka Marlene Dietrich - Porträt eines Mythos (West Germany: TV title)
... aka Marlene: An Astonishing Visit (International: English title: promotional title) - Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald (1979) (writer)
... aka Tales from the Vienna Woods (USA) - Der Richter und sein Henker (1975) (screenplay)
... aka Assassinio sul ponte (Italy)
... aka Deception (UK: video title)
... aka End of the Game (USA)
... aka Getting Away with Murder (USA: reissue title)
... aka Murder on the Bridge (USA)
... aka The Judge and His Hangman (International: English title: informal literal title) - Der Fußgänger (1973) (writer)
... aka The Pedestrian (USA) - Trotta (1971) (writer)
... aka Trotta - Die Kapuzinergruft (West Germany) - Erste Liebe (1970) (writer)
... aka First Love (USA) (West Germany)
... aka First Love - Die Geschichte einer Liebe (Switzerland: German title) - Das Schloß (1968) (writer)
... aka The Castle (USA) - Letters of Mozart - Briefe Mozarts (1964) (writer)
Director:
- Meine Schwester Maria (2002)
... aka Ma soeur Maria (France: TV title)
... aka My Sister Maria (International: English title) - Candles in the Dark (1993) (TV)
- Marlene (1984)
... aka Marlene Dietrich - Porträt eines Mythos (West Germany: TV title)
... aka Marlene: An Astonishing Visit (International: English title: promotional title) - Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald (1979)
... aka Tales from the Vienna Woods (USA) - Der Richter und sein Henker (1975)
... aka Assassinio sul ponte (Italy)
... aka Deception (UK: video title)
... aka End of the Game (USA)
... aka Getting Away with Murder (USA: reissue title)
... aka Murder on the Bridge (USA)
... aka The Judge and His Hangman (International: English title: informal literal title) - Der Fußgänger (1973)
... aka The Pedestrian (USA) - Erste Liebe (1970)
... aka First Love (USA) (West Germany)
... aka First Love - Die Geschichte einer Liebe (Switzerland: German title) - Alles zum Guten (1967) (TV)
Producer:
- Meine Schwester Maria (2002) (executive producer)
... aka Ma soeur Maria (France: TV title)
... aka My Sister Maria (International: English title) - Die Föhnforscher (1985) (co-producer)
- Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald (1979) (producer)
... aka Tales from the Vienna Woods (USA) - Ansichten eines Clowns (1976) (producer)
... aka Heinrich Böll - Ansichten eines Clowns (West Germany)
... aka The Clown (USA) - Der Richter und sein Henker (1975) (producer)
... aka Assassinio sul ponte (Italy)
... aka Deception (UK: video title)
... aka End of the Game (USA)
... aka Getting Away with Murder (USA: reissue title)
... aka Murder on the Bridge (USA)
... aka The Judge and His Hangman (International: English title: informal literal title) - Der Fußgänger (1973) (producer)
... aka The Pedestrian (USA) - Das Schloß (1968) (co-producer)
... aka The Castle (USA)
Production Manager:
- Erste Liebe (1970) (production manager)
... aka First Love (USA) (West Germany)
... aka First Love - Die Geschichte einer Liebe (Switzerland: German title)
Self:
- "Imperium" .... Himself / ... (14 episodes, 2004-2009)
- Kampf um die Weltmacht (2009) TV episode .... Himself - Presenter
- Wettlauf nach Ostindien (2009) TV episode .... Himself - Presenter
- Der Fluch des Goldes (2009) TV episode .... Himself - Presenter
- Flammen über Rom (2008) TV episode .... Himself
- Verschwörung im Vatikan (2008) TV episode .... Himself
(9 more) - "Imperium der Päpste" .... Himself (3 episodes, 2008)
... aka ZDF Expedition - Imperium der Päpste (Germany: alternative title)
- Flammen über Rom (2008) TV episode .... Himself
- Verschwörung im Vatikan (2008) TV episode .... Himself
- Duell zwischen Kreuz und Krone (2008) TV episode .... Himself - "Wiener Opernball" .... Himself (1 episode, 2008)
- Episode dated 31 January 2008 (2008) TV episode .... Himself - Verstörung - und eine Art von Poesie. Die Filmlegende Bernhard Wicki (2007) .... Himself
- Brando (2007) (TV) .... Himself
- "Die Johannes B. Kerner Show" .... Himself (3 episodes, 2003-2006)
... aka JBK (Germany: promotional abbreviation)
... aka Johannes B. Kerner (Germany: new title)
- Episode dated 27 April 2006 (2006) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 13 September 2005 (2005) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 12 March 2003 (2003) TV episode .... Himself - "Terra X - Expedition ins Unbekannte" .... Himself - Host (1 episode, 2006)
... aka Terra X (West Germany: new title)
- Das Ende der Zaren (2006) TV episode .... Himself - Host - "Tavis Smiley" .... Himself (1 episode, 2005)
- Episode dated 3 June 2005 (2005) TV episode .... Himself - "Das Bibelrätsel" (2005) TV series .... Himself
... aka Die Bibelrätsel - Zeitreise durch die Geschichte (Germany: DVD box title) - "Beckmann" .... Himself (2 episodes, 2003-2005)
- Episode dated 28 February 2005 (2005) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 8 September 2003 (2003) TV episode .... Himself - In Conversation: Abby Mann and Maximillian Schell (2004) (V) .... Himself
- Ninth November Night (2004) .... Himself
- Hinter den Fassaden - Die Geheimnisse der Wiener Ringstrasse (2004) (TV) .... Himself
- "Sphinx - Geheimnisse der Geschichte" .... Himself - Presenter (2 episodes, 2004)
... aka Sphinx - Die Welt entdecken (Germany: DVD title)
... aka ZDFexpedition (Germany: new title)
- Der Fall Karthagos (2004) TV episode .... Himself - Presenter
- Kampf um Rom (2004) TV episode .... Himself - Presenter - "Menschen bei Maischberger" .... Himself (1 episode, 2004)
- Episode dated 6 April 2004 (2004) TV episode .... Himself - The 75th Annual Academy Awards (2003) (TV) .... Himself - Past Winner
- "Leute heute" .... Himself (2 episodes, 2002)
- Episode dated 28 May 2002 (2002) TV episode .... Himself
- Aus Cannes (2002) TV episode .... Himself - "Gero von Boehm begegnet..." .... Himself (1 episode, 2002)
- Maximilian Schell (2002) TV episode .... Himself - Meine Schwester Maria (2002) .... Himself
... aka Ma soeur Maria (France: TV title)
... aka My Sister Maria (International: English title) - "Seitenblicke" .... Himself (1 episode, 2002)
- Premiere: Meine Schwester Maria (2002) TV episode .... Himself - "Wetten, dass..?" .... Himself (1 episode, 2001)
- Wetten, dass..? aus Dresden (2001) TV episode .... Himself - 2001 World Awards (2001) (TV) .... Himself
- Hamlet in Hollywood (2000) .... Himself
- The 70th Annual Academy Awards (1998) (TV) (uncredited) .... Himself - Past Winner
- Claudio Abbado: The Silence That Follows the Music (1996) (TV) .... Actor
- Ein Freund, ein guter Freund - Heinz Rühmann 1902-1994 (1994) (TV) .... Himself
- Lara - Meine Jahre mit Boris Pasternak (1994) .... Narrator
... aka Lara: My Years with Boris Pasternak (International: English title: promotional title) - Vision 2000 (1993) .... Himself
- Labyrinth (1991) .... Himself
- Glaube, Liebe, Hoffnung in Moskau (1991) (TV) .... Himself
- "Étoiles et toiles" .... Himself (1 episode, 1984)
- Festival de Berlin 1984 (1984) TV episode .... Himself - Marlene (1984)
... aka Marlene Dietrich - Porträt eines Mythos (West Germany: TV title)
... aka Marlene: An Astonishing Visit (International: English title: promotional title) - "Bernstein/Beethoven" (1982) TV mini-series .... Commentator
... aka Wege zu Beethoven (West Germany) - The 50th Annual Academy Awards (1978) (TV) .... Himself
- "V.I.P.-Schaukel" .... Himself (1 episode, 1978)
- Episode #8.2 (1978) TV episode .... Himself - "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" .... Himself (1 episode, 1970)
... aka The Best of Carson (USA: rerun title)
- Episode dated 10 September 1970 (1970) TV episode .... Himself - "The David Frost Show" .... Himself (1 episode, 1969)
- Episode #2.59 (1969) TV episode .... Himself - Flash 14 (1968) .... Himself
- The Beautiful Blue and Red Danube (1967) (TV) .... Narrator
- "Late Show London" .... Himself (1 episode, 1966)
- Episode dated 7 March 1966 (1966) TV episode .... Himself - The 35th Annual Academy Awards (1963) (TV) .... Himself - Presenter: Best Actress in a Leading Role
- "Toast of the Town" .... Hans Rolfe - scene from 'Judgement at Nuremberg' (1 episode, 1962)
... aka The Ed Sullivan Show (USA: new title)
- Episode #15.31 (1962) TV episode .... Hans Rolfe - scene from 'Judgement at Nuremberg' - The 34th Annual Academy Awards (1962) (TV) .... Himself - Winner: Best Actor in a Leading Role
- "Here's Hollywood" .... Himself (2 episodes, 1961-1962)
- Episode dated 25 January 1962 (1962) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 28 June 1961 (1961) TV episode .... Himself
Archive Footage:
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"La tele de tu vida"
- Episode #1.26 (2007) TV episode .... Peter the Great -
"Unsere Besten"
- Lieblingsschauspieler (2006) TV episode .... Various Roles - Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust (2004)
- Mein liebster Feind - Klaus Kinski (1999) .... Himself - Deserteur
- Hamlet Revisited: Approaches to Hamlet (1970) (TV) .... Hamlet
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Directed Richard Wagner's Lohengrin for the Los Angeles Opera in September and October 2001. morePublicity Listings:
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