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Max Ophüls (1902–1957)

Director Max Ophüls was born Max Oppenheimer in Saarbrücken, Germany. He began his career as a stage actor and director in the golden twenties. He worked in cities such as Stuttgart, Dortmund, Wuppertal, Vienna, Frankfurt, Breslau and Berlin. In 1929 his son Marcel Ophüls was born in Frankfurt, Germany. He had begun to work under his pseudonym Max... See full bio »

Died:

(age 54) in Hamburg, West Germany

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Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 3 wins & 5 nominations. See more awards »

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Intohimojen karuselli
Intohimojen karuselli Director
(1950)
La tendre ennemie
La tendre ennemie Director
(1936)
Lemmenunelma
Lemmenunelma Director
(1952)
Kirje tuntemattomalta naiselta
Kirje tuntemattomalta naiselta Director
(1948)
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 1955 Skandaalikuningatar Lola Montès (as Max Ophuls)
 1952 Lemmenunelma
 1950 Vendetta (1946 first version; fired, uncredited)
 1950 Intohimojen karuselli (as Max Ophuls)
 1949 Paljastettuja sieluja (as Max Opuls)
 1949 Ristiaallokko (as Max Opuls)
 1948 Kirje tuntemattomalta naiselta (as Max Opuls)
 1947 Säilät säihkyvät (as Max Opuls)
 1937 Yoshiwara - ilojen katu (as Max Ophuls)
 1936/II Ave Maria (Short)
 1936 Valse brillante de Chopin (Documentary short)
 1935 Divine
 1934 Kaikkien nainen (uncredited)
 1933 Liebelei (uncredited)
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Alternate Names:

Max Ophuls | Max Opuls

Height:

5' 6" (1.68 m)

Spouse:

Hildegard Wall  (his death)  (1 child)
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Personal Quote:

Paris, which had always amused me on holiday, was too lovely ... emigration was no hardship, it was an outing. It offered the shining wet boulevards under the street lights, breakfast in Monmartre with cognac in your glass, coffee and lukewarm brioche, gigolos and prostitutes at night. ... Everyone in the world has two fatherlands: his own and Paris. (Spiel im Dasein)

Trivia:

Max Oppenheimer adopted the pseudonym of "Ophüls" which is the name of an aristocratic German family. When his name began to spread because of his qualities as a film-maker, the original Ophüls family wrote to him to ask which branch he belonged to, because they couldn't figure it out. So the director wrote back confessing the innocent scam, to which they replied that, since he had arrived into ... See more »

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Actors' roles that lead to suicide or attempt of it. See more »
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