Max Ophüls
Directing
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 complex tracking shots. Many of his films are narrated from the point of view of the female protagonist. In addition to the American romantic melodrama Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948), the French productions La Ronde (1950), Le Plaisir (1952), The Earrings of Madame de... (1953) and Lola Montès (1955) are among his best-known works. Andrew Sarris in his influential book of film criticism The American Cinema: Directors and Directions 1929–1968 included him in the "pantheon" of the 14 greatest film directors who had worked in the United States.
Known for
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movieLola Montès
1955
Director
movieLe Plaisir
1952
Director
movieLa Ronde
1950
Director
movieThe Reckless Moment
1949
Director
movieCaught
1949
Director
movieThe Exile
1947
Director
movieL'école des femmes
1940
Director
movieThere's No Tomorrow
1940
Director
movieThe Novel of Werther
1938
Director
movieYoshiwara
1937
Director
movieThe Trouble with Money
1936
Director
movieThe Tender Enemy
1936
Director
movieDivine
1935
Director
movieEverybody's Woman
1934
Director
movieA Man Has Been Stolen
1934
Director
movieLiebelei
1933
Director
movieLove Story
1933
Director
movieLaughing Heirs
1933
Director
movieThe Bartered Bride
1932
Director
movieThe Company's in Love
1932
Director
movieNo More Love
1931
Assistant Director
Writing15
movieLola Montès
1955
Writer
movieThe Earrings of Madame de...
1953
Screenplay
movieLe Plaisir
1952
Adaptation
movieLa Ronde
1950
Adaptation
movieThere's No Tomorrow
1940
Screenplay
movieThe Novel of Werther
1938
Adaptation
movieYoshiwara
1937
Screenplay
movieThe Trouble with Money
1936
Writer, Dialogue
movieThe Tender Enemy
1936
Screenplay
movieDivine
1935
Scenario Writer, Writer
movieEverybody's Woman
1934
Screenplay
movieLaughing Heirs
1933
Adaptation
movieThe Bartered Bride
1932
Screenplay
Acting1
Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma
1978
Self (archive footage)
Production1
movieThe Tender Enemy
1936
Producer