Director
Max Ophüls
124 years · Saarbrücken, Saarland, Germany · 25 films
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.
Best known for
Filmography 25
Lola Montès
1955 · Writer, Director
On HBO Max
The Earrings of Madame de...
1953 · Director, Screenplay
On HBO Max
Le Plaisir
1952 · Director
On Criterion Channel
La Ronde
1950 · Director
On Mometu
The Reckless Moment
1949 · Director
On Tubi TV
Caught
1949 · Director
On The Roku Channel
Letter from an Unknown Woman
1948 · Director
On Mometu
The Exile
1947 · Director
L'école des femmes
1940 · Director
There's No Tomorrow
1940 · Screenplay, Director
On Kanopy
From Mayerling to Sarajevo
1940 · Director
The Novel of Werther
1938 · Director
Yoshiwara
1937 · Director, Screenplay
The Trouble with Money
1936 · Director, Writer
The Tender Enemy
1936 · Director, Screenplay
Chopin's Brilliant Waltz
1936 · Director
Divine
1935 · Director, Writer
Everybody's Woman
1934 · Director, Screenplay
A Man Has Been Stolen
1934 · Director
Liebelei
1933 · Director
Love Story
1933 · Director
Laughing Heirs
1933 · Director
The Bartered Bride
1932 · Director, Screenplay
The Company's in Love
1932 · Director