Max Ophüls

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.

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All Directing Production Writing

Letter from an Unknown Woman

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

7.8

324 votes

Release Date

Apr 28, 1948

79 years ago
The Earrings of Madame de...

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

7.5

250 votes

Release Date

Apr 16, 1953

74 years ago
The Earrings of Madame de...

Department Writing

Job Screenplay

Average Rating

7.5

250 votes

Release Date

Apr 16, 1953

74 years ago
Lola Montès

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

6.8

138 votes

Release Date

Dec 23, 1955

71 years ago
Lola Montès

Department Writing

Job Writer

Average Rating

6.8

138 votes

Release Date

Dec 23, 1955

71 years ago
La Ronde

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

7.3

135 votes

Release Date

Sep 27, 1950

76 years ago
La Ronde

Department Writing

Job Adaptation

Average Rating

7.3

135 votes

Release Date

Sep 27, 1950

76 years ago
The Reckless Moment

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

6.7

132 votes

Release Date

Dec 09, 1949

77 years ago
Le Plaisir

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

7.5

131 votes

Release Date

Feb 29, 1952

75 years ago
Le Plaisir

Department Writing

Job Adaptation

Average Rating

7.5

131 votes

Release Date

Feb 29, 1952

75 years ago
Caught

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

6.5

95 votes

Release Date

Feb 17, 1949

78 years ago
Liebelei

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

6.9

34 votes

Release Date

Mar 10, 1933

94 years ago
Everybody's Woman

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

6.8

33 votes

Release Date

Nov 29, 1934

92 years ago
Everybody's Woman

Department Writing

Job Screenplay

Average Rating

6.8

33 votes

Release Date

Nov 29, 1934

92 years ago
There's No Tomorrow

Department Writing

Job Screenplay

Average Rating

6.9

14 votes

Release Date

Mar 22, 1940

87 years ago
There's No Tomorrow

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

6.9

14 votes

Release Date

Mar 22, 1940

87 years ago
From Mayerling to Sarajevo

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

7.0

12 votes

Release Date

Jan 27, 1940

87 years ago
The Exile

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

6.1

8 votes

Release Date

Oct 17, 1947

79 years ago
The Novel of Werther

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

6.8

8 votes

Release Date

Dec 14, 1938

88 years ago
The Tender Enemy

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

5.9

8 votes

Release Date

Oct 24, 1936

90 years ago
The Tender Enemy

Department Writing

Job Screenplay

Average Rating

5.9

8 votes

Release Date

Oct 24, 1936

90 years ago
The Company's in Love

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

6.1

8 votes

Release Date

Feb 22, 1932

95 years ago
The Novel of Werther

Department Writing

Job Adaptation

Average Rating

6.8

8 votes

Release Date

Dec 14, 1938

88 years ago
The Tender Enemy

Department Production

Job Producer

Average Rating

5.9

8 votes

Release Date

Oct 24, 1936

90 years ago
The Bartered Bride

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

5.8

6 votes

Release Date

Aug 18, 1932

94 years ago
The Bartered Bride

Department Writing

Job Screenplay

Average Rating

5.8

6 votes

Release Date

Aug 18, 1932

94 years ago
Laughing Heirs

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

5.7

5 votes

Release Date

Mar 06, 1933

94 years ago
Grand Waltz Brilliant by Chopin

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

5.6

5 votes

Release Date

Jan 22, 1936

91 years ago
Laughing Heirs

Department Writing

Job Adaptation

Average Rating

5.7

5 votes

Release Date

Mar 06, 1933

94 years ago
Divine

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

6.5

4 votes

Release Date

Nov 21, 1935

91 years ago
Divine

Department Writing

Job Scenario Writer

Average Rating

6.5

4 votes

Release Date

Nov 21, 1935

91 years ago
Love Story

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

3.8

4 votes

Release Date

Mar 10, 1933

94 years ago
Divine

Department Writing

Job Writer

Average Rating

6.5

4 votes

Release Date

Nov 21, 1935

91 years ago
The Trouble with Money

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

5.7

3 votes

Release Date

Oct 29, 1936

90 years ago
The Trouble with Money

Department Writing

Job Writer

Average Rating

5.7

3 votes

Release Date

Oct 29, 1936

90 years ago
The Trouble with Money

Department Writing

Job Dialogue

Average Rating

5.7

3 votes

Release Date

Oct 29, 1936

90 years ago
No More Love

Department Directing

Job Assistant Director

Average Rating

7.5

3 votes

Release Date

Jul 26, 1931

96 years ago
Yoshiwara

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

8.0

1 votes

Release Date

Jun 23, 1937

90 years ago
Yoshiwara

Department Writing

Job Screenplay

Average Rating

8.0

1 votes

Release Date

Jun 23, 1937

90 years ago
A Man Has Been Stolen

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jan 02, 1934

93 years ago
I'd Rather Have Cod Liver Oil

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Oct 23, 1931

95 years ago
I'd Rather Have Cod Liver Oil

Department Writing

Job Writer

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Oct 23, 1931

95 years ago
Ave Maria de Schubert

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1935

92 years ago
Mistress Berta Garlan

Department Writing

Job Adaptation

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1989

37 years ago
L'école des femmes

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Dec 31, 1940

86 years ago

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