Max Ophüls

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.

  • Title: Max Ophüls
  • Popularity: 1.431
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1902-05-06
  • Place of Birth: Saarbrücken, Saarland, Germany
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  • Also Known As: Max Ophuls, Max Opuls, 막스 오퓔스, 막스 오풀스, Maximillian Oppenheimer
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Max Ophüls Movies

  • 1948
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    Letter from an Unknown Woman

    Letter from an Unknown Woman

    7.8 1948 HD

    A pianist about to flee from a duel receives a letter from a woman he cannot remember. As she tells the story of her lifelong love for him, he is...

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  • 1953
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    The Earrings of Madame de...

    The Earrings of Madame de...

    7.5 1953 HD

    In France of the late 19th century, the wife of a wealthy general, the Countess Louise, sells the earrings her husband gave her on their wedding day...

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  • 1940
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    There's No Tomorrow

    There's No Tomorrow

    6.5 1940 HD

    Evelyne, a woman of bourgeois origin, now reduced to dancing in a sleazy nightclub, is reunited with her first love, who has become a successful...

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  • 1949
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    The Reckless Moment

    The Reckless Moment

    6.7 1949 HD

    After discovering the dead body of her teenage daughter's lover, a housewife takes desperate measures to protect her family from scandal.

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  • 1955
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    Lola Montès

    Lola Montès

    6.8 1955 HD

    Lola Montes, previously a great adventuress, is reduced to being the attraction of a circus after having been the lover of various important men.

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  • 1955
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    Lola Montès

    Lola Montès

    6.8 1955 HD

    Lola Montes, previously a great adventuress, is reduced to being the attraction of a circus after having been the lover of various important men.

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  • 1952
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    Le Plaisir

    Le Plaisir

    7.5 1952 HD

    Three stories about the pleasure. The first one is about a man hiding his age behind a mask to keep going to balls and fancying women - pleasure and...

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  • 1952
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    Le Plaisir

    Le Plaisir

    7.5 1952 HD

    Three stories about the pleasure. The first one is about a man hiding his age behind a mask to keep going to balls and fancying women - pleasure and...

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  • 1949
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    Caught

    Caught

    6.5 1949 HD

    Wide-eyed and poor young Leonora weds an obsessive millionaire named Ohlrig, but the marriage is loveless. Even worse, Ohlrig seems to have manic,...

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  • 1933
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    Liebelei

    Liebelei

    7 1933 HD

    Vienna in the beginning of the twentieth century. Cavalry Lieutenant Fritz Lobheimer is about to end his affair with Baroness Eggerdorff when he...

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  • 1940
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    There's No Tomorrow

    There's No Tomorrow

    6.5 1940 HD

    Evelyne, a woman of bourgeois origin, now reduced to dancing in a sleazy nightclub, is reunited with her first love, who has become a successful...

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  • 1950
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    La Ronde

    La Ronde

    7.4 1950 HD

    An all-knowing interlocutor guides us through a series of affairs in Vienna, 1900. A soldier meets an eager young lady of the evening. Later he has...

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  • 1934
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    Everybody's Woman

    Everybody's Woman

    6.9 1934 HD

    Gaby is expelled from school after a married teacher commits suicide after telling her he can't live without her. Though she has done nothing, she is...

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  • 1947
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    The Exile

    The Exile

    6.1 1947 HD

    In 17th-century England, Charles II, the rightful heir to the kingdom, is driven from his country by militants working for rogue leader Oliver...

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  • 1950
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    La Ronde

    La Ronde

    7.4 1950 HD

    An all-knowing interlocutor guides us through a series of affairs in Vienna, 1900. A soldier meets an eager young lady of the evening. Later he has...

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  • 1938
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    The Novel of Werther

    The Novel of Werther

    6.4 1938 HD

    Herr Werther, a new magistrate to the Grand Duchy of Walheim who is a violinist and poet, seems to have fate on his side as he meets and pursues a...

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  • 1932
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    The Bartered Bride

    The Bartered Bride

    5.8 1932 HD

    Bohemia in the 19th century, stage-coach driver Hans, loves the mayor's daughter Marie, but she is promised Wenzel, the son of another wealthy...

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  • 1937
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    Yoshiwara

    Yoshiwara

    8 1937 HD

    Based on a novel by Maurice Dekobra, the film is set in the Yoshiwara, the red-light district of Tokyo, in the nineteenth century. It depicts a love...

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  • 1937
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    Yoshiwara

    Yoshiwara

    8 1937 HD

    Based on a novel by Maurice Dekobra, the film is set in the Yoshiwara, the red-light district of Tokyo, in the nineteenth century. It depicts a love...

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  • 1933
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    Laughing Heirs

    Laughing Heirs

    5.7 1933 HD

    After the death of his uncle, the owner of the Rhine based Bockelmann Sparkling Wine, Peter turns up for the reading of the will. Justus Bockelmann,...

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  • 1936
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    The Trouble with Money

    The Trouble with Money

    5.7 1936 HD

    Respected banker Karel Brand is seen as a marketable emblem of probity. When he loses 350,000 guilders, his reputation is tarnished – without...

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  • 1936
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    The Trouble with Money

    The Trouble with Money

    5.7 1936 HD

    Respected banker Karel Brand is seen as a marketable emblem of probity. When he loses 350,000 guilders, his reputation is tarnished – without...

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  • 1936
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    The Trouble with Money

    The Trouble with Money

    5.7 1936 HD

    Respected banker Karel Brand is seen as a marketable emblem of probity. When he loses 350,000 guilders, his reputation is tarnished – without...

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  • 1935
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    Divine

    Divine

    6.5 1935 HD

    A country girl (Simone Berriau) finds work as a chorus girl in Paris, gets embroiled with a bad egg, and then finds true love with a good-looking...

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  • 1940
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    From Mayerling to Sarajevo

    From Mayerling to Sarajevo

    7 1940 HD

    Franz Ferdinand, heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary, is kept absent from the royal court due to his dangerous political ideas. Sent on a tour of...

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  • 1936
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    Grand Waltz Brilliant by Chopin

    Grand Waltz Brilliant by Chopin

    5.6 1936 HD

    Max Ophuls directs this short film of Chopin's Valse Brillante.

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  • 1932
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    The Bartered Bride

    The Bartered Bride

    5.8 1932 HD

    Bohemia in the 19th century, stage-coach driver Hans, loves the mayor's daughter Marie, but she is promised Wenzel, the son of another wealthy...

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  • 1936
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    The Tender Enemy

    The Tender Enemy

    6 1936 HD

    Line, Annette's daughter, is about to marry a man she's not in love with. At the engagement party three ghosts revisit their disastrous relationships...

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  • 1936
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    The Tender Enemy

    The Tender Enemy

    6 1936 HD

    Line, Annette's daughter, is about to marry a man she's not in love with. At the engagement party three ghosts revisit their disastrous relationships...

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  • 1934
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    A Man Has Been Stolen

    A Man Has Been Stolen

    1 1934 HD

    A young man is kidnapped by his business competitors, but the jailer falls in love with the man she has to keep a prisoner. A lost film.

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  • 1932
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    The Company's in Love

    The Company's in Love

    6.1 1932 HD

    The story follows a movie crew who is filming a musical in a small and idyllic alpine village. After their temperamental leading lady drops out of...

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  • 1953
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    The Earrings of Madame de...

    The Earrings of Madame de...

    7.5 1953 HD

    In France of the late 19th century, the wife of a wealthy general, the Countess Louise, sells the earrings her husband gave her on their wedding day...

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  • 1934
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    Everybody's Woman

    Everybody's Woman

    6.9 1934 HD

    Gaby is expelled from school after a married teacher commits suicide after telling her he can't live without her. Though she has done nothing, she is...

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  • 1935
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    Divine

    Divine

    6.5 1935 HD

    A country girl (Simone Berriau) finds work as a chorus girl in Paris, gets embroiled with a bad egg, and then finds true love with a good-looking...

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  • 1933
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    Liebelei

    Liebelei

    7 1933 HD

    Vienna in the beginning of the twentieth century. Cavalry Lieutenant Fritz Lobheimer is about to end his affair with Baroness Eggerdorff when he...

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  • 1931
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    No More Love

    No More Love

    7.5 1931 HD

    An American millionaire, who had always bad luck with women, bets that he can live without them for five years. But after four and a half years...

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  • 1933
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    Love Story

    Love Story

    4.7 1933 HD

    A young German officer's (Wolfgang Liebeneiner) life is turned upside when he tries to end his affair with a married baroness (Olga Tschechowa) after...

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  • 1958
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    The Lovers of Montparnasse

    The Lovers of Montparnasse

    6.9 1958 HD

    Biographic film chronicling the last year of the life of the Italian painter Amedeo Modigliani, 1919, who falls in love with a girl from a wealthy...

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  • 1950
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    La Ronde

    La Ronde

    7.4 1950 HD

    An all-knowing interlocutor guides us through a series of affairs in Vienna, 1900. A soldier meets an eager young lady of the evening. Later he has...

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  • 1958
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    The Lovers of Montparnasse

    The Lovers of Montparnasse

    6.9 1958 HD

    Biographic film chronicling the last year of the life of the Italian painter Amedeo Modigliani, 1919, who falls in love with a girl from a wealthy...

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  • 1931
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    I'd Rather Have Cod Liver Oil

    I'd Rather Have Cod Liver Oil

    1 1931 HD

    Each evening, before saying their prayers, some children swallow their cod liver oil. One evening, the youngest child makes a daring request in his...

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  • 1931
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    I'd Rather Have Cod Liver Oil

    I'd Rather Have Cod Liver Oil

    1 1931 HD

    Each evening, before saying their prayers, some children swallow their cod liver oil. One evening, the youngest child makes a daring request in his...

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  • 1935
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    Ave Maria de Schubert

    Ave Maria de Schubert

    1 1935 HD

    Performance of Schubert's Ave Maria.

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  • 1938
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    The Novel of Werther

    The Novel of Werther

    6.4 1938 HD

    Herr Werther, a new magistrate to the Grand Duchy of Walheim who is a violinist and poet, seems to have fate on his side as he meets and pursues a...

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  • 1933
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    Laughing Heirs

    Laughing Heirs

    5.7 1933 HD

    After the death of his uncle, the owner of the Rhine based Bockelmann Sparkling Wine, Peter turns up for the reading of the will. Justus Bockelmann,...

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  • 1935
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    Divine

    Divine

    6.5 1935 HD

    A country girl (Simone Berriau) finds work as a chorus girl in Paris, gets embroiled with a bad egg, and then finds true love with a good-looking...

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  • 1989
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    Mistress Berta Garlan

    Mistress Berta Garlan

    1 1989 HD

    The adaption of Arthur Schnitzler's brilliant study of the moral illusion and reality in a small town near Vienna at the end of the century. - After...

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  • 1936
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    The Tender Enemy

    The Tender Enemy

    6 1936 HD

    Line, Annette's daughter, is about to marry a man she's not in love with. At the engagement party three ghosts revisit their disastrous relationships...

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  • 1978
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    Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma

    Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma

    1 1978 HD

    Produced for television by Claude-Jean Philippe, the « Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma », recounts the history of...

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