Biography: life and films
Max Ophüls was a German film director, screenwriter and producer whose birth name was Max Oppenheimer Ophüls. He was born in St. Johann, Deutsches Reich on 6th May 1902 and died in Hamburg, Germany on 25th March 1957, aged 54.His best films as a film director include Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948), La Ronde (1950), Le Plaisir (1952), Madame de... (1953) and Lola Montès (1955), and whose best work as a screenwriter include Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948), La Ronde (1950) and Madame de... (1953).
Max Ophüls directed 23 films (including 1 short) and scripted 15 films.
His most frequent genres include: drama (16 films), romance (10), comedy-romance (4), comedy (4) and comedy-drama (2).
Our average rating for Max Ophüls over all films is: 3.5
Filmography
Key: d = director; w = writer
Die verkaufte Braut (1932) [d,w]
Die verliebte Firma (1932) [d]
Lachende Erben (1933) [d]
Liebelei (1933) [d,w]
Une histoire d'amour (1933) [d]
La Signora di tutti (1934) [d,w]
On a volé un homme (1934) [d]
Divine (1935) [d,w]
La Tendre ennemie (1936) [d,w]
Yoshiwara (1937) [d]
Le Roman de Werther (1938) [d,w]
Sans lendemain (1939) [d,w]
De Mayerling à Sarajevo (1940) [d]
The Exile (1947) [d]
Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948) [d,w]
Caught (1949) [d]
The Reckless Moment (1949) [d]
La Ronde (1950) [d]
Vendetta (1950) [d]
Le Plaisir (1952) [d,w]
Lola Montès (1955) [d,w]
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