Actor

Marcel Ophüls

1927 - 2025

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His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2024). Marcel Ophüls is the 2,093rd most popular actor (up from 2,293rd in 2024), the 2,764th most popular biography from Germany (up from 3,036th in 2019) and the 54th most popular German Actor.

Marcel Ophüls is most famous for his documentary films exploring historical memory and accountability, particularly The Sorrow and the Pity (1969), which examined French collaboration during World War II. His work is acclaimed for blending journalism and cinema to confront uncomfortable truths about war, politics, and human behavior.

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Among Actors

Among actors, Marcel Ophüls ranks 2,093 out of 13,578Before him are Celeste Holm, Anne Meara, Nikki Reed, Eliza Poe, Lesley-Anne Down, and Leila Abashidze. After him are Tate Donovan, Ben Turpin, John P. Ryan, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Stephen Dillane, and Brent Spiner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Marcel Ophüls ranks 162Before him are Carl Switzer, Gerry Mulligan, Neil Simon, Mikhail Ulyanov, Martha Chase, and Hiroshi Teshigahara. After him are Joan Segarra, Martin Walser, Gae Aulenti, Yutaka Taniyama, Giuseppe Moioli, and Lee Konitz. Among people deceased in 2025, Marcel Ophüls ranks 199Before him are Ace Frehley, Ayla Erduran, Joe Don Baker, Mike Ratledge, Harris Yulin, and Muhammad az-Zanati. After him are Manga, Paolo Bonacelli, Sophie Kinsella, Menzies Campbell, Clive Revill, and Rick Davies.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Marcel Ophüls ranks 2,765 out of NaNBefore him are Ignaz von Döllinger (1799), Joseph Görres (1776), Louis V, Elector Palatine (1478), Adelaide, Abbess of Vilich (960), Michael Kiske (1968), and Hermann von Fehling (1812). After him are Lothar Emmerich (1941), Johanna Budwig (1908), Matthias Claudius (1740), Otto Baum (1911), Johann Christian Reil (1759), and Jawed Karim (1979).

Among Actors In Germany

Among actors born in Germany, Marcel Ophüls ranks 54Before him are Werner Krauss (1884), Götz George (1938), Walter Gotell (1924), Henny Porten (1890), Andrzej Seweryn (1946), and Hans Albers (1891). After him are Susan Blakely (1948), Gedeon Burkhard (1969), Carola Neher (1900), Sibel Kekilli (1980), Angela Winkler (1944), and Eric Braeden (1941).

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