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FILM DIRECTOR

Max Ophüls

1902 - 1957

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Maximillian Oppenheimer ( OP-ən-hy-mər, German: [maksiˈmiːli̯aːn ˈʔɔpn̩ˌhaɪmɐ]; 6 May 1902 – 26 March 1957), known as Max Ophüls (UK: AW-fəlss, US: OH-fəlss, German: [maks ˈʔɔfʏls]) or simply Ophuls, was a German-born film director who worked in Germany (1931–1933), France (1933–1940 and 1950–1957), and the United States (1947–1950). He made nearly 30 films, the latter ones being especially notable: La Ronde (1950), Le Plaisir (1952), The Earrings of Madame de… (1953) and Lola Montès (1955). He was credited as Max Opuls on several of his American films, including The Reckless Moment, Caught, Letter from an Unknown Woman, and The Exile. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Max Ophüls has received more than 417,567 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Max Ophüls is the 202nd most popular film director (down from 185th in 2019), the 1,093rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 998th in 2019) and the 11th most popular German Film Director.

Max Ophüls is most famous for his use of camera movement, particularly tracking shots, in his films.

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  • 32

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Max Ophüls ranks 202 out of 1,581. Before him are Shohei Imamura, Jean Negulesco, Alan J. Pakula, Otto Preminger, Chris Columbus, and Lev Kuleshov. After him are Tony Richardson, Agnieszka Holland, Mike Newell, Sam Raimi, Liliana Cavani, and Bertrand Tavernier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1902, Max Ophüls ranks 48. Before him are Günther Anders, Luis Barragán, Princess Mafalda of Savoy, Prince George, Duke of Kent, Menachem Mendel Schneerson, and Lúcio Costa. After him are David O. Selznick, George Ostrogorsky, Carlo Levi, E. E. Evans-Pritchard, Anatole Litvak, and Maximilian, Duke of Hohenberg. Among people deceased in 1957, Max Ophüls ranks 45. Before him are James Brendan Connolly, Erich Auerbach, Johnny Torrio, Aga Khan III, Rudolf Weigl, and Hermann Buhl. After him are Rudolf Diels, Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia, Max Amann, Carl Clauberg, Édouard Herriot, and Louis B. Mayer.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Max Ophüls ranks 1,093 out of 6,142. Before him are Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber (1739), Sigmund Jähn (1937), Radegund (518), Jack Steinberger (1921), Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern (1811), and Paul Langerhans (1847). After him are Engelbert Kaempfer (1651), Georg Friedrich Grotefend (1775), Michael Ballack (1976), Princess Anna Sophie of Denmark (1647), Prince Eitel Friedrich of Prussia (1883), and Georg Baselitz (1938).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Germany

Among film directors born in Germany, Max Ophüls ranks 11. Before him are Werner Herzog (1942), F. W. Murnau (1888), Ernst Lubitsch (1892), Wolfgang Petersen (1941), Roland Emmerich (1955), and Volker Schlöndorff (1939). After him are Robert Siodmak (1900), Thea von Harbou (1888), Douglas Sirk (1897), Margarethe von Trotta (1942), Mike Nichols (1931), and Veit Harlan (1899).

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Filmography

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