Director

Max Ophüls

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Directed movies: 25Directed series: 0All crew credits: 26

TMDB ID: 14353

IMDb ID: nm0649097

Known for: Directing

Born: May 6, 1902

Died: March 26, 1957

Age: 54

Place of birth: Saarbrücken, Saarland, Germany

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1931 - 1955

Years active: 25

Average TMDB rating: 7.09

Wikidata: Q55410

Also known as

Max Ophuls • Max Opuls • 막스 오퓔스 • 막스 오풀스 • Maximillian Oppenheimer

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Biography

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.