Max Ophüls

Active - 1932 - 1990  |   Birth - May 6, 1902  |   Death - Mar 25, 1957  |   Genres - Drama, Romance, Comedy, Crime, Biography | Subgenres - Biographical Film, Film Noir, Romantic Comedy, Comedy Drama, Swashbuckler Film

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Maximillian Oppenheimer, known as Max Ophüls, was a German-born film director who worked in Germany (1931–1933), France, 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. The annual Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis in Saarbrücken is named after him.

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