Max Ophüls

Directing·May 6, 1902·Saarbrücken, Saarland, Germany

Rate

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.

Film	Credit
Lola Montès1955 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The Earrings of Madame de...1953 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Le Plaisir1952 · Director	Director
La Ronde1950 · Director	Director
The Reckless Moment1949 · Director	Director
Caught1949 · Director	Director
Letter from an Unknown Woman1948 · Director	Director
The Exile1947 · Director	Director
L'école des femmes1940 · Director	Director
There's No Tomorrow1940 · Screenplay, Director	Screenplay, Director
From Mayerling to Sarajevo1940 · Director	Director
The Novel of Werther1938 · Director	Director
Yoshiwara1937 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
The Trouble with Money1936 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The Tender Enemy1936 · Director, Screenplay, Producer	Director, Screenplay, Producer
Chopin's Brilliant Waltz1936 · Director	Director
Divine1935 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
AAve Maria de Schubert1935 · Director	Director
Everybody's Woman1934 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
A Man Has Been Stolen1934 · Director	Director
Liebelei1933 · Director	Director
Love Story1933 · Director	Director
Laughing Heirs1933 · Director	Director
The Bartered Bride1932 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
The Company's in Love1932 · Director	Director
I'd Rather Have Cod Liver Oil1931 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer