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Max Ophüls was born Max Oppenheimer on May 6, 1902 in Saarbrücken, Germany. He began his career as a stage actor and director in the golden twenties. In the early 1930s Ophüls began to work as an assistant director for Anatole Litvak. He directed his first movies (Dann schon lieber Lebertran (1931), Verliebte Firma, Die (1931), Libeleï (1933)) in that time too. Around 1933 he emigrated to France and also worked in Netherlands and Italy for a period of eight years. In 1941 he emigrated again, this time to the USA where he worked for a period of 10 years before he went back to France in 1950. He directed La Ronde (1950), Le Plaisir (1951), Madame de... (1953) and Lola Montès (1955). Max Ophüls died on
March 25, 1957 in Hamburg, Germany.
Filmography :
Yoshiwara (1937) (Yoshiwara) - 1937
The Trouble with Money (1936) (Komedie om geld) - 1936
Ave Maria (1936) (Ave Maria) - 1936
The Tender Enemy (1936) (Tendre ennemie, La) - 1936
Valse brillante de Chopin (1936) (Valse brillante de Chopin) - 1936
Divine (1935) (Divine) - 1935
Signora di tutti, La (1934) (Signora di tutti, La) - 1934
Love Story (1933) (Liebelei) - 1933
The Merry Heirs (1933) (Lachende Erben) - 1933
The Reckless Moment (1949) (The Reckless Moment) - 1949
Man Stolen (1933) (On a volé un homme) - 1933
Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948) (Letter from an Unknown Woman) - 1948
The Bartered Bride (1932) (Verkaufte Braut, Die) - 1932
The Exile (1947) (The Exile) - 1947
I'd Rather Have Cod Liver Oil (1931) (Dann schon lieber Lebertran) - 1931
From Mayerling to Sarajevo (1940) (De Mayerling à Sarajevo) - 1940
The Company's in Love (1931) (Verliebte Firma, Die) - 1931
École des femmes, L' (1940) (École des femmes, L') - 1940
Without Tomorrow (1939) (Sans lendemain) - 1939
Werther (1938) (Werther) - 1938
Madame de... (Madame de...) - 1953
Pleasure (Plaisir, Le) - 1952
The Reckless Moment (The Reckless Moment) - 1949
Caught (Caught) - 1949
Roundabout (Ronde, La) - 1950
Lola Montès (Lola Montès) - 1955
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