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'''Max Ophüls''' (b. '''Maximillian Oppenheimer''', [[Saarbrücken]], [[Germany]], [[May 6]], [[1902]]—d. [[Hamburg]], Germany, [[March 25]], [[1957]]), German-born [[film director]]. For his work in the German theatre and film industry, he used the [[pseudonym]] Ophüls so that he would not embarrass his garment-manufacturing father should he fail. But later the [[umlaut]] was dropped occasionally when he worked in France and the United States. The credits of ''[[Letter from an Unknown Woman]]'' from [[1948]] and ''[[Caught (film)|Caught]]'' from [[1949]] list him as "Max Opuls". '''Max Ophüls''' (b. '''Maximillian Oppenheimer''', [[Saarbrücken]], [[Germany]], [[May 6]], [[1902]]—d. [[Hamburg]], Germany, [[March 25]], [[1957]]), German-born [[film director]]. For his work in the German theatre and film industry, he used the [[pseudonym]] Ophüls so that he would not embarrass his garment-manufacturing father should he fail. But later the [[umlaut]] was dropped occasionally when he worked in France and the United States. The credits of ''[[Letter from an Unknown Woman]]'' from [[1948]] and ''[[Caught (film)|Caught]]'' from [[1949]] list him as "Max Opuls".
==Filmography== ==Filmography==
-* ''[[Dann schon lieber Lebertran]]'' (1931 short)+{|class="wikitable sortable" width="100%"
-* ''[[Die verliebte Firma|The Company's in Love]]'' (1931)+!Year||Title||English title||Country||Notes
-* ''[[Die verkaufte Braut (film)|The Bartered Bride]]'' (Die verkaufte Braut - 1932)+|-
-* ''[[Liebelei (film)|Liebelei]]'' (1933)+|1931 || ''[[Dann schon lieber Lebertran]]''||''I'd Rather Have Cod Liver Oil'' || Germany ||
-* ''[[Une histoire d'amour|Love Story]]'' (Une histoire d'amour - 1933)+|- style=background:#efefef;
-* ''[[Lachende Erben|Laughing Heirs]]'' (Lachende Erben - 1933)+|1931 || ''[[Die verliebte Firma]]'' || ''The Company's in Love''|| Germany || [[Short film]]
-* ''[[On a volé un homme]]'' (1933)+|-
-* ''[[Everybody's woman]]'' (''La signora di tutti'') (1934) starring [[Isa Miranda]]+|1932 || ''[[Die verkaufte Braut (film)|Die verkaufte Braut]]'' || ''The Bartered Bride'' || Germany ||
-* ''[[Divine (1935 film)|Divine]]'' (1935)+|- style=background:#efefef;
-* ''[[Komedie om geld]]'' (1936)+|1933 || ''[[Liebelei (film)|Liebelei]]'' || || Germany ||
-* ''[[Ave Maria (short film)|Ave Maria]]'' (1936, short)+|-
-* ''[[La tendre ennemie]]'' (1936)+|1933 || ''[[Une histoire d'amour]]'' || ''Love Story'' || France ||
-* ''[[Valse brillante de Chopin]]'' (1936 short)+|- style=background:#efefef;
-* ''[[Yoshiwara (film)|Yoshiwara]]'' (1937)+|1933 || ''[[Lachende Erben]]'' || ''Laughing Heirs'' || Germany ||
-* ''[[Werther (film)|Werther]]'' (1938) based on ''[[The Sorrows of Young Werther]]'' by [[Goethe]]+|-
-* ''[[Sans lendemain|There's No Tomorrow]]'' (Sans lendemain - 1939) starring [[Edwige Feuillère]]+|1933 || ''[[On a volé un homme]]'' || ''Man Stolen'' || France ||
-* ''[[L'école des femmes (film)|L'école des femmes]]'' (1940) play by [[Molière]]+|- style=background:#efefef;
-* ''[[De Mayerling à Sarajevo]]'' (1940) starring [[Edwige Feuillère]]+|1934 || ''[[Everybody's woman|La Signora Di Tutti]]'' || ''Everybody's Woman'' || Italy ||
-* ''[[The Exile (1947 film)|The Exile]]'' (1947) starring [[Douglas Fairbanks Jr.]]+|-
-* ''[[Letter from an Unknown Woman]]'' (1948) starring [[Joan Fontaine]], [[Louis Jourdan]]+|1935 || ''[[Divine (1935 film)|Divine]]'' || || France ||
-* ''[[Caught (film)|Caught]]'' (1949) starring [[Barbara Bel Geddes]], [[James Mason]]+|- style=background:#efefef;
-* ''[[The Reckless Moment]]'' (1949) starring [[James Mason]], [[Joan Bennett]]+|1936 || ''[[Komedie om geld]]'' || ''The Trouble With Money'' || Netherlands ||
-* ''[[La Ronde (1950 film)|La Ronde]]'' (1950) starring [[Anton Walbrook]], [[Simone Signoret]], [[Gérard Philipe]]+|-
-* ''[[Le Plaisir]]'' (1952) starring [[Danielle Darrieux]], [[Jean Gabin]]+|1936 || ''[[Ave Maria (short film)|Ave Maria]]'' || || France || [[Documentary film|Documentary]] / [[Short film]]
-* ''[[The Earrings of Madame de...]]'' (1953) starring [[Charles Boyer]], [[Danielle Darrieux]], [[Vittorio De Sica]]+|- style=background:#efefef;
-* ''[[Lola Montès]]'' (1955) starring [[Martine Carol]], [[Peter Ustinov]], [[Anton Walbrook]]+|1936 || ''[[La tendre ennemie]]'' || ''The Tender Enemy'' || France ||
 +|-
 +|1936 || ''[[Valse brillante de Chopin]]'' || || France || [[Documentary film|Documentary]] / [[Short film]]
 +|- style=background:#efefef;
 +|1937 || ''[[Yoshiwara (film)|Yoshiwara]]'' || || France ||
 +|-
 +|1938 || ''[[Werther (film)|Werther]]'' || || France ||
 +|- style=background:#efefef;
 +|1939 || ''[[Sans lendemain]]'' || ''Without Tomorrow'' || France ||
 +|-
 +|1940 || ''[[L'école des femmes (film)|L'école des femmes]]'' || || France ||
 +|- style=background:#efefef;
 +|1940 || ''[[De Mayerling à Sarajevo]]'' || ''From Mayerling to Sarajevo'' || France ||
 +|-
 +|1946 || ''[[Vendetta (1950 film)|Vendetta]]'' || || United States || Fired before filming
 +|- style=background:#efefef;
 +|1947 || ''[[The Exile (1947 film)|The Exile]]'' || || United States ||
 +|-
 +|1948 || ''[[Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948 film)|Letter from an Unknown Woman]]'' || || United States ||
 +|- style=background:#efefef;
 +|1949 || ''[[Caught (film)|Caught]]'' || || United States ||
 +|-
 +|1949 || ''[[The Reckless Moment]]'' || || United States ||
 +|- style=background:#efefef;
 +|1950 || ''[[La Ronde (1950 film)|La Ronde]]'' || ''Roundabout'' || France ||
 +|-
 +|1952 || ''[[Le Plaisir]]'' || || France || Nominated for an [[Academy Award]] <ref name="NY Times">{{cite web |url=http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/28651/Le-Plaisir/details |title=NY Times: Le Plaisir |accessdate=2008-12-21|work=NY Times}}</ref>
 +|- style=background:#efefef;
 +|1953 || ''[[The Earrings of Madame de...|Madame de...]]'' || ''The Earrings of Madame de...'' || France ||
 +|-
 +|1955 || ''[[Lola Montès]]'' || || France || [[Eastmancolor]] film
 +|- style=background:#efefef;
 +|1958 || ''[[The Lovers of Montparnasse|Les Amants de Montparnasse]]'' || ''The Lovers of Montparnasse'' || France || Died during filming
 +|}
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Max Ophüls (b. Maximillian Oppenheimer, Saarbrücken, Germany, May 6, 1902—d. Hamburg, Germany, March 25, 1957), German-born film director. For his work in the German theatre and film industry, he used the pseudonym Ophüls so that he would not embarrass his garment-manufacturing father should he fail. But later the umlaut was dropped occasionally when he worked in France and the United States. The credits of Letter from an Unknown Woman from 1948 and Caught from 1949 list him as "Max Opuls".

Filmography

YearTitleEnglish titleCountryNotes
1931 Dann schon lieber LebertranI'd Rather Have Cod Liver Oil Germany
1931 Die verliebte Firma The Company's in Love Germany Short film
1932 Die verkaufte Braut The Bartered Bride Germany
1933 Liebelei Germany
1933 Une histoire d'amour Love Story France
1933 Lachende Erben Laughing Heirs Germany
1933 On a volé un homme Man Stolen France
1934 La Signora Di Tutti Everybody's Woman Italy
1935 Divine France
1936 Komedie om geld The Trouble With Money Netherlands
1936 Ave Maria France Documentary / Short film
1936 La tendre ennemie The Tender Enemy France
1936 Valse brillante de Chopin France Documentary / Short film
1937 Yoshiwara France
1938 Werther France
1939 Sans lendemain Without Tomorrow France
1940 L'école des femmes France
1940 De Mayerling à Sarajevo From Mayerling to Sarajevo France
1946 Vendetta United States Fired before filming
1947 The Exile United States
1948 Letter from an Unknown Woman United States
1949 Caught United States
1949 The Reckless Moment United States
1950 La Ronde Roundabout France
1952 Le Plaisir France Nominated for an Academy Award <ref name="NY Times">{{
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