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Marcel Ophüls

Film Director / Screenwriter / Actor | * 11/01/1927 (96) | Frankfurt am Main (Germany)
Marcel Ophuls (German: [ˈɔfʏls]; born 1 November 1927) is a German-French documentary film maker and former actor, best known for his films The Sorrow and the Pity and Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Documentaries | Drama | TV Movies

Known for these Movies & Shows

We follow Marcel Ophuls' two journeys to Sarajevo in 1993. He is starting a documentary about war correspondants. But this also becomes a reflexion about truth and life. The form consists in many inte ...

The Troubles We've Seen

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1994 | 2.5/5 | 3h 44min
Documentary
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This exceptional, disturbing and thought-provoking documentary compares the atrocities committed by the Nazis as revealed during the Nuremberg trials to those committed by the French in Algeria and th ...

The Memory of Justice

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1976 | 3.4/5 | 4h 38min
Documentary, War
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From 1940 to 1944, France's Vichy government collaborated with Nazi Germany. Marcel Ophüls mixes archival footage with 1969 interviews of a German officer and of collaborators and resistance fighters ...

The Sorrow and the Pity

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1971 | 3.8/5 | 4h 11min
Documentary, History, War
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Winner of a Best Documentary Academy Award, Marcel Ophuls' riveting film details the heinous legacy of the Gestapo head dubbed "The Butcher of Lyon." Responsible for over 4,000 deaths in occupied Fran ...

Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie

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1988 | 3.6/5 | 4h 27min
War, Documentary
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Awards & Nominations for Marcel Ophüls

Commandeur Des Arts Et Des Lettres‎ MacArthur Fellows Program Knight of The Legion of Honour Peter-Weiss Prize Grimme-Preis
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Movies with Marcel Ophüls as Actor(15)

2017 A Deal Made in a Turkish Bath
2015 Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah
as himself2013 Ain't Misbehavin
as himself2010 Marcel Ophuls et Jean-Luc Godard, La rencontre de St-Gervais
as himself2009 Max par Marcel: Lola Montès
1994 The Troubles We've Seen
as Self (archive footage)1993 François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits
1991 November Days
as himself1988 Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie
as Medardus1984 Das schöne irre Judenmädchen
as German teacher1983 Liberty Belle
as Clown1982 Festspiele
as Dr. Stovel1980 Egon Schiele: Excess and Punishment
as Himself - Interviewer1971 The Sorrow and the Pity
as himself1965 Max Ophuls ou Le Plaisir de tourner

TV Shows/Series with Marcel Ophüls as Actor(2)

as himself1990 Zeil um Zehn
as himself1982 Wortwechsel

Movies with Marcel Ophüls as Crew(38)

Directing/Director2013 Ain't Misbehavin
Directing/Director2009 Max par Marcel: Lola Montès
Writing/Writer2009 Max par Marcel: Lola Montès
Directing/Director1994 The Troubles We've Seen
Writing/Writer1994 The Troubles We've Seen
Directing/Director1991 November Days
Writing/Writer1991 November Days
Directing/Director1988 Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie
Production/Producer1988 Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie
Writing/Writer1988 Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie
Directing/Director1982 Yorktown: The Meaning of a Victory
Directing/Director1982 Festspiele
Writing/Writer1982 Festspiele
Directing/Director1980 Kortnergeschichten
Writing/Writer1980 Kortnergeschichten
Crew/Thanks1977 Annie Hall
Directing/Director1976 The Memory of Justice
Directing/Director1973 A Sense of Loss
Production/Producer1973 A Sense of Loss
Directing/Director1971 The Sorrow and the Pity
Writing/Writer1971 The Sorrow and the Pity
Directing/Director1970 The Harvest of My Lai
Writing/Writer1970 The Harvest of My Lai
Directing/Director1970 Zwei ganze Tage
Writing/Screenplay1970 Zwei ganze Tage
Directing/Director1970 Clavigo
Directing/Director1967 Munich, or Peace in Our Time
Writing/Writer1967 Munich, or Peace in Our Time
Directing/Director1965 Place Your Bets, Ladies
Writing/Screenplay1965 Place Your Bets, Ladies
Directing/Director1963 Banana Peel
Directing/Director1962 Love at Twenty
Writing/Writer1962 Love at Twenty
Directing/Director1960 Matisse ou Le talent de bonheur
Writing/Writer1960 Matisse ou Le talent de bonheur
Directing/Director1958 Das Pflichtmandat
Directing/Assistant Director1955 Lola Montès
Directing/Assistant Director1952 The Girl with the Whip

Born: Tuesday, 11/01 1927 (November) in Frankfurt am Main (Germany) (current age: 96 years + 176 days)
Zodiac sign: Scorpio (Chinese zodiac sign: Rabbit)
Languages: German (DE), English (EN, native language), French (FR)
Educated at: Occidental College
Member of: Academy of Arts, Berlin, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Father: Max Ophüls
Mother: Hilde Wall
Other names for Marcel Ophüls (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Marcel Wall"
"Marcel Ophuls"
Marcel Ophüls frequently works together with these people:
Jeanne Moreau (4x, Actress)
Woody Allen (4x, Actor)
Sophie Brunet (4x, Crew)
André Harris (4x, Crew)
François Truffaut (3x, Crew)
Bertrand Tavernier (3x, Crew)
Fritz Kortner (3x, Actor)
Tony Aboyantz (2x, Crew)
Paulette Dubost (2x, Actress)
Tomi Ungerer (2x, Actor)
George Newman (2x, Crew)
Karin Baumhöfner (2x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:261669, Added: 08/09/2018, Last updated: 04/22/2024