Marcel Ophüls
Directing
Born: 1927-11-01 · Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Died: 2025-05-24
Biography
Marcel Ophuls (German: [ˈɔfʏls]; born 1 November 1927) was 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. Ophuls was born in Frankfurt, Germany, the son of Hildegard Wall and the director Max Ophüls. His family left Germany in 1933 following the coming to power of the Nazi Party and settled in Paris, France. Following the invasion of France by Germany in May 1940 they were forced t
🎬 Movies (17)
The Sorrow and the Pity: The Film That Shocked France
2024
Self (archive footage) - Director ("Le Chagrin et la Pitié")
A Deal Made in a Turkish Bath
2017
Self
Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah
2015
Self
Ain't Misbehavin
2013
Self
Marcel Ophuls and Jean-Luc Godard: The Meeting in St-Gervais
2011
Self
Max par Marcel: Lola Montès
2009
Self
Marcel Ophuls: The Memory Hunter
2004
Self
A Journey Through Le Plaisir
2002
himself
The Troubles We've Seen
1994
Self
François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits
1993
Self (archive footage)
November Days
1991
Self - Interviewer
Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie
1988
Self
Das schöne irre Judenmädchen
1984
Medardus
Liberty Belle
1983
German teacher
Festspiele
1982
Clown
Egon Schiele: Excess and Punishment
1980
Dr. Stovel
Cinéastes de notre temps : Max Ophuls ou la ronde
1965
Self
