Max Ophüls

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Max Ophüls was a German-born film director renowned for his elegant camera movements, intricate mise-en-scène, and emotionally nuanced melodramas made in Europe and Hollywood.

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instanceOf German Jew
film director
film producer
screenwriter
stage director
activeIn France NERFINISHED
Germany NERFINISHED
United States NERFINISHED
birthName Max Oppenheimer NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath heart disease
child Marcel Ophüls NERFINISHED
citizenship France
Germany
countryOfBirth Germany
dateOfBirth 1902-05-06
dateOfDeath 1957-03-26
directed Caught NERFINISHED
Divine NERFINISHED
La Ronde NERFINISHED
La Signora di tutti NERFINISHED
Le Plaisir NERFINISHED
Letter from an Unknown Woman NERFINISHED
Liebelei NERFINISHED
Lola Montès NERFINISHED
Madame de... NERFINISHED
Sans lendemain NERFINISHED
The Reckless Moment NERFINISHED
Werther NERFINISHED
Yoshiwara NERFINISHED
emigratedFrom Nazi Germany NERFINISHED
emigratedTo France NERFINISHED
United States NERFINISHED
hasAwardNamedAfter Max Ophüls Prize NERFINISHED
influenced François Truffaut NERFINISHED
Jean-Luc Godard NERFINISHED
Paul Thomas Anderson NERFINISHED
Stanley Kubrick NERFINISHED
knownFor elaborate camera movements
emotionally nuanced melodramas
intricate mise-en-scène
languageOfWork English
French
German
movement European art cinema
classical Hollywood cinema
name Max Ophüls NERFINISHED
notableWork La Ronde NERFINISHED
Le Plaisir NERFINISHED
Letter from an Unknown Woman NERFINISHED
Liebelei NERFINISHED
Lola Montès NERFINISHED
Madame de... NERFINISHED
The Earrings of Madame de... NERFINISHED
occupation film director
film producer
screenwriter
stage director
placeOfBirth Saarbrücken, German Empire NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Hamburg, West Germany NERFINISHED
religion Judaism
spouse Hilde Wall NERFINISHED
styleCharacteristic circular narrative structures
fluid camera movement
long tracking shots
subjectOf Max Ophüls Prize (film award) NERFINISHED
workedInGenre melodrama
romantic drama
workedInHollywood true

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Jacques Demy influencedBy Max Ophüls
Mady Christians workedWith Max Ophüls