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Maximillian Oppenheimer (/ ˈ ɒ p ən h aɪ m ər / OP-ən-hy-mər, German: [maksiˈmiːli̯aːn ˈʔɔpn̩ˌhaɪmɐ]; 6 May 1902 – 26 March 1957), known as Max Ophüls (UK: / ˈ ɔː f əl s / AW-fəlss, US: / ˈ oʊ f əl s / OH-fəlss, German: [maks ˈʔɔfʏls]) or simply Ophuls, was a German-born film director who worked in Germany ...
Director Max Ophüls was born Max Oppenheimer in Saarbrücken, Germany. He began his career as a stage actor and director in the golden twenties. He worked in cities such as Stuttgart, Dortmund, Wuppertal, Vienna, Frankfurt, Breslau and Berlin.
Max Ophüls was a German motion-picture director whose mastery of fluid camera movement gave his films a characteristic lyrical flow. He was one of the first truly international directors, sensitive to national differences and to the human qualities common to all his characters.
Mar 26, 2021 · Distinctive pioneer of 20th-century filmmaking, German-born Max Ophüls’ brief filmography is one dotted with rich innovation, championing complex smooth camera movements, crane and dolly shots, years before they would be mastered.
May 6, 2022 · ‘An outstanding film director and a good European’: an interview with Max Ophüls. To mark 120 years since the great director’s birth, we revisit this 1950 interview, in which Ophüls candidly appraises his talents as a filmmaker – and actor.
Apr 30, 2019 · “Ophüls is, like all great directors, inimitable, and if all the dollies and cranes in the world snap to attention when his name is mentioned, it is because he gave camera movement its finest hours in the history of the cinema.”
Director Max Ophüls was born Max Oppenheimer in Saarbrücken, Germany. He began his career as a stage actor and director in the golden twenties. He worked in cities such as Stuttgart, Dortmund, Wuppertal, Vienna, Frankfurt, Breslau and Berlin.
