
Max Ophüls
Biography
Maximillian Oppenheimer (6 May 1902 – 26 March 1957) — known as Max Ophüls — was an influential German film director who worked in Germany (1931–33), France (1933–40), the United States (1947–50), and France again (1950–57). He is best known for his smooth camera movements and complex tracking shots. Many of his films are narrated from the point of view of the female protagonist. In addition to the American romantic melodrama Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948), the French productions La Ronde (1950), Le Plaisir (1952), The Earrings of Madame de... (1953) and Lola Montès (1955) are among his best-known works. Andrew Sarris in his influential book of film criticism The American Cinema: Directors and Directions 1929–1968 included him in the "pantheon" of the 14 greatest film directors who had worked in the United States.
Directing (26 movies)

Letter from an Unknown Woman
1948

The Earrings of Madame de...
1953

The Reckless Moment
1949

Lola Montès
1955

Le Plaisir
1952

Caught
1949

Liebelei
1933

There's No Tomorrow
1940

La Ronde
1950

Everybody's Woman
1934

The Exile
1947

The Novel of Werther
1938

The Bartered Bride
1932

Yoshiwara
1937

Laughing Heirs
1933

The Trouble with Money
1936

Divine
1935

From Mayerling to Sarajevo
1940

Grand Waltz Brilliant by Chopin
1936

The Tender Enemy
1936

A Man Has Been Stolen
1934

The Company's in Love
1932

Love Story
1933

I'd Rather Have Cod Liver Oil
1931
Ave Maria de Schubert
1935

L'école des femmes
1940
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| I'd Rather Have Cod Liver Oil | 1931 | Writer |
| The Bartered Bride | 1932 | Screenplay |
| Liebelei | 1933 | Writer |
| Everybody's Woman | 1934 | Screenplay |
| Divine | 1935 | Writer |
| The Tender Enemy | 1936 | Screenplay |
| The Tender Enemy | 1936 | Producer |
| The Trouble with Money | 1936 | Writer |
| Yoshiwara | 1937 | Screenplay |
| There's No Tomorrow | 1940 | Screenplay |
| La Ronde | 1950 | Writer |
| The Earrings of Madame de... | 1953 | Screenplay |
| Lola Montès | 1955 | Writer |