- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- November 1, 1927
- Place of Birth
- Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Died
- May 24, 2025
Marcel Ophüls
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 to flee to the Vichy zone, remaining in hiding for over a year before crossing the Pyrenees into Spain in order to travel to the United States, arriving there in December 1941. Marcel attended Hollywood High School, then Occidental College, Los Angeles. He spent a brief period serving in a U.S. Army theatrical unit in Japan in 1946, then studied at the University of California, Berkeley. Ophuls bec…
Filmography
movieThe 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
movieA Deal Made in a Turkish Bath
2017 · Self
movieClaude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah
2015 · Self
Ain't Misbehavin
movieAin't Misbehavin
2013 · Self, Director
movieMarcel Ophuls and Jean-Luc Godard: The Meeting in St-Gervais
2011 · Self
movieMax par Marcel: Lola Montès
2009 · Self, Director, Writer
Marcel Ophuls: The Memory Hunter
movieMarcel Ophuls: The Memory Hunter
2004 · Self
A Journey Through Le Plaisir
movieA Journey Through Le Plaisir
2002 · himself
movieThe Troubles We've Seen
1994 · Self, Director, Writer
movieFrançois Truffaut: Stolen Portraits
1993 · Self (archive footage)
movieNovember Days
1991 · Self - Interviewer, Director, Writer
Zeil um Zehn
tvZeil um Zehn
1990 · Self
movieHôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie
1988 · Self, Director, Writer, Producer
Das schöne irre Judenmädchen
movieDas schöne irre Judenmädchen
1984 · Medardus
movieLiberty Belle
1983 · German teacher
Wortwechsel
tvWortwechsel
1982 · Self
Festspiele
movieFestspiele
1982 · Clown, Director, Writer
movieYorktown: The Meaning of a Victory
1982 · Director
movieEgon Schiele: Excess and Punishment
1980 · Dr. Stovel
Kortnergeschichten
movieKortnergeschichten
1980 · Director, Writer
movieAnnie Hall
1977 · Thanks
movieThe Memory of Justice
1976 · Director, Producer, Writer
tvInside Story
1974 · Director
tvSpécial cinéma
1974 · Self
movieA Sense of Loss
1973 · Director, Producer
movieÀ la recherche de mon Amérique
1971 · Director, Scenario Writer
Zwei ganze Tage
movieZwei ganze Tage
1970 · Director, Screenplay
movieThe Harvest of My Lai
1970 · Director, Writer
Clavigo
movieClavigo
1970 · Director
tvThe Sorrow and the Pity
1969 · Self - Interviewer, Director, Writer, Creator
movieMunich, or Peace in Our Time
1967 · Director, Writer
movieCinéastes de notre temps : Max Ophuls ou la ronde
1965 · Self
movieMake Your Bets Ladies
1965 · Director, Screenplay
Grimme Award
tvGrimme Award
1964 · Self
movieBanana Peel
1963 · Director, Screenplay
movieMunich
1962 · Director
movieLove at Twenty
1962 · Director, Writer
Matisse ou Le talent de bonheur
movieMatisse ou Le talent de bonheur
1960 · Director, Writer
Das Pflichtmandat
movieDas Pflichtmandat
1958 · Director
movieLola Montès
1955 · Assistant Director
movieThe Girl with the Whip
1952 · Assistant Director