Biography
Marcel Ophüls
Directing
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 194…
Career works
22
Movies
17
Series
5
Career average
6.7/10
Birth date
11/01/1927
Place of birth
Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Date of death
05/24/2025
Filmography highlights
Movies
The Sorrow and the Pity: The Film That Shocked France
2024 · 8.5
Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah
2015 · 6.9
Marcel Ophuls and Jean-Luc Godard: The Meeting in St-Gervais
2011 · 7.0
Max par Marcel: Lola Montès
2009
The Troubles We've Seen
1994 · 5.8
François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits
1993 · 5.6
November Days
1991 · 6.8
Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie
1988 · 7.1
Liberty Belle
1983 · 4.3
Egon Schiele: Excess and Punishment
1980 · 5.5
Cinéastes de notre temps : Max Ophuls ou la ronde
1965 · 4.0
Series
