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  • The Man In The Glass Booth
  • The Man In The Glass Booth review by from Belfast
    Rated - 3 stars Compelling tale or psychological bore? 26 November 2004
    ... onto the events of the trial where the plot really unfolds. The performance of Maximilian Schell is excellant, however I found the movie a little unrealistic and claustrophobic...  
  • Topkapi
  • Topkapi review by from Midlothian
    Rated - 3 stars Classic heist movie 12 December 2005
    ... doesn't always sparkle. It has a great international cast around a charismatic Maximilian Schell and slapsticky Peter Ustinov. Most of the movie is set in Istanbul of the 1960s...  
  • Bible, The - Abraham
  • Bible, The - Abraham review by Hedgehog from Ely
    Rated - 4 stars Thought-provoking study of Abraham's life 8 April 2008
    ...thin the hospitality of his camp. Another is the relationship between Pharaoh (Maximilian Schell) and Sarah (Barbara Hershey), which is explored in some detail. There is also a...  

Maximilian Schell - filmography


  • Joan Of Arc (1999)
    Starring: Leelee Sobieski,  Jacqueline Bisset,  Powers Boothe
    Director: Christian Duguay
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    A star-studded epic drama based on the tragic true story of Joan Of Arc - the fifteenth-century French peasant girl who's life was changed dramatically when she started hearing the voices of Saints Catherine, Michael and Margaret. Inspired by these voices Joan led her troops to unite against their ..read more »
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  • Deep Impact - BLU-RAY Version (1998)
    Starring: Robert Duvall,  Tea Leoni,  Vanessa Redgrave
    Director: Mimi Leder
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    A reporter believes that she has discovered a Congressman's affair. But as it turns out, Elle isn't a mistress, but something used to describe an event so cataclysmic that it could destroy the planet...When it is discovered that an enormous comet is on a collision course with Earth, a handful of ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 63% from 63 members
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  • Deep Impact on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Robert Duvall,  Tea Leoni,  Vanessa Redgrave
    Director: Mimi Leder
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    A fourteen-year-old amateur astronomer, an ambitious newswoman, and a former astronaut all find themselves at the forefront of catastrophe when it is discovered that a comet is on a fatal collision course with the Earth. In the time leading up to the disaster, they find themselves searching for ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 63% from 7,761 members
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  • Little Odessa (1994)
    Starring: Tim Roth,  Edward Furlong,  Moira Kelly
    Director: James Gray
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Hitman Joshua plays a deadly game of chance when he returns to Brighton Beach to eliminate an Iranian jeweller. His return stirs up a past that could incite his own execution...
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 57% from 37 members
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  • Marlene on DVD (1983)
    Director: Maximilian Schell
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    ‘Marlene’ is no standard movie star documentary. It is a mystery story, a discourse on truth and fiction, a battle with a sacred monster, a caustic comedy of errors, and the story of the making of a film all rolled into one. Despite personally selecting Schell to make the film about her,..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 58% from 16 members
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  • The Chosen (1981)
    Starring: Maximilian Schell,  Rod Steiger,  Robby Benson
    Director: Jeremy Kagan
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    It's a story of two Brooklyn boys who in their mid-teens find themselves divided by the same religion that unites them. Danny's father is a strict orthodox rabbi. Reuven's is a secular scholar with radical views. Danny has been taught to accept faith blindly, Reuven to question the centuries-old ..read more »
    Rate this: 2 stars out of 5 40% from 6 members
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  • The Brothers Bloom
    Starring: Rinko Kikuchi,  Nora Zehetner,  Rachel Weisz
    Director: Rian Johnson
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    For as long as they can remember, the Brothers Bloom have had only each other to depend on. From their childhood in a long series of gloomy foster homes to their high-flying lives as international con artists, Stephen and Bloom have shared everything. Stephen brilliantly concocts intricate stories ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 64% from 25 members
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  • Joan of Arc - Part 1 to Watch Now (1999)
    Starring: Leelee Sobieski,  Jacqueline Bisset,  Powers Boothe
    Director: Christian Duguay
    Certificate: Certificate: 12 (TBC)
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    Run time: 92 minutes
    Once there lived a legend whose coming had been foretold by the great prophet Merlin. It was said that after nearly a century of war, a maiden would unite her divided people. It did not say how... This star-studded epic mini-series tells the triumphant yet tragic true story of one of history's ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 6 members
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  • Joan of Arc - Part 2 to Watch Now (1999)
    Starring: Leelee Sobieski,  Jacqueline Bisset,  Powers Boothe
    Director: Christian Duguay
    Certificate: Certificate: 12 (TBC)
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    Run time: 92 minutes
    Once there lived a legend whose coming had been foretold by the great prophet Merlin. It was said that after nearly a century of war, a maiden would unite her divided people. It did not say how... This star-studded epic mini-series tells the triumphant yet tragic true story of one of history's ..read more »
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 80% from 6 members
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  • Telling Lies in America to Watch Now (1997)
    Starring: Kevin Bacon,  Brad Renfro,  Maximilian Schell
    Director: Guy Ferland
    Certificate: Certificate: 15 (TBC)
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    Karchy Jonas is a teenager who has immigrated to America with his father. Trying to become an American, Karchy wants to fit in with the group. So when he gets a job with slick local disc jockey Billy Magic, he thinks he's finally made it-now he'll be popular, make a lot money, and win the heart ..read more »
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  • Pope Joan to Watch Now (1972)
    Starring: Liv Ullmann,  Franco Nero,  Maximilian Schell
    Director: Michael Anderson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15 (TBC)
    Watch now: £2.49
    Run time: 108 minutes
    Based on the medieval legend of Pope Joan, a courageous ninth century German visionary who achieved brief papacy in 855 A.D., this film tells the story of her unlikely rise and ultimate downfall.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 No ratings yet. Be the first.
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Maximilian Schell facts

5 most recent films

Coast To Coast - 2.5 stars
Joan Of Arc - 3.0 stars
John Carpenter's Vampires - 3.0 stars
Deep Impact - BLU-RAY Version - 3.0 stars
Deep Impact - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Bridge Too Far, A - BLU-RAY Version - 4.0 stars
Judgement At Nuremberg - 3.5 stars
A Bridge Too Far - 3.5 stars
The Odessa File - 3.5 stars
Cross Of Iron - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

House of the Sleeping Beauties - 3 stars
The Chosen - 2.0 stars
Eighteenth Angel - 2.5 stars
Heidi - 2.5 stars
Marlene - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Vanessa Redgrave - 4 times - show films
Peter O'Toole - 3 times - show films
Neil Patrick Harris - 3 times - show films
Olympia Dukakis - 3 times - show films
Jacqueline Bisset - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Christian Duguay - 3 times - show films
Mimi Leder - 2 times - show films
Sidney Hayers - 2 times - show films
Richard Attenborough - 2 times - show films
James Gray - 1 times - show films


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