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Max Ophuls
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Max Ophuls - filmography
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Lola Montes
(1955)
Starring: Martine Carol, Peter Ustinov, Anton Walbrook
Director: Max Ophuls
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The film tells the tragical story of the life of Lola Montes who was a great adventurer and stopped being the attraction of her circus after having been the lover of various important men.
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Madame De...
on DVD (1953)
Starring: Vittorio De Sica, Danielle Darrieux, Charles Boyer
Director: Max Ophuls
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A series of tragic misunderstandings and deceptions ensue after the Countess Louise, the wife of a General, sells the earrings he had given to her on their wedding day to pay off her debts.
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Le Plaisir
on DVD (1951)
Starring: Claude Dauphin, Gaby Morlay, Madeleine Renaud
Director: Max Ophuls
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Adapted from three short stories by Guy de Maupassant each dealing with one aspect of pleasure. In 'Le Masque' a man regains his youth. 'La Maison Tellier' finds a prostitute in a romantic encounter. 'Le Modele' sees a model marrying an artist after a failed suicide atempt.
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La Ronde
on DVD (1950)
Starring: Anton Walbrook, Simone Signoret, Simone Simon
Director: Max Ophuls
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After ten years in Hollywood, where he made the acclaimed LETTER FROM AN UNKNOWN WOMAN, Max Ophuls returned to France. His first film, LA RONDE, is taken from Arthur Schnitzler's play REIGEN, which features a series of interlocking love stories set in Vienna at the turn of the 19th Century. Ophuls ..read more »
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Reckless Moment
on DVD (1949)
Starring: James Mason, Joan Bennett, Geraldine Brooks
Director: Max Ophuls
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Following the accidental death of her lowlife boyfriend, respectable mother Lucia Harper instinctively hides the body to protect her family. Before a long a stranger calls, sent by his partner to blackmail her. the comfort and security of Lucia's world appears to be in danger of collapsing.
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Letter from an Unknown Woman
on DVD (1948)
Starring: Joan Fontaine, Louis Jourdan
Director: Max Ophuls
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Philandering concert pianist Stefan arrives home to find a letter which begins 'by the time you read this I might be dead'. So unfolds the story of Lisa, one of the many women he had shared a brief encounter over the years and swiftly forgotten. her life had been spent loving him unflateringly and ..read more »
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Caught
on DVD (1948)
Starring: James Mason, Robert Ryan, Barbara Bel Geddes
Director: Max Ophuls
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After a long career in Europe making costume dramas like MAYERLING TO SARAJEVO, Max Ophuls came to Hollywood. In CAUGHT, he attempted an American-style film noir with a heavy soap opera influence. Taken from a novel, WILD CALENDAR by Libbie Block, the script is by Arthur Laurents, most famous as ..read more »
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Doomed love 24 January 2007
... This must be one of the best films ever about a tragic love affair. Max Ophuls brings all his cinematic artistry to bear on Lisa's love for a man who takes pl...
