
Marcel Ophüls
Known for: Directing
Born: November 1, 1927
Died: May 24, 2025
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 t…
Known for
Ain't Misbehavin
2013
Marcel Ophuls: The Memory Hunter
2004

Max par Marcel: Lola Montès
2009
A Deal Made in a Turkish Bath
2017

The Troubles We've Seen
1994

Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie
1988

Marcel Ophuls and Jean-Luc Godard: The Meeting in St-Gervais
2011
A Journey Through Le Plaisir
2002

Cinéastes de notre temps : Max Ophuls ou la ronde
1965

Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah
2015

November Days
1991
Festspiele
1982

François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits
1993

The Sorrow and the Pity: The Film That Shocked France
2024
Das schöne irre Judenmädchen
1984

Liberty Belle
1983

Egon Schiele: Excess and Punishment
1980

Spécial cinéma
1974
Grimme Award
1964

The Sorrow and the Pity
1969
Wortwechsel
1982
Zeil um Zehn
1990