Marcel Ophüls
Directing
23
Acting Credits
23
Directed
Biography
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
Filmography
The Sorrow and the Pity: The Film That Shocked France
2024
as Self (archive footage) - Director ("Le Chagrin et la Pitié")
A Deal Made in a Turkish Bath
2017
as Self
Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah
2015
as Self
Ain't Misbehavin
2013
as Self
Marcel Ophuls and Jean-Luc Godard: The Meeting in St-Gervais
2011
as Self
Max par Marcel: Lola Montès
2009
as Self
Marcel Ophuls: The Memory Hunter
2004
as Self
A Journey Through Le Plaisir
2002
as himself
The Troubles We've Seen
1994
as Self
François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits
1993
as Self (archive footage)
November Days
1991
as Self - Interviewer
Zeil um Zehn
1990
as Self
Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie
1988
as Self
Das schöne irre Judenmädchen
1984
as Medardus
Liberty Belle
1983
as German teacher
Festspiele
1982
as Clown
Wortwechsel
1982
as Self
Egon Schiele: Excess and Punishment
1980
as Dr. Stovel
Spécial cinéma
1974
as Self
The Sorrow and the Pity
1969
as Self - Interviewer
Cinéastes de notre temps : Max Ophuls ou la ronde
1965
as Self
Grimme Award
1964
as Self
Lola Montès
1955
as (uncredited)