Ask the Chatbot Games & Quizzes History & Society Science & Tech Biographies Animals & Nature Geography & Travel Arts & Culture ProCon Money Videos

Max Ophüls: Quick Facts

Written and fact-checked by
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

The Information Architects maintain a master list of the topics included in the corpus of  Encyclopædia Britannica, and create and manage the relationships between them.
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Facts

Also Known As Max Opuls • Max Oppenheimer
Born May 6, 1902 • Saarbrücken • Germany
Died March 26, 1957 (aged 54) • Hamburg • Germany

Photos

Simone Signoret lies in bed looking up at Gerard Philipe, who stands beside her in a military uniform and feathered hat, in a scene from La Ronde (1950).
Lola Montès
Lola Montès
See All Images →
default image
F.W. Murnau
German director
default image
Robert Wiene
German film director
Ernst Lubitsch
Ernst Lubitsch
German-born American director
default image
William Dieterle
German-born film director
default image
Douglas Sirk
German-American director
The Bishop's Wife
Henry Koster
American director
default image
Harun Farocki
German filmmaker, video artist, and writer
default image
Robert Siodmak
German director
default image
Helmut Käutner
German director
Werner Herzog stands beside a large film camera with headphones around his neck on the set of The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans, with Nicolas Cage seated in the background.
Werner Herzog
German director
Michael Haneke in a black tuxedo holding the Palme d'Or trophy and a rolled certificate at the Cannes Film Festival award ceremony, with palm trees in the background.
Michael Haneke
Austrian director and screenwriter
default image
G.W. Pabst
German director
Wim Wenders, wearing glasses and a patterned jacket over a red shirt, speaks into a microphone at a panel discussion with a video camera recording him in Berlin, Germany.
Wim Wenders
German director
Leni Riefenstahl
Leni Riefenstahl
German director and actor
Volker Schlöndorff
Volker Schlöndorff
German director
Rainer Werner Fassbinder in a light blue denim jacket stands outdoors in a scene from the film Fox and His Friends, with a red and white striped umbrella in the background.
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
German director
default image
Klaus Kinski
German actor
default image
James Ivory
American director
default image
Karel Reisz
Czechoslovak-born British director
default image
Michael Cimino
American director