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Marcel Ophuls
German-French filmmaker (1927-2025) · France · On the map · Directors · Died at 97
Marcel Ophuls was a German-French and American documentary filmmaker and actor, renowned for his notable works such as The Sorrow and the Pity (1969) and Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie (1988).
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The Sorrow and the Pity: The Film That Shocked FranceFilm2015
Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the ShoahFilm2011
Marcel Ophuls and Jean-Luc Godard: The Meeting in St-GervaisFilm2004Marcel Ophuls: The Memory HunterFilm1994
The Troubles We've SeenFilm, Director, Writer1992Peter-Weiss PrizeAward1991
November DaysFilm, Director, Writer1990Zeil um ZehnSeries1989Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature FilmAward1984Das schöne irre JudenmädchenFilm, Medardus1982WortwechselSeriesFestspieleFilm, 1982Director, Writer1976
The Memory of JusticeFilm, Director, Writer1974
Inside StorySeries, Director
Spécial cinémaSeries, 19741972Grimme-PreisAward1971
À la recherche de mon AmériqueFilm, Director1969
The Sorrow and the PitySeries, Director, Writer1967
Munich, or Peace in Our TimeFilm, Director, Writer1964Grimme AwardSeries1963
Banana PeelFilm, Director, Writer1960Matisse ou Le talent de bonheurFilm, Director, Writer1955
Lola MontèsFilm, (uncredited)1927Born1 November 1927People around Marcel
Paulette Dubost Marcel directed Banana Peel (1963)
Werner Finck Marcel directed Love at Twenty (1962)
Christian Doermer Marcel directed Love at Twenty (1962)- Herbert Vesely Directed Egon Schiele - Exzess und Bestrafung (1981)
- Max Palevsky Produced The Memory of Justice (1976)
Jean-Paul Belmondo Marcel directed Banana Peel (1963)
Jeanne Moreau Marcel directed Banana Peel (1963)
Jean-Pierre Léaud Marcel directed Love at Twenty (1962)
Gert Fröbe Marcel directed Banana Peel (1963)
Pierre Schaeffer Marcel directed Love at Twenty (1962)
Marie-France Pisier Marcel directed Love at Twenty (1962)
Eleonora Rossi Drago Marcel directed Love at Twenty (1962)
Jean-Pierre Marielle Marcel directed Banana Peel (1963)
Rosy Varte Marcel directed Love at Twenty (1962)
Barbara Kwiatkowska-Lass Marcel directed Love at Twenty (1962)
Mathieu Carrière Also in Egon Schiele - Exzess und Bestrafung (1981)
Dominique Zardi Marcel directed Banana Peel (1963)
Władysław Kowalski Marcel directed Love at Twenty (1962)- Friedrich Domin Also in Lola Montès (1955)
- Jean-François Adam Marcel directed Love at Twenty (1962)
Barbara Sołtysik Marcel directed Love at Twenty (1962)
Harry Hardt Marcel wrote Marianne (1955)
Pascal Kané Directed Liberty Belle (1983)
Angelika Hauff Also in Egon Schiele - Exzess und Bestrafung (1981)
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Born to German-Jewish filmmaker Max Ophuls, the family fled Nazi Germany during its rise to power in the final stages of the Weimar Republic in 1933. Subsequently, they relocated to France, but fled in 1940 when the Nazis occupied the country. Finally, in 1941, the family emigrated to the United States, where Marcel became a citizen in 1950.
