Max Ophüls

Max Ophüls (May 6, 1902 – March 25, 1957) was a German-born film director. He was born Max Oppenheimer in Saarbrücken, Germany. For his work in the German theatre and film industry he used the pseudonym Ophüls, but later the umlaut was dropped occasionally when he worked in France and the United States. The credits of Letter from an Unknown Woman from 1948 list him as Max Opuls.

Filmography

His most popular movies are as follows (a complete list can be found on his IMDb Page):

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• Lola Montès (1955)
• Madame de (1953)
• Le Plaisir (1952)
• La Ronde (1950)
• The Reckless Moment (1949)
• Caught (1949)
• Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)
• The Exile (1947)
• De Mayerling à Sarajevo (1940)
• La Signora di tutti (1934)
• Liebelei (1933)