Marcel Ophüls
Personal Info
Know For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1927-11-01 (98 years old)
Deathday
2025-05-24
Place of Birth
Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Also known As
Marcel Wall
Marcel Ophüls
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 to flee to the Vichy zone, remaining in hiding for over a year before crossing the Pyrenees into Spain in order to travel to the United States, arrivin...
Acting
2013
as Self
2004
1983
as German teacher
1982
as Clown
1984
as Medardus
2015
2002
as himself
2009
as Self
2017
1993
as Self (archive footage)
1991
as Self - Interviewer
1980
as Dr. Stovel
1994
as Self
2024
as Self (archive) - director ("Le Chagrin et la Pitié")
Production
1965
as Screenplay
1965
as Director
1967
as Director
1967
as Writer
1970
as Writer
1970
as Director
1962
as Director
1962
as Director
1988
1988
1963
as Director
1976
as Director
1994
as Director
1994
as Writer
2013
as Director
1973
as Director
1973
as Producer
1976
as Producer
1991
as Director
1970
as Director
1977
as Thanks
1960
as Writer
1980
as Director
1980
as Writer
1982
as Director
1982
as Writer
1960
as Director
1970
as Screenplay
1958
as Director
1970
as Director
1952
as Assistant Director
2009
as Director
2009
as Writer
1988
1955
as Assistant Director
1982
as Director
1962
as Writer
1991
as Writer
1976
as Writer
1963
as Screenplay
1971
as Director
1971
as Scenario Writer
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