Marcel Ophüls
Marcel Ophüls · Arts & Literature
Documentarian ('The Sorrow and the Pity'; Oscar for 'Hôtel Terminus'); fled the Nazis with his father Max Ophüls
1927, Frankfurt, Germany — 2023, Lucq-de-Béarn, France
Germany · France · United States
Marcel Ophüls is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Documentarian ('The Sorrow and the Pity'; Oscar for 'Hôtel Terminus'); fled the Nazis with his father Max Ophüls
Marcel Ophüls was a German-born French documentary filmmaker best known for The Sorrow and the Pity, which stripped away myths of unanimous French resistance under Nazi occupation, and for Hôtel Terminus, which won the Academy Award for Best Documentary. Son of director Max Ophüls, he fled Nazi Germany with his family as a child. His father was Jewish, and the family's flight from Nazism shaped his life and work.
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Source: IMDb (Jewish Directors list)
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Documentarian ('The Sorrow and the Pity'; Oscar for 'Hôtel Terminus'); fled the Nazis with his father Max Ophüls
Source: IMDb (Jewish Directors list)
