Max Ophüls
Max Ophüls · Arts & Literature
Master director of elegant films such as La Ronde.
1902, Saarbrücken, Germany — 1957, Hamburg, Germany
Germany · France · United States
Max Ophüls is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Master director of elegant films such as La Ronde.
Ophüls was a film director renowned for his fluid, elaborately mobile camera and elegant tragedies of love and desire, in works such as 'La Ronde', 'The Earrings of Madame de…' and 'Letter from an Unknown Woman'. Born to a German-Jewish family, he fled the Nazis, working in France and Hollywood before returning to Europe; his influence on later filmmakers is profound.
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Master director of elegant films such as La Ronde.
Source: IMDb (Jewish Actors list)
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