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Max Ophüls

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Max Ophüls · Arts & Literature

What

Master director of elegant films such as La Ronde.

When

1902, Saarbrücken, Germany — 1957, Hamburg, Germany

Where

Germany · France · United States

Biography

Max Ophüls is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Master director of elegant films such as La Ronde.

How & why

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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Source: IMDb (Jewish Actors list)

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Master director of elegant films such as La Ronde.

1902

Source: IMDb (Jewish Actors list)