Marcel Ophüls

Director

Born: November 1, 1927
Died: May 24, 2025 (age 97)
From: Frankfurt am Main, Germany

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…

Filmography (32)

The Sorrow and the Pity: The Film That Shocked France (2024)
Self (archive footage) - Director ("Le Chagrin et la Pitié")
A Deal Made in a Turkish Bath
A Deal Made in a Turkish Bath (2017)
Self
Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah (2015)
Self
Ain't Misbehavin (2013)
Director
Marcel Ophuls and Jean-Luc Godard: The Meeting in St-Gervais (2011)
Self
Max par Marcel: Lola Montès (2009)
Director
Marcel Ophuls: The Memory Hunter
Marcel Ophuls: The Memory Hunter (2004)
Self
A Journey Through Le Plaisir
A Journey Through Le Plaisir (2002)
himself
The Troubles We've Seen (1994)
Director
François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits (1993)
Self (archive footage)
November Days (1991)
Director
Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie (1988)
Director
Das schöne irre Judenmädchen
Das schöne irre Judenmädchen (1984)
Medardus
Liberty Belle (1983)
German teacher
Festspiele
Festspiele (1982)
Director
Yorktown: The Meaning of a Victory (1982)
Director
Egon Schiele: Excess and Punishment (1980)
Dr. Stovel
Kortnergeschichten
Kortnergeschichten (1980)
Director
The Memory of Justice (1976)
Director
A Sense of Loss (1973)
Director
À la recherche de mon Amérique (1971)
Director
Zwei ganze Tage
Zwei ganze Tage (1970)
Director
The Harvest of My Lai (1970)
Director
Clavigo
Clavigo (1970)
Director
Munich, or Peace in Our Time (1967)
Director
Cinéastes de notre temps : Max Ophuls ou la ronde (1965)
Self
Make Your Bets Ladies (1965)
Director
Banana Peel (1963)
Director
Munich (1962)
Director
Love at Twenty (1962)
Director