Marcel Ophüls
Directing · Screenplay · Director · Writer
Born Nov 1, 1927 · Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Active 1952–2025 · Awards: Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres, MacArthur Fellows Program, Knight of the Legion of Honour, Peter-Weiss Prize, Grimme-Preis, Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film
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.
Filmography
Lola Montès (1955) — (uncredited) · Assistant DirectorLove at Twenty (1962) — Director · WriterHôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie (1988) — Writer · Director · ProducerThe Sorrow and the Pity (1969) — Director · Writer · CreatorThe Girl with the Whip (1952) — Assistant DirectorThe Memory of Justice (1976) — Director · Producer · WriterDas schöne irre Judenmädchen (1984) — MedardusThe Harvest of My Lai (1970) — Writer · DirectorA Sense of Loss (1973) — Director · ProducerMatisse ou Le talent de bonheur (1960) — Writer · DirectorYorktown: The Meaning of a Victory (1982) — DirectorBanana Peel (1963) — Director · ScreenplayMunich, or Peace in Our Time (1967) — Director · WriterZwei ganze Tage (1970) — Director · ScreenplayClavigo (1970) — DirectorEgon Schiele: Excess and Punishment (1980) — Dr. StovelNovember Days (1991) — Director · WriterAin't Misbehavin (2013) — DirectorThe Troubles We've Seen (1994) — Director · WriterMake Your Bets Ladies (1965) — Screenplay · DirectorMunich (1962) — DirectorLiberty Belle (1983) — German teacherInside Story (1974) — DirectorFestspiele (1982) — Clown · Director · Writer