Marcel Ophuls
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Film & TV
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…
Known for
- The Sorrow and the Pity: The Film That Shocked France — Self (archive footage) - Director ("Le Chagrin et la Pitié")2024
- A Deal Made in a Turkish Bath — Self2017
- Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah — Self2015
- Ain't Misbehavin — Self2013
- Marcel Ophuls and Jean-Luc Godard: The Meeting in St-Gervais — Self2011
- Max par Marcel: Lola Montès — Self2009
- Marcel Ophuls: The Memory Hunter — Self2004
- A Journey Through Le Plaisir — himself2002
- The Troubles We've Seen — Self1994
- François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits — Self (archive footage)1993
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Marcel
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Frankfurt
- Place of death
- Lucq-de-Béarn
- Father
- Max Ophüls
- Educated at
- Occidental College
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Field of work
- documentary film
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- end of work period
- 2025-00-00
- date of birth
- 1927-11-01
- name in native language
- Marcel Ophüls
- start of work period
- 1950-00-00
- writing language
- English language
- date of death
- 2025-05-25
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