Marcel Ophüls
Birthday
1927/11/01
Day of death
2025/05/24 (97 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Also know as
Marcel Wall
Biography
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 settled in Paris, France. Following the invasion of France by Germany in May 1940 they were forced t...Read more
Acting
(1988) Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie
as Self
(2013) Ain't Misbehavin
as Self
(2011) Marcel Ophuls and Jean-Luc Godard: The Meeting in St-Gervais
as Self
(2004) Marcel Ophuls: The Memory Hunter
as Self
(1983) Liberty Belle
as German teacher
(1982) Festspiele
as Clown
(1984) Das schöne irre Judenmädchen
as Medardus
(2015) Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah
as Self
(2002) A Journey Through Le Plaisir
as himself
(1965) Cinéastes de notre temps : Max Ophuls ou la ronde
as Self
(2009) Max par Marcel: Lola Montès
as Self
(2017) A Deal Made in a Turkish Bath
as Self
(1993) François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits
as Self (archive footage)
(1991) November Days
as Self - Interviewer
(1980) Egon Schiele: Excess and Punishment
as Dr. Stovel
(1994) The Troubles We've Seen
as Self
(2024) The Sorrow and the Pity: The Film That Shocked France
as Self (archive footage) - Director ("Le Chagrin et la Pitié")
(1974) Spécial cinéma
as Self
(1964) Grimme Award
as Self
(1969) The Sorrow and the Pity
as Self - Interviewer
(1982) Wortwechsel
as Self
(1990) Zeil um Zehn
as Self