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Marcel Ophüls

1927 - 2025 (age 97) • Directing

Born: 11/1/1927 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Died: 5/24/2025 (age 97)

Known for: Directing

Marcel Ophüls

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.

Known For

Annie Hall

77%

Thanks

1977

Lola Montès

69%

Assistant Director

1955

Love at Twenty

67%

Director

1962

Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie

71%

Self

1988

Banana Peel

59%

Director

1963

The Sorrow and the Pity

79%

Self - Interviewer

1969

The Memory of Justice

68%

Director

1976

Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah

68%

Self

2015

The Sorrow and the Pity: The Film That Shocked France

80%

Self (archive footage) - Director ("Le Chagrin et la Pitié")

2024

A Deal Made in a Turkish Bath

Self

2017

Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah

68%

Self

2015

Ain't Misbehavin

62%

Self

2013

Ain't Misbehavin

62%

Director

2013

Marcel Ophuls and Jean-Luc Godard: The Meeting in St-Gervais

70%

Self

2011

Max par Marcel: Lola Montès

Self

2009

Max par Marcel: Lola Montès

Director

2009

Max par Marcel: Lola Montès

Writer

2009

Marcel Ophuls: The Memory Hunter

Self

2004

A Journey Through Le Plaisir

himself

2002

The Troubles We've Seen

58%

Self

1994

The Troubles We've Seen

58%

Director

1994

The Troubles We've Seen

58%

Writer

1994

François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits

56%

Self (archive footage)

1993

November Days

68%

Self - Interviewer

1991

November Days

68%

Director

1991

November Days

68%

Writer

1991

Zeil um Zehn

Self

1990

Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie

71%

Self

1988

Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie

71%

Writer

1988

Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie

71%

Director

1988

Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie

71%

Producer

1988

Das schöne irre Judenmädchen

90%

Medardus

1984

Liberty Belle

43%

German teacher

1983

Wortwechsel

Self

1982

Festspiele

Clown

1982

Festspiele

Director

1982