
Born
November 1, 1927
Died
May 24, 2025
Place of Birth
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 …

The Sorrow and the Pity: The Film That Shocked France
2024
A Deal Made in a Turkish Bath
2017

Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah
2015
Ain't Misbehavin
2013

Marcel Ophuls and Jean-Luc Godard: The Meeting in St-Gervais
2011

Max par Marcel: Lola Montès
2009
Marcel Ophuls: The Memory Hunter
2004
A Journey Through Le Plaisir
2002

The Troubles We've Seen
1994

François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits
1993

November Days
1991

Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie
1988
Das schöne irre Judenmädchen
1984

Liberty Belle
1983
Festspiele
1982

Egon Schiele: Excess and Punishment
1980

Cinéastes de notre temps : Max Ophuls ou la ronde
1965