
Marcel Ophüls
Directing
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…

Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie
1988
Self

The Sorrow and the Pity
1969
Self - Interviewer

Egon Schiele: Excess and Punishment
1980
Dr. Stovel

Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah
2015
Self

François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits
1993
Self (archive footage)

Liberty Belle
1983
German teacher

The Sorrow and the Pity: The Film That Shocked France
2024
Self (archive footage) - Director ("Le Chagrin et la Pitié")

November Days
1991
Self - Interviewer

The Troubles We've Seen
1994
Self

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

Cinéastes de notre temps : Max Ophuls ou la ronde
1965
Self

Max par Marcel: Lola Montès
2009
Self

Spécial cinéma
1974
Self
