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Director, Screenwriter Born: May 6, 1902 in Saarbrucken, Germany Death: March 26, 1957 in Hamburg, Germany Biography:Abandoning journalism for the theater, Max Oppenheim changed his name to Max Ophüls so as not to embarrass his father, a German-Jewish garment manufacturer, if he failed. An actor from 1919, Ophüls turned to directing in 1924. Two years later he took creative charge of Vienna's Burgtheater, offering an exhaustive repertory of Austrian, German, Russian, French and English classics. Ophuls had 200 plays to his credit at the time he entered films, in 1929, as dialogue director for UFA's "Anatole Litvak". He made his own movie directorial debut with 1930's "Dans schon lieber Lebertran". The best of his early films was "Liebelei" (1932) which included several elements that would distinguish his later work, including lavish settings, a pro-feminist viewpoint, and a climactic duel between an older and younger man. Ever keeping his ear to the ground, Ophüls left Germany after the 1932 Reichstag fire,... Full Biography
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