Bohemia in the 19th century, stage-coach driver Hans, loves the mayor’s daughter Marie Read More »
Tag Archives: Max Ophüls
There’s No Tomorrow AKA Sans lendemain (1939) Max Ophüls, Edwige Feuillère, George Rigaud, Daniel Lecourtois
The story of a once-respectable woman who re-encounters her first love, now a successful doctor. Read More »
Laughing Heirs AKA Lachende Erben (1933) Max Ophüls, Lien Deyers, Heinz Rühmann, Ida Wüst
A young salesman may inherit a wine-estate on one condition: he can’t drink a drop of alcohol for at least a month. Read More »
Yoshiwara (1937) Max Ophüls, Pierre Richard-Willm, Sessue Hayakawa, Michiko Tanaka
Late nineteenth century. Young Kohana is sent to Yoshiwara, a suburb of Tokyo where exercise the profession of geisha. Read More »
Flirtation AKA Liebelei (1933) Max Ophüls, Paul Hörbiger, Magda Schneider, Luise Ullrich
Vienna in the beginning of the twentieth century. Cavalry Lieutenant Fritz Lobheimer is about to end his affair Read More »
The Reckless Moment (1949) Max Ophüls, James Mason, Joan Bennett, Geraldine Brooks
In the charming community of Balboa 50 miles from Los Angeles, middle-class housewife Lucia Harper Read More »
The Earrings of Madame De… (1953) Max Ophüls, Charles Boyer, Danielle Darrieux, Vittorio De Sica
In the Paris of the late 19th century, Louise, wife of a general, sells the earrings her husband gave her as a wedding gift: she needs money to cover her debts. Read More »
The Trouble with Money (1936) Max Ophüls, Herman Bouber, Rini Otte, Matthieu van Eysden
When bank messenger Brand realises that 50,000 pounds sterling have gone missing in Amsterdam, it is a catastrophe for him. Read More »
Lola Montès (1955) Max Ophüls, Martine Carol, Peter Ustinov, Anton Walbrook
The film tells the tragic story of Lola Montès, a great adventurer who becomes the main attraction Read More »
La Ronde (1950) Max Ophüls, Anton Walbrook, Simone Signoret, Serge Reggiani
An all-knowing interlocutor guides us through a series of affairs in Vienna, 1900. Read More »
Caught (1949) Max Ophüls, James Mason, Barbara Bel Geddes, Robert Ryan
It was Leonora Eames’ childhood dream come true. She had married Smith Ohlrig, a man worth millions. Read More »
Divine (1935) Max Ophüls, Simone Berriau, George Rigaud, Gina Manès
Ludivine Jarisse is a young woman who lives a contented but unexciting life in the country. Read More »
La Tendre ennemie / The Tender Enemy (1936) Max Ophüls, Simone Berriau, Catherine Fonteney, Laure Diana, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Two ghosts attend an engagement party, unseen by the other guests. One ghost, Dupont, is the father of the bride-to-be. Read More »
Le plaisir (1952) Max Ophüls, Jean Gabin, Danielle Darrieux, Simone Simon, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Three stories about the pleasure. The first one is about a man hiding his age behind a mask to keep going to balls and fancying women – pleasure and youth. Read More »
The Exile (1947) Max Ophüls, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Maria Montez, Rita Corday, Adventure, Romance
Maria Montez was accorded top billing in this film by contractual agreement, although she is in the picture only long enough to take a bath in a tricky 17th century Read More »