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Tag Archives: Max Ophüls
La signora di tutti / Everybody’s Woman (1934) Max Ophüls
Gaby is expelled from school after a married teacher commits suicide after telling her he can’t live without her. Read More »
Flirtation / Liebelei (1933) Max Ophüls, Paul Hörbiger
Vienna in the beginning of the twentieth century. Cavalry Lieutenant Fritz Lobheimer is about to end his affair Read More »
La Tendre ennemie / The Tender Enemy (1936) Max Ophüls
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 roman de Werther (1938) Max Ophüls
Herr Werther, a new magistrate to the Grand Duchy of Walheim who is a violinist and poet Read More »
The Bartered Bride / Die verkaufte Braut (1932) Max Ophüls, Max Nadler, Jarmila Novotna, Otto Wernicke
Bohemia in the 19th century, stage-coach driver Hans, loves the mayor’s daughter Marie Read More »
There’s No Tomorrow / 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 / 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
Late nineteenth century. Young Kohana is sent to Yoshiwara, a suburb of Tokyo where exercise the profession of geisha. 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 »