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Max Ophuls Films
Born Maximillian Oppenheimer in Saarbrucken, Germany in 1902, Max Ophuls (as he later styled himself, a pseudonym adopted to avoid embarrassing his garment-manufacturer father) made films – classic films, films with a marked tendency to appear on lists of the best films ever with alarming frequency, films like Letter from an Unknown Woman and La... show more > Recommended Films directed by Max Ophuls
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Le Plaisir1951, Max Ophuls, DVD Adapted by Ophuls from three short stories by Guy de Maupassant, each relates a tale about pleasure. A favourite of both Godard and Kubrick, the latter commenting that "The staging of these great camera moves appeared more like a beautifully chore... £7.99 RRP: £19.99
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Letter From An Unknown Woman1948, Max Ophuls, DVD Joan Fontaine gives the greatest performance of her career as the tragic heroine in this masterpiece set in turn of the century Vienna. Ophuls' celebrated flowing camera style is much in evidence, music is always playing in Vienna and his camera ... £14.99 RRP: £19.99
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La Ronde1950, Max Ophuls, DVD Anton Walbrook is the enigmatic, omnipotent master of ceremonies guiding us through a series of amorous encounters in the Vienna of 1900. One fleeting moment links to the next, partners change and the dance goes on, turning like the waltz and the ... £14.99 RRP: £19.99
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La Signora di Tutti (Masters of Cinema)1934, Max Ophuls, DVD Frequently cited as one of Ophuls' greatest films, La Signora di Tutti stars the legendary Italian actress Isa Miranda in the part that made her a star. With the Nazi terror on the ascent, master filmmaker Max Ophuls fled to Italy in 1934 and m... £10.99 RRP: £19.99
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Madame de...1953, Max Ophuls, DVD Ophuls' penultimate film and arguably his masterpiece, this supremely elegant meditation on doomed, obsessive romantic love paints a completely intoxicating, visually resplendent portrait of fin de siecle Paris. A gliding camera exposes the vaniti... £15.99 RRP: £19.99
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Lola Montes (Restored Edition)1955, Max Ophuls, DVD The story of the legendary courtesan is told in flashback as Lola spends her last years performing in a circus presided over by a domineering ringmaster (Peter Ustinov) and reliving the events and loves of her life, with among others, Liszt and th... £14.99 RRP: £19.99
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The Reckless Moment1949, Max Ophuls, DVD Classic film noir starring Joan Bennett as a woman who discovers the body of her daughter's lover, and disposes of the corpse, assuming her child is guilty of the murder. However, the mother is then blackmailed by a criminal (Mason, brilliant), wh... £15.99 RRP: £19.99
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Caught1948, Max Ophuls, DVD Ophuls' penultimate Hollywood film is a film noir classic in which a young girl's dream turns into a nightmare. Intent on marrying a millionaire, Leonora discovers her man to be power crazed and paranoid. She finds comfort in the arms of another, ... £15.99 RRP: £19.99
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