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Maximilian Schell

Maximilian Schell

Directing · Writing · As actor

Maximilian Schell (8 December 1930 – 1 February 2014) was a Swiss actor. Born in Austria, his parents were involved in the arts and he grew up surrounded by performance and literature. While he was still a child, his family fled to Switzerland in 1938 when Austria was annexed by Nazi Germany, and they settled in Zürich. After World War II ended, Schell took up acting and directing full-time.

Schell won the Academy Award for Best Actor for playing a lawyer in the legal drama Judgment at Nuremberg (1961). He was Oscar-nominated for playing a character with multiple identities in The Man in the …

Directing

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🎬 First Love Movie · 1970 🎬 End of the Game Movie · 1975 🎬 Candles in the Dark Movie · 1993 🎬 The Pedestrian Movie · 1973

Writing

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🎬 The Pedestrian Movie · 1973 🎬 Das Schloß Movie · 1968

As actor

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🎬 Deep Impact Jason Lerner 🎬 Cross of Iron Hauptmann Stransky 🎬 A Bridge Too Far General der Waffen-SS Wilhelm Bittrich 🎬 The Freshman Larry London 🎬 Telling Lies in America Dr. Istvan Jonas 🎬 The Deadly Affair Dieter Frey 🎬 The Odessa File Eduard Roschmann 🎬 Judgment at Nuremberg Hans Rolfe 🎬 Vampires Cardinal Alba 🎬 St. Ives Dr. John Constable 🎬 Little Odessa Arkady Shapira 🎬 The Black Hole Dr. Hans Reinhardt 🎬 Stalin Vladimir Lenin 🎬 Krakatoa, East of Java Captain Chris Hanson 🎬 The Assisi Underground Col. Müller 🎬 Hamlet, Prince of Denmark Hamlet 🎬 Coast to Coast Casimir 🎬 The Young Lions Capt. Hardenberg 🎬 First Love Vater 🎬 The Shell Seekers Lawrence Sterne 🎬 Avalanche Express Colonel Nikolai Bunin 🎬 The Chosen Professor David Malter 🎬 Topkapi Walter Harper 🎬 Counterpoint Gen. Schiller 🎬 The Man in the Glass Booth Arthur Goldman 🎬 Die Rosenkönigin Karl Friedrich Weidemann 🎬 Five Finger Exercise Walter 🎬 The Fifth Column Movie · 1960 🎬 The Return of the Dancing Master Fernando Hereira 🎬 The Eighteenth Angel Father Simeon 🎬 Candles in the Dark Colonel Arkush 🎬 The Desperate Ones Marek 🎬 Judgment at Nuremberg Otto Rolfe 🎬 Return from the Ashes Stanislaw Pilgrin 🎬 Die Liebe eines Priesters Father Christoph 🎬 To Be Hamlet Self 🎬 I Love You, Baby Walter Ekland 🎬 Alles Glück dieser Erde Xaver Schönborn 🎬 Left Luggage Mr. Silberschmidt 🎬 The Vampyre Wars Rodan 🎬 The Day That Shook the World Đuro Šarac 🎬 The Rose Garden Aaron 🎬 Heidi Richard Sessemann 🎬 Children, Mother, and the General Soldat, der nicht mehr mitmacht 🎬 The Girl from Flanders Alexander Haller 🎬 The Reluctant Saint Giuseppe 🎬 Darkness Movie · 2009 🎬 Miss Rose White Mordecai Weiss 🎬 🎬 Der Meisterdieb Movie · 1958 🎬 Jedermann Remixed Jedermann (archive footage) 🎬 The Last Ones Shall Be First Lorenz Darrandt 🎬 The Pedestrian Andreas Giese 🎬 🎬 Eine Dummheit macht auch der Gescheiteste Jegor Dmitritsch Glumow 🎬 Players Marco 🎬 🎬 Die venezianischen Zwillinge Zanetto und Tonio 🎬 Das Schloß K 🎬 Taxichauffeur Bänz Toni Schellenberg

🎥 Filmography — directing and writing

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📺 Storyville Series · 1997 🎬 First Love Movie · 1970 🎬 Marlene Movie · 1984 🎬 End of the Game Movie · 1975 🎬 🎬 Alles zum Guten Movie · 1967 🎬 Candles in the Dark Movie · 1993 🎬 My Sister Maria Movie · 2002 🎬 The Castle Movie · 1968 🎬 Tales from the Vienna Woods Movie · 1979 🎬 The Pedestrian Movie · 1973 🎬 Trotta Movie · 1971

🎭 Filmography — as actor/actress

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📺 Markus Lanz Series · 2008 📺 Die Harald Schmidt Show Series · 1995 📺 Kölner Treff Series · 1976 📺 NDR Talk Show Series · 1979 📺 📺 The Johannes B. Kerner Show Series · 1998 📺 Riverboat Series · 1992 📺 The Dick Cavett Show Series · 1968 📺 Nachtcafé Series · 1987 📺 Beckmann Series · 1999 📺 📺 Menschen bei Maischberger Series · 2003 📺 📺 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre Series · 1963 📺 Bambi Series · 1948 📺 alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio Series · 1994 📺 Wiseguy Series · 1987 📺 📺 G&G - Gesichter und Geschichten Series · 2005 📺 📺 German Film Award Series · 1951 📺 People's Choice Awards Series · 1975 📺 📺 Goldene Kamera Series · 1984 📺 Kulturplatz Series · 2004 📺 Heut' abend Series · 1980 📺 📺 Sternstunde Kunst Series · 1998 📺 📺 Romy Award Series · 1990 📺 The Oscars Series · 1953 📺 Playhouse 90 Series · 1956