My Sister Maria
2002 · 6.7/10
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Maximilian Schell
Director & actor · born 8 December 1930 · Vienna, Austria
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 Glass Booth (1975) and for playing a man resisting Nazism in Julia (1977). Fluent in both English and German, Schell earned top billing in a number of Nazi-era themed films. He acted in films such as Topkapi (1964), The Deadly Affair (1967), Counterpoint (1968), Simón Bolívar (1969), The Odessa File (1974), A Bridge Too Far (1977), and Deep Impact (1998).
Where to start: Judgment at Nuremberg (1961).
As director 8
As actor 95
Les brigands
2015 · 3.4/10
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Black Flowers
2009 · 4.8/10
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Darkness
2009 · 4.1/10
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The Brothers Bloom
2009 · 6.6/10
Popcorn Flick
The Shell Seekers
2007 · 6.9/10
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Die Rosenkönigin
2007 · 5.6/10
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Verstörung - und eine Art von Poesie. Die Filmlegende Bernhard Wicki
2007
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House of the Sleeping Beauties
2006 · 5.3/10
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Die Alpenklinik
2006 · 2.3/10
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Die Liebe eines Priesters
2005 · 10.0/10
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In Conversation: Abby Mann and Maximillian Schell
2004 · 9.0/10
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The Return of the Dancing Master
2004 · 5.2/10
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Coast to Coast
2004 · 7.0/10
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Alles Glück dieser Erde
2003 · 6.3/10
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Der Bestseller - Mord auf italienisch
2002 · 7.0/10
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2002 · 6.7/10
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Festival in Cannes
2001 · 5.2/10
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I Love You, Baby
2000 · 9.0/10
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Just Messing About
2000 · 4.5/10
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On the Wings of Love
1999 · 6.5/10
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Vampires
1998 · 6.3/10
Popcorn Flick
Deep Impact
1998 · 6.3/10
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Left Luggage
1998 · 6.3/10
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Telling Lies in America
1997 · 5.9/10
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Zwischen Rosen
1997 · 9.0/10
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The Eighteenth Angel
1997 · 5.1/10
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The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years
1996 · 6.9/10
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The Vampyre Wars
1996
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Abbado: The Silence that Follows the Music
1996 · 10.0/10
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Little Odessa
1994 · 6.5/10
Popcorn Flick
Abraham
1993 · 7.2/10
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Candles in the Dark
1993 · 6.0/10
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Justice
1993 · 5.6/10
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A Far Off Place
1993 · 6.2/10
Popcorn Flick
Stalin
1992 · 5.3/10
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Miss Rose White
1992 · 5.0/10
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Labyrinth
1991 · 8.5/10
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Why Havel?
1991
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You Can't Live Like That
1990 · 5.0/10
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The Freshman
1990 · 6.3/10
Popcorn Flick
The Rose Garden
1989 · 6.7/10
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The Assisi Underground
1985 · 4.8/10
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To Be Hamlet
1985
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Marlene
1984 · 7.0/10
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Man Under Suspicion
1984 · 6.5/10
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Les Îles
1983 · 9.0/10
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The Phantom of the Opera
1983 · 6.0/10
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The Chosen
1981 · 7.1/10
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The Diary of Anne Frank
1980 · 5.8/10
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The Black Hole
1979 · 5.8/10
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Together?
1979 · 4.7/10
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Avalanche Express
1979 · 4.8/10
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Players
1979 · 4.9/10
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Tales from the Vienna Woods
1979 · 6.1/10
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Julia
1977 · 6.5/10
Popcorn Flick
A Bridge Too Far
1977 · 7.2/10
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Cross of Iron
1977 · 7.1/10
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St. Ives
1976 · 5.8/10
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The Day That Shook the World
1975 · 6.1/10
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End of the Game
1975 · 5.0/10
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Imperium der Päpste
TV · 2008
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Der Fürst und das Mädchen
TV · 2003 · 6.5/10
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Joan of Arc
TV · 1999 · 6.6/10
Popcorn Flick
Die Harald Schmidt Show
TV · 1995 · 7.4/10
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Abraham
TV · 1993 · 7.8/10
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Young Catherine
TV · 1991 · 5.9/10
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Wiseguy
TV · 1987 · 6.6/10
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Peter the Great
TV · 1986 · 7.9/10
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Bernstein/Beethoven
TV · 1982 · 8.0/10
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Der seidene Schuh
TV · 1965
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The Oscars
TV · 1953 · 7.1/10
Worth the HypeGerman Film Award
German Film Award
TV · 1951 · 6.0/10
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Bambi
TV · 1948 · 9.0/10
NewFrequently asked questions
What is the best Maximilian Schell movie?
By viewer score, Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) at 8.0/10.
What are Maximilian Schell’s most popular movies?
Deep Impact, Vampires, Judgment at Nuremberg.
How many movies has Maximilian Schell made?
103 films on TMDB, 8 as director, 95 as actor.