Maximilian Schell

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Judgement at Nuremberg (1961): Dir. Stanley Kramer
Feat. Spencer Tracy, Burt Lancaster, Maximilian Schell…; Dramatisation of the trial of the Nazi judges at Nuremberg, facing the patient integrity of Judge Spencer Tracy. Epic, gripping courtroom drama, with…
Topkapi (1964): Dir. Jules Dassin
Feat. Melina Mercouri, Peter Ustinov, Maximilian Schell…; A classy comic–romantic spin on the director’s RIFIFI shot on location in Turkey and Greece, that climaxes with another brilliantly exacted…
Counterpoint (1967): Dir. Ralph Nelson
Feat. Charlton Heston, Maximilian Schell, Leslie Nielsen; During World War II, a conductor (Charlton Heston) and his orchestra are captured by the Nazis while touring Europe. While held captive in a castle,…
Heidi (1968): Dir. Delbert Mann
Feat. Maximilian Schell, Jean Simmons, Walter Slezak…; TV movie adaptation of the 1880 novel about the Swiss orphan who is left in the care of her grumpy grandparents in the alps.
Odessa File, The (1974): Dir. Ronald Neame
Feat. Jon Voight, Maximilian Schell, Maria Schell…; Jon Voight plays a German journalist on the trail of Nazi war criminals. From Frederic Forsyth's bestseller.
American Film Theatre - The Man in the Glass Booth (1975): Dir. Arthur Hiller
Feat. Maximilian Schell, Lois Nettleton, Lawrence Pressman…; Another intense, performance based entrant in the American Film Theatre series, with Schell playing a wealthy Jewish industrialist who survived the…
St. Ives (1976): Dir. J. Lee Thompson
Feat. Charles Bronson, John Houseman, Jacqueline Bisset…; Enjoyable riff on 1940s private–eye noir (especially THE MALTESE FALCON), in which a wouldbe novelist–gumshoe (Bronson) gets way out of…
Cross of Iron (1977): Dir. Sam Peckinpah
Feat. James Coburn, Maximilian Schell, James Mason…; A doomed German platoon facing annihilation at Russian hands find their instinct for personal glory greater than their instinct for…
Black Hole, The (1979): Dir. Gary Nelson
Feat. Maximilian Schell, Anthony Perkins, Robert Forster…; Maniacal scientist Maximilian Schell plans to dive into a vast ‘black hole’ in space – this is the compelling idea of one of…
Phantom of the Opera (1983): Dir. Robert Markowitz
Feat. Maximilian Schell, Jane Seymour, Michael York; Nicely–produced TV version of the Gaston Leroux classic, that while straying far from the source, puts perhaps the darkest twist on the story…
Marlene (1984): Dir. Maximilian Schell
Feat. Marlene Dietrich; Maximilian Schell presents his own personal vision of Germany's greatest screen legend, Marlene Dietrich. Witness the woman in person and her career…
Peter the Great (TV Mini-Series) (1986): Feat. Maximilian Schell, Vanessa Redgrave, Omar Sharif…; Emmy Award–winning mini–series about Peter I, Tsar of Russia from 1682, and his efforts to transform Russia in an "all European" country,…
Stalin (1993): Dir. Ivan Passer
Feat. Robert Duvall, Maximilian Schell, Joan Plowright; Robert Duvall embodies the full–blooded treachery of the Soviet dictator in this mini–series biography shot on location in Moscow.
Far Off Place, A (1993): Dir. Mikael Soloman
Feat. Reese Witherspoon, Ethan Randall, Jack Thompson…; Quality drama follows two teenagers across the African desert after they witness a poacher's deadly assault. Superb location photography, but maybe…
Little Odessa (1994): Dir. James Gray
Feat. Tim Roth, Edward Furlong, Vanessa Redgrave…; Fugutive assassin Tim Roth returns home to the Russian quarter of New York, where personal problems compound the stresses of the job. Portrait of a…
Vampires (1998): Dir. John Carpenter
Feat. James Woods, Daniel Baldwin, Maximilian Schell; Continuing to purvey his dubious abilities, dir. John Carpenter (HALLOWEEN) sinks his teeth into another genre staple, with hideous spurts of blood…
Joan of Arc (1999): Dir. Christian Duguay
Feat. Jacqueline Bisset, Powers Boothe, Maximilian Schell…; The French heroine, brought to the small–screen with a big name cast.
Festival in Cannes (2001): Dir. Henry Jaglom
Feat. Anouk Aimee, Greta Scacchi, Maximilian Schell…; Not a documentary, but just as ‘real’ in the hands of veteran independent director Henry Jaglom, who fashions a delightfully candid…
Coast to Coast (2004): Dir. Paul Mazursky
Feat. Richard Dreyfuss, Judy Davis, Selma Blair…; Audience faves Judy Davis and Richard Dreyfuss play a married couple on the verge of divorce who take a road trip together in this witty but…
Brothers Bloom, The (2008): Dir. Rian Johnson
Feat. Rachel Weisz, Adrien Brody, Mark Ruffalo…; Fanciful tale of two grifting brothers (Brody, Ruffalo) who, in attempting to ensnare an eccentric heiress (Weisz), fall for both her feminine charms…

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