Born in Saarbrücken in 1902 and died in Hamburg in 1957, Ophüls worked in Germany, France and the United States. He is known for elegant, gliding camera movements and romantic films about love, fate and the passing of time.
Filmography
- The Bartered Bride (1932)
- Liebelei (1933)
- La Signora di tutti (1934)
- The Exile (1947)
- Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)
- Caught (1949)
- The Reckless Moment (1949)
- La Ronde (1950)
- Le Plaisir (1952)
- Madame de… (1953)
- Lola Montès (1955)