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Maximilian Schell

Maximilian Schell

Acting December 8, 1930 (83 years old) February 1, 2014 Vienna, Austria

Biography

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). On television, he received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations for the NBC film Miss Rose White and the HBO television film Stalin (1992), the later of which earned him the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film. He also portrayed Otto Frank in the TV film The Diary of Anne Frank (1980), the Russian emperor Peter the Great in the NBC series Peter the Great (1986), Frederick the Great in the British series Young Catherine (1991), and Brother Jean le Maistre in the miniseries Joan of Arc (1999). Schell also performed in a number of stage plays, including a celebrated performance as Prince Hamlet. Schell was an accomplished pianist and conductor, performing with Claudio Abbado and Leonard Bernstein, and with orchestras in Berlin and Vienna. His elder sister was the internationally noted actress Maria Schell; he produced the documentary tribute My Sister Maria in 2002. Description above from the Wikipedia article Maximilian Schell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Movies 100

Deep Impact 6.3

Deep Impact

as Jason Lerner

1998
A Bridge Too Far 7.2

A Bridge Too Far

as General der Waffen-SS Wilhelm Bittrich

1977
Vampires 6.3

Vampires

as Cardinal Alba

1998
Judgment at Nuremberg 8.0

Judgment at Nuremberg

as Hans Rolfe

1961
The Odessa File 6.6

The Odessa File

as Eduard Roschmann

1974
The Black Hole 5.8

The Black Hole

as Dr. Hans Reinhardt

1979
The Freshman 6.3

The Freshman

as Larry London

1990
Cross of Iron 7.2

Cross of Iron

as Hauptmann Stransky

1977
Julia 6.5

Julia

as Johann

1977
The Young Lions 6.7

The Young Lions

as Capt. Hardenberg

1958
The Brothers Bloom 6.6

The Brothers Bloom

as Diamond Dog

2009
A Far Off Place 6.2

A Far Off Place

as Col. Mopani Theron

1993
Counterpoint 6.2

Counterpoint

as Gen. Schiller

1967
Little Odessa 6.5

Little Odessa

as Arkady Shapira

1994
Topkapi 6.5

Topkapi

as Walter Harper

1964
Krakatoa, East of Java 5.8

Krakatoa, East of Java

as Captain Chris Hanson

1969
End of the Game 5.0

End of the Game

as Robert Schmied on Audiotape (voice) (uncredited)

1975
First Love 5.5

First Love

as Vater

1970
Abraham 7.2

Abraham

as Pharao

1993
The Deadly Affair 6.3

The Deadly Affair

as Dieter Frey

1967
Stalin 5.3

Stalin

as Vladimir Lenin

1992
Avalanche Express 4.8

Avalanche Express

as Colonel Nikolai Bunin

1979
Telling Lies in America 5.9

Telling Lies in America

as Dr. Istvan Jonas

1997
Heidi 6.3

Heidi

as Richard Sessemann

1968
The Phantom of the Opera 6.0

The Phantom of the Opera

as Sandor Korvin/Phantom

1983
St. Ives 5.7

St. Ives

as Dr. John Constable

1976
The Condemned of Altona 7.1

The Condemned of Altona

as Franz von Gerlach

1962
To Be Hamlet

To Be Hamlet

as Self

1985
The Chosen 7.1

The Chosen

as Professor David Malter

1981
Return from the Ashes 6.2

Return from the Ashes

as Stanislaw Pilgrin

1965
House of the Sleeping Beauties 5.2

House of the Sleeping Beauties

as Kogi

2006
Pope Joan 6.1

Pope Joan

as Adrian

1972
The Shell Seekers 6.9

The Shell Seekers

as Lawrence Sterne

2007
The Desperate Ones 8.0

The Desperate Ones

as Marek

1967
Coast to Coast 7.0

Coast to Coast

as Casimir

2004
The Day That Shook the World 6.1

The Day That Shook the World

as Đuro Šarac

1975
The Man in the Glass Booth 6.2

The Man in the Glass Booth

as Arthur Goldman

1975
The Diary of Anne Frank 5.8

The Diary of Anne Frank

as Otto Frank

1980
Marlene 7.0

Marlene

as Himself

1984
On the Wings of Love 6.5

On the Wings of Love

as Hochberg

1999
Tales from the Vienna Woods 6.1

Tales from the Vienna Woods

as Theatre Visitor

1979
Children, Mother, and the General 6.4

Children, Mother, and the General

as Soldat, der nicht mehr mitmacht

1955
The Rose Garden 6.7

The Rose Garden

as Aaron

1989
Der Meisterdieb

Der Meisterdieb

1958
The Return of the Dancing Master 5.2

The Return of the Dancing Master

as Fernando Hereira

2004
Alles Glück dieser Erde 6.3

Alles Glück dieser Erde

as Xaver Schönborn

2003
The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years 6.9

The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years

as Cardinal Vittorio

1996
The Eighteenth Angel 5.1

The Eighteenth Angel

as Father Simeon

1997
The Assisi Underground 4.8

The Assisi Underground

as Col. Müller

1985
Die Liebe eines Priesters 10.0

Die Liebe eines Priesters

as Father Christoph

2005
Candles in the Dark 6.0

Candles in the Dark

as Colonel Arkush

1993
The Reluctant Saint 7.8

The Reluctant Saint

as Giuseppe

1962
Just Messing About 4.5

Just Messing About

as Poser

2000
Simón Bolívar 5.1

Simón Bolívar

as Simón Bolívar

1969
Paulina 1880 8.7

Paulina 1880

as Count Michele Cantarini

1972
John F. Kennedy: Years of Lightning, Day of Drums 5.8

John F. Kennedy: Years of Lightning, Day of Drums

as German Narrator

1966
Die Rosenkönigin 5.6

Die Rosenkönigin

as Karl Friedrich Weidemann

2007
In Conversation: Abby Mann and Maximillian Schell 9.0

In Conversation: Abby Mann and Maximillian Schell

as Self

2004
The Castle 6.6

The Castle

as K

1968
Les brigands 3.4

Les brigands

as Mr. Escher

2015
The Girl from Flanders 8.6

The Girl from Flanders

as Alexander Haller

1956
The Vampyre Wars

The Vampyre Wars

as Rodan

1996
Der Bestseller - Mord auf italienisch 7.0

Der Bestseller - Mord auf italienisch

as Karl Steingraf

2002
The Fifth Column 8.2

The Fifth Column

1960
Die Alpenklinik 2.3

Die Alpenklinik

as Dr. Alexander Ohlendorf

2006
Miss Rose White 5.0

Miss Rose White

as Mordecai Weiss

1992
Players 4.8

Players

as Marco

1979
Abbado: The Silence that Follows the Music 10.0

Abbado: The Silence that Follows the Music

as Self

1996
Festival in Cannes 5.2

Festival in Cannes

as Viktor Kovner

2001
I Love You, Baby 9.0

I Love You, Baby

as Walter Ekland

2000
Die Ehe des Dr. med. Danwitz 7.0

Die Ehe des Dr. med. Danwitz

as Dr. Oswald Hauser

1956
Labyrinth 8.5

Labyrinth

as The Filmmaker

1991
Five Finger Exercise 5.6

Five Finger Exercise

as Walter

1962
Judgment at Nuremberg 6.0

Judgment at Nuremberg

as Otto Rolfe

1959
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark 2.8

Hamlet, Prince of Denmark

as Hamlet

1961
Left Luggage 6.3

Left Luggage

as Mr. Silberschmidt

1998
Man Under Suspicion 6.5

Man Under Suspicion

as Lawyer Landau

1984
Die sechste Frau

Die sechste Frau

as Henry Howard

1959
Ein Herz kehrt heim 7.0

Ein Herz kehrt heim

as Wolfgang Thomas, beider Sohn

1956
Together? 4.7

Together?

as Giovanni

1979
The Pedestrian 7.0

The Pedestrian

as Andreas Giese

1973
Black Flowers 4.8

Black Flowers

as Jacob Krinsten

2009
Darkness 4.1

Darkness

2009
Justice 5.6

Justice

as Isaak Kohler

1993
The Plot to Assassinate Hitler 6.1

The Plot to Assassinate Hitler

as Mitglied des Kreisauer Kreises

1955
Les Îles 9.0

Les Îles

as Fabrice

1983
Jedermann Remixed

Jedermann Remixed

as Jedermann (archive footage)

2011
The Last Ones Shall Be First 7.0

The Last Ones Shall Be First

as Lorenz Darrandt

1957
Taxichauffeur Bänz 7.2

Taxichauffeur Bänz

as Toni Schellenberg

1957
Die venezianischen Zwillinge

Die venezianischen Zwillinge

as Zanetto und Tonio

1966
Verstörung - und eine Art von Poesie. Die Filmlegende Bernhard Wicki

Verstörung - und eine Art von Poesie. Die Filmlegende Bernhard Wicki

as Himself

2007
Zwischen Rosen 9.0

Zwischen Rosen

as Carl Stern

1997
Maximilian Schell - Ein sehnsüchtiger Rebell

Maximilian Schell - Ein sehnsüchtiger Rebell

as Self

2010
Ripening Youth 7.0

Ripening Youth

as Jürgen Sengebusch

1955
My Sister Maria 6.7

My Sister Maria

as Himself

2002
Eine Dummheit macht auch der Gescheiteste

Eine Dummheit macht auch der Gescheiteste

as Jegor Dmitritsch Glumow

1959
You Can't Live Like That 5.0

You Can't Live Like That

as German Commentator

1990
Why Havel?

Why Havel?

1991
Die Bernauerin 10.0

Die Bernauerin

as Herzog Albrecht von Bayern

1958
Children of the Mountains 10.0

Children of the Mountains

as Josef Ospel

1958

TV Shows 51

Markus Lanz 5.5

Markus Lanz

as Self

2008
Die Harald Schmidt Show 7.4

Die Harald Schmidt Show

as Self

1995
NDR Talk Show 6.6

NDR Talk Show

as Self

1979
Kölner Treff 6.8

Kölner Treff

as Self

1976
Die Johannes B. Kerner Show 7.5

Die Johannes B. Kerner Show

as Self

1998
Riverboat 5.2

Riverboat

as Self

1992
The Dick Cavett Show 6.8

The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest

1968
Nachtcafé 4.7

Nachtcafé

as Self

1987
Beckmann 4.5

Beckmann

as Self

1999
Menschen bei Maischberger 7.2

Menschen bei Maischberger

as Self

2003
alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio 6.0

alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio

as Self

1994
Bambi 9.0

Bambi

as Self - Laudation

1948
Bambi 9.0

Bambi

as Self

1948
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre 5.9

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

1963
G&G - Gesichter und Geschichten 4.0

G&G - Gesichter und Geschichten

as Self

2005
German Film Award 6.0

German Film Award

as Self

1951
Kulturplatz 6.0

Kulturplatz

as Self

2004
Sternstunde Kunst

Sternstunde Kunst

as Self

1998
Wiseguy 6.6

Wiseguy

as Amado Guzman

1987
Goldene Kamera 5.7

Goldene Kamera

as Self - Presenter

1984
The Oscars 7.1

The Oscars

as Self

1953
Heut' abend 7.0

Heut' abend

as Self

1980
People's Choice Awards 8.2

People's Choice Awards

as Self

1975
Romy Award 9.0

Romy Award

as Self

1990
Seitenblicke 8.0

Seitenblicke

as self

1987
Playhouse 90 7.5

Playhouse 90

as Otto Rolfe

1956
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse 6.3

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

1958
Bavarian Film Awards

Bavarian Film Awards

as Self

1979
Stars in der Manege 5.3

Stars in der Manege

as Self

1959
Showgeschichten

Showgeschichten

as self

1986
Gero von Boehm begegnet...

Gero von Boehm begegnet...

as Self

2002
V.I.P. Schaukel 8.0

V.I.P. Schaukel

as Self

1971
Je später der Abend 7.0

Je später der Abend

as Self

1973
Lebens-Künstler

Lebens-Künstler

as Self

1995
Der Fürst und das Mädchen 6.5

Der Fürst und das Mädchen

2003
Der Fürst und das Mädchen 6.5

Der Fürst und das Mädchen

as Friedrich Fürst von Thorwald

2003
Semperopernball

Semperopernball

as Self

2006
Das blaue Sofa

Das blaue Sofa

as Self

2010
Hallmark Hall of Fame 8.8

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Rose's Father

1951
Joan of Arc 6.6

Joan of Arc

as Brother Jean le Maistre

1999
Peter the Great 7.9

Peter the Great

as Peter the Great

1986
Im Gespräch mit Teddy Podgorski

Im Gespräch mit Teddy Podgorski

as Self

2010
Servus, Hansi Hinterseer

Servus, Hansi Hinterseer

as Self

2004
Young Catherine 5.9

Young Catherine

as Frederick the Great

1991
Abraham 7.3

Abraham

as Pharaoh

1993
Abraham 7.3

Abraham

as Pharao

1993
Liebe, Lügen, Leidenschaften 3.8

Liebe, Lügen, Leidenschaften

as Franz Steininger

2002
Pilawas großes Geschichts-Quiz

Pilawas großes Geschichts-Quiz

as Self

2007
Der seidene Schuh

Der seidene Schuh

as Don Rodrigo

1965
Bernstein/Beethoven 8.0

Bernstein/Beethoven

as Self (commentary)

1982
Imperium der Päpste

Imperium der Päpste

as Sprecher

2008

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