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Maximilian Schell

Maximilian Schell

Acting

Born: December 8, 1930Vienna, 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). 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.

Known For
Filmography
Les brigands

Les brigands

Mr. Escher

2015
Jedermann Remixed

Jedermann Remixed

Jedermann (archive footage)

2011

Maximilian Schell - Ein sehnsüchtiger Rebell

Self

2010
Black Flowers

Black Flowers

Jacob Krinsten

2009
Darkness

Darkness

2009
The Brothers Bloom

The Brothers Bloom

Diamond Dog

2008
The Shell Seekers

The Shell Seekers

Lawrence Sterne

2007
Die Rosenkönigin

Die Rosenkönigin

Karl Friedrich Weidemann

2007
Verstörung - und eine Art von Poesie. Die Filmlegende Bernhard Wicki

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

Himself

2007
House of the Sleeping Beauties

House of the Sleeping Beauties

Kogi

2006
Die Alpenklinik

Die Alpenklinik

Dr. Alexander Ohlendorf

2006
Die Liebe eines Priesters

Die Liebe eines Priesters

Father Christoph

2005
In Conversation: Abby Mann and Maximillian Schell

In Conversation: Abby Mann and Maximillian Schell

Self

2004
The Return of the Dancing Master

The Return of the Dancing Master

Fernando Hereira

2004
Coast to Coast

Coast to Coast

Casimir

2004
Alles Glück dieser Erde

Alles Glück dieser Erde

Xaver Schönborn

2003
Der Bestseller - Mord auf italienisch

Der Bestseller - Mord auf italienisch

Karl Steingraf

2002
My Sister Maria

My Sister Maria

Himself

2002
Festival in Cannes

Festival in Cannes

Viktor Kovner

2001

I Love You, Baby

Walter Ekland

2000
Just Messing About

Just Messing About

Poser

2000
On the Wings of Love

On the Wings of Love

Hochberg

1999
Vampires

Vampires

Cardinal Alba

1998
Deep Impact

Deep Impact

Jason Lerner

1998
Left Luggage

Left Luggage

Mr. Silberschmidt

1998
Telling Lies in America

Telling Lies in America

Dr. Istvan Jonas

1997

Zwischen Rosen

Carl Stern

1997
The Eighteenth Angel

The Eighteenth Angel

Father Simeon

1997
The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years

The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years

Cardinal Vittorio

1996
Abbado: The Silence that Follows the Music

Abbado: The Silence that Follows the Music

Self

1996
The Vampyre Wars

The Vampyre Wars

Rodan

1996
Little Odessa

Little Odessa

Arkady Shapira

1994
Abraham

Abraham

Pharao

1993
Candles in the Dark

Candles in the Dark

Colonel Arkush

1993
Justice

Justice

Isaak Kohler

1993
A Far Off Place

A Far Off Place

Col. Mopani Theron

1993
Stalin

Stalin

Vladimir Lenin

1992
Miss Rose White

Miss Rose White

Mordecai Weiss

1992
Labyrinth

Labyrinth

The Filmmaker

1991
Why Havel?

Why Havel?

1991
You Can't Live Like That

You Can't Live Like That

German Commentator

1990
The Freshman

The Freshman

Larry London

1990
The Rose Garden

The Rose Garden

Aaron

1989
The Assisi Underground

The Assisi Underground

Col. Müller

1985
To Be Hamlet

To Be Hamlet

Self

1985
Marlene

Marlene

Himself

1984
Man Under Suspicion

Man Under Suspicion

Lawyer Landau

1984
Les Îles

Les Îles

Fabrice

1983
The Phantom of the Opera

The Phantom of the Opera

Sandor Korvin/Phantom

1983
The Chosen

The Chosen

Professor David Malter

1981
The Diary of Anne Frank

The Diary of Anne Frank

Otto Frank

1980
The Black Hole

The Black Hole

Dr. Hans Reinhardt

1979
Together?

Together?

Giovanni

1979
Avalanche Express

Avalanche Express

Colonel Nikolai Bunin

1979
Players

Players

Marco

1979
Tales from the Vienna Woods

Tales from the Vienna Woods

Theatre Visitor

1979
End of the Game

End of the Game

Robert Schmied on Audiotape (voice) (uncredited)

1978
Julia

Julia

Johann

1977
A Bridge Too Far

A Bridge Too Far

General der Waffen-SS Wilhelm Bittrich

1977
Cross of Iron

Cross of Iron

Hauptmann Stransky

1977
St. Ives

St. Ives

Dr. John Constable

1976
The Day That Shook the World

The Day That Shook the World

Đuro Šarac

1975
The Man in the Glass Booth

The Man in the Glass Booth

Arthur Goldman

1975
The Odessa File

The Odessa File

Eduard Roschmann

1974
The Pedestrian

The Pedestrian

Andreas Giese

1973
Pope Joan

Pope Joan

Adrian

1972
Paulina 1880

Paulina 1880

Count Michele Cantarini

1972
First Love

First Love

Vater

1970
Simón Bolívar

Simón Bolívar

Simón Bolívar

1969
Krakatoa, East of Java

Krakatoa, East of Java

Captain Chris Hanson

1969
Heidi

Heidi

Richard Sessemann

1968
The Castle

The Castle

K

1968
Counterpoint

Counterpoint

Gen. Schiller

1967
The Desperate Ones

The Desperate Ones

Marek

1967
The Deadly Affair

The Deadly Affair

Dieter Frey

1967

Die venezianischen Zwillinge

Zanetto und Tonio

1966
John F. Kennedy: Years of Lightning, Day of Drums

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

German Narrator

1966
Return from the Ashes

Return from the Ashes

Stanislaw Pilgrin

1965
Der seidene Schuh

Der seidene Schuh

Don Rodrigo

1965
Topkapi

Topkapi

Walter Harper

1964
The Reluctant Saint

The Reluctant Saint

Giuseppe

1962
The Condemned of Altona

The Condemned of Altona

Franz von Gerlach

1962
Five Finger Exercise

Five Finger Exercise

Walter

1962
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark

Hamlet, Prince of Denmark

Hamlet

1961
Judgment at Nuremberg

Judgment at Nuremberg

Hans Rolfe

1961
The Fifth Column

The Fifth Column

1960

Eine Dummheit macht auch der Gescheiteste

Jegor Dmitritsch Glumow

1959
Judgment at Nuremberg

Judgment at Nuremberg

Otto Rolfe

1959

Die sechste Frau

Henry Howard

1959

Die Bernauerin

Herzog Albrecht von Bayern

1958
Children of the Mountains

Children of the Mountains

Josef Ospel

1958
The Young Lions

The Young Lions

Capt. Hardenberg

1958

Der Meisterdieb

1958

The Last Ones Shall Be First

Lorenz Darrandt

1957
Taxichauffeur Bänz

Taxichauffeur Bänz

Toni Schellenberg

1957

Ein Herz kehrt heim

Wolfgang Thomas, beider Sohn

1956
Die Ehe des Dr. med. Danwitz

Die Ehe des Dr. med. Danwitz

Dr. Oswald Hauser

1956
The Girl from Flanders

The Girl from Flanders

Alexander Haller

1956

Ripening Youth

Jürgen Sengebusch

1955
The Plot to Assassinate Hitler

The Plot to Assassinate Hitler

Mitglied des Kreisauer Kreises

1955
Children, Mother, and the General

Children, Mother, and the General

Soldat, der nicht mehr mitmacht

1955