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Maximilian Schell
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.
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
December 8, 1930
Day of Death
February 1, 2014
Age at Death
83 years old
Place of Birth
Vienna, Austria
Popularity Score
1.5
Filmography
Les brigands
Mr. Escher
2015Movie
Jedermann Remixed
Jedermann (archive footage)
2011Movie
Maximilian Schell - Ein sehnsüchtiger Rebell
Self
2010Movie
Im Gespräch mit Teddy Podgorski
Self
2010TV
Darkness
2009Movie
Black Flowers
Jacob Krinsten
2009Movie
The Brothers Bloom
Diamond Dog
2008Movie
Imperium der Päpste
Sprecher
2008TV
Markus Lanz
Self
2008TV
Imperium der Päpste
Creator
2008TV
The Shell Seekers
Lawrence Sterne
2007Movie
Die Rosenkönigin
Karl Friedrich Weidemann
2007Movie
Verstörung - und eine Art von Poesie. Die Filmlegende Bernhard Wicki
Himself
2007Movie
Pilawas großes Geschichts-Quiz
Self
2007TV
House of the Sleeping Beauties
Kogi
2006Movie
Die Alpenklinik
Dr. Alexander Ohlendorf
2006Movie
Semperopernball
Self
2006TV
Die Liebe eines Priesters
Father Christoph
2005Movie
G&G – Gesichter und Geschichten
Self
2005TV
The Return of the Dancing Master
Fernando Hereira
2004Movie
In Conversation: Abby Mann and Maximillian Schell
Self
2004Movie
Coast to Coast
Casimir
2004Movie
Servus, Hansi Hinterseer
Self
2004TV
Kulturplatz
Self
2004TV
Alles Glück dieser Erde
Xaver Schönborn
2003Movie
Der Fürst und das Mädchen
2003TV
Menschen bei Maischberger
Self
2003TV
My Sister Maria
Himself
2002Movie
Der Bestseller - Mord auf italienisch
Karl Steingraf
2002Movie
Liebe, Lügen, Leidenschaften
Franz Steininger
2002TV
Gero von Boehm begegnet...
Self
2002TV
My Sister Maria
Director
2002Movie
My Sister Maria
Executive Producer
2002Movie
Festival in Cannes
Viktor Kovner
2001Movie
I Love You, Baby
Walter Ekland
2000Movie
Just Messing About
Poser
2000Movie
On the Wings of Love
Hochberg
1999Movie
Joan of Arc
Brother Jean le Maistre
1999TV
Beckmann
Self
1999TV
Deep Impact
Jason Lerner
1998Movie
Vampires
Cardinal Alba
1998Movie
Left Luggage
Mr. Silberschmidt
1998Movie
The Johannes B. Kerner Show
Self
1998TV
Sternstunde Kunst
Self
1998TV
The Eighteenth Angel
Father Simeon
1997Movie
Telling Lies in America
Dr. Istvan Jonas
1997Movie
Zwischen Rosen
Carl Stern
1997Movie
The Vampyre Wars
Rodan
1996Movie
The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years
Cardinal Vittorio
1996Movie
Abbado: The Silence that Follows the Music
Self
1996Movie
Die Harald Schmidt Show
Self
1995TV
Lebens-Künstler
Self
1995TV
Kulturzeit
self
1995TV
Little Odessa
Arkady Shapira
1994Movie
alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio
Self
1994TV
Abraham
Pharaoh
1994TV
Abraham
Pharao
1993Movie
Justice
Isaak Kohler
1993Movie
A Far Off Place
Col. Mopani Theron
1993Movie
Candles in the Dark
Colonel Arkush
1993Movie
Candles in the Dark
Director
1993Movie
Stalin
Vladimir Lenin
1992Movie
Miss Rose White
Mordecai Weiss
1992Movie
Riverboat
Self
1992TV
Why Havel?
1991Movie
Labyrinth
The Filmmaker
1991Movie
Young Catherine
Frederick the Great
1991TV
You Can't Live Like That
German Commentator
1990Movie
The Freshman
Larry London
1990Movie
Romy Award
Self
1990TV
The Rose Garden
Aaron
1989Movie
Wiseguy
Amado Guzman
1987TV
Nachtcafé
Self
1987TV
Seitenblicke
self
1987TV
Showgeschichten
self
1986TV
Peter the Great
Peter the Great
1986TV
To Be Hamlet
Self
1985Movie
The Assisi Underground
Col. Müller
1985Movie
Die Föhnforscher
Co-Producer
1985Movie
Man Under Suspicion
Lawyer Landau
1984Movie
Marlene
Himself
1984Movie
Goldene Kamera
Self - Presenter
1984TV
Marlene
Director
1984Movie
Les Îles
Fabrice
1983Movie
The Phantom of the Opera
Sandor Korvin/Phantom
1983Movie
Bernstein/Beethoven
Self (commentary)
1982TV
The Chosen
Professor David Malter
1981Movie
The Diary of Anne Frank
Otto Frank
1980Movie
Heut' abend
Self
1980TV
Avalanche Express
Colonel Nikolai Bunin
1979Movie
The Black Hole
Dr. Hans Reinhardt
1979Movie
Tales from the Vienna Woods
Theatre Visitor
1979Movie
Together?
Giovanni
1979Movie
Players
Marco
1979Movie
Bavarian Film Awards
Self
1979TV
NDR Talk Show
Self
1979TV
Tales from the Vienna Woods
Producer
1979Movie
Tales from the Vienna Woods
Writer
1979Movie
Tales from the Vienna Woods
Director
1979Movie
Cross of Iron
Hauptmann Stransky
1977Movie
A Bridge Too Far
General der Waffen-SS Wilhelm Bittrich
1977Movie
Julia
Johann
1977Movie
St. Ives
Dr. John Constable
1976Movie
Kölner Treff
Self
1976TV
The Clown
Producer
1976Movie
The Man in the Glass Booth
Arthur Goldman
1975Movie
The Day That Shook the World
Đuro Šarac
1975Movie
End of the Game
Robert Schmied on Audiotape (voice) (uncredited)
1975Movie
People's Choice Awards
Self
1975TV
End of the Game
Director
1975Movie
End of the Game
Writer
1975Movie
End of the Game
Producer
1975Movie
The Odessa File
Eduard Roschmann
1974Movie
The Pedestrian
Andreas Giese
1973Movie
Je später der Abend
Self
1973TV
The Pedestrian
Director
1973Movie
The Pedestrian
Writer
1973Movie
The Pedestrian
Producer
1973Movie
Pope Joan
Adrian
1972Movie
Paulina 1880
Count Michele Cantarini
1972Movie
V.I.P. Schaukel
Self
1971TV
Trotta
Screenplay
1971Movie
First Love
Vater
1970Movie
First Love
Director
1970Movie
First Love
Producer
1970Movie
First Love
Writer
1970Movie
Krakatoa, East of Java
Captain Chris Hanson
1969Movie
Simón Bolívar
Simón Bolívar
1969Movie
The Castle
K
1968Movie
Heidi
Richard Sessemann
1968Movie
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
1968TV
The Castle
Writer
1968Movie
The Deadly Affair
Dieter Frey
1967Movie
Counterpoint
Gen. Schiller
1967Movie
The Desperate Ones
Marek
1967Movie
Alles zum Guten
Director
1967Movie
Die venezianischen Zwillinge
Zanetto und Tonio
1966Movie
John F. Kennedy: Years of Lightning, Day of Drums
German Narrator
1966Movie
Return from the Ashes
Stanislaw Pilgrin
1965Movie
Der seidene Schuh
Don Rodrigo
1965TV
Topkapi
Walter Harper
1964Movie
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963TV
The Reluctant Saint
Giuseppe
1962Movie
The Condemned of Altona
Franz von Gerlach
1962Movie
Five Finger Exercise
Walter
1962Movie
Judgment at Nuremberg
Hans Rolfe
1961Movie
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
Hamlet
1961Movie
The Fifth Column
1960Movie
Eine Dummheit macht auch der Gescheiteste
Jegor Dmitritsch Glumow
1959Movie
Die sechste Frau
Henry Howard
1959Movie
Judgment at Nuremberg
Otto Rolfe
1959Movie
Stars in der Manege
Self
1959TV
The Young Lions
Capt. Hardenberg
1958Movie
Die Bernauerin
Herzog Albrecht von Bayern
1958Movie
Children of the Mountains
Josef Ospel
1958Movie
Der Meisterdieb
1958Movie
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958TV
The Last Ones Shall Be First
Lorenz Darrandt
1957Movie
Taxichauffeur Bänz
Toni Schellenberg
1957Movie
The Girl from Flanders
Alexander Haller
1956Movie
Ein Herz kehrt heim
Wolfgang Thomas, beider Sohn
1956Movie
Die Ehe des Dr. med. Danwitz
Dr. Oswald Hauser
1956Movie
Playhouse 90
Otto Rolfe
1956TV
The Plot to Assassinate Hitler
Mitglied des Kreisauer Kreises
1955Movie
Children, Mother, and the General
Soldat, der nicht mehr mitmacht
1955Movie
Ripening Youth
Jürgen Sengebusch
1955Movie
The Oscars
Self
1953TV
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Rose's Father
1951TV
German Film Award
Self
1951TV
Bambi
Self - Laudation
1948TV