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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.
Acted in 96
2010s
- 2015
Les brigands
Mr. Escher
- 2011
Jedermann Remixed
Jedermann (archive footage)
2000s
- 2009
Black Flowers
Jacob Krinsten
Darkness
Movie
- 2008
Imperium der Päpste
Sprecher · 3 episodes
- 2007
The Shell Seekers
Lawrence Sterne
- 2006
Die Alpenklinik
Dr. Alexander Ohlendorf
- 2005
- 2004
- 2003
Der Fürst und das Mädchen
Friedrich Fürst von Thorwald
- 2002
Der Bestseller - Mord auf italienisch
Karl Steingraf
Liebe, Lügen, Leidenschaften
Franz Steininger · 1 episode
- 2001
Festival in Cannes
Viktor Kovner
- 2000
I Love You, Baby
Walter Ekland
Just Messing About
Poser
1990s
- 1999
On the Wings of Love
Hochberg
- 1998
Left Luggage
Mr. Silberschmidt
- 1997
The Eighteenth Angel
Father Simeon
- 1996
The Vampyre Wars
Rodan
- 1994
- 1993
Abraham
Pharao
Abraham
Pharaoh, Pharao · 2 episodes
Justice
Isaak Kohler
A Far Off Place
Col. Mopani Theron
- 1992
Stalin
Vladimir Lenin
Miss Rose White
Mordecai Weiss
- 1991
Labyrinth
The Filmmaker
Why Havel?
Movie
Young Catherine
Frederick the Great · 2 episodes
- 1990
You Can't Live Like That
German Commentator
1980s
- 1989
The Rose Garden
Aaron
- 1987
- 1986
- 1985
- 1984
Man Under Suspicion
Lawyer Landau
- 1983
Les Îles
Fabrice
The Phantom of the Opera
Sandor Korvin/Phantom
- 1981
- 1980
The Diary of Anne Frank
Otto Frank
1970s
- 1979
Together?
Giovanni
Avalanche Express
Colonel Nikolai Bunin
Players
Marco
Tales from the Vienna Woods
Theatre Visitor
- 1977
- 1976
St. Ives
Dr. John Constable
- 1975
End of the Game
Robert Schmied on Audiotape (voice) (uncredited)
- 1974
- 1973
The Pedestrian
Andreas Giese
- 1972
Pope Joan
Adrian
Paulina 1880
Count Michele Cantarini
- 1970
1960s
- 1969
Simón Bolívar
Simón Bolívar
- 1968
The Castle
K
- 1967
The Desperate Ones
Marek
The Deadly Affair
Dieter Frey
- 1966
John F. Kennedy: Years of Lightning, Day of Drums
German Narrator
- 1965
Return from the Ashes
Stanislaw Pilgrin
Der seidene Schuh
Don Rodrigo · 4 episodes
- 1964
- 1962
The Reluctant Saint
Giuseppe
The Condemned of Altona
Franz von Gerlach
Five Finger Exercise
Walter
- 1961
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
Hamlet
- 1960
The Fifth Column
Movie
1950s
- 1959
Judgment at Nuremberg
Otto Rolfe
- 1958
Children of the Mountains
Josef Ospel
- 1957
The Last Ones Shall Be First
Lorenz Darrandt
Taxichauffeur Bänz
Toni Schellenberg
- 1956
Die Ehe des Dr. med. Danwitz
Dr. Oswald Hauser
The Girl from Flanders
Alexander Haller
- 1955
The Plot to Assassinate Hitler
Mitglied des Kreisauer Kreises
Children, Mother, and the General
Soldat, der nicht mehr mitmacht
Directed 8
2000s
- 2002
My Sister Maria
Director
1990s
- 1997
- 1993
1980s
- 1984
Marlene
Director
1970s
- 1979
Tales from the Vienna Woods
Director
- 1975
End of the Game
Director
- 1973
The Pedestrian
Director
- 1970
Wrote 6
1970s
- 1979
Tales from the Vienna Woods
Writer
- 1975
End of the Game
Writer
- 1973
The Pedestrian
Writer
- 1971
Trotta
Screenplay
- 1970
1960s
- 1968
The Castle
Writer
Produced 6
2000s
- 2002
My Sister Maria
Executive Producer
1970s
- 1979
Tales from the Vienna Woods
Producer
- 1976
The Clown
Producer
- 1975
End of the Game
Producer
- 1973
The Pedestrian
Producer
- 1970
Created 1
2000s
- 2008
Imperium der Päpste
Creator
Appearances22
2000s
- 2008
- 2007
Verstörung - und eine Art von Poesie. Die Filmlegende Bernhard Wicki
Himself
- 2004
In Conversation: Abby Mann and Maximillian Schell
Self
- 2002
My Sister Maria
Himself
1990s
- 1999
- 1996
Abbado: The Silence that Follows the Music
Self
- 1995
- 1994
- 1992
1980s
- 1987
- 1985
To Be Hamlet
Self
- 1984
Marlene
Himself
- 1982
Bernstein/Beethoven
Self (commentary) · 11 episodes
- 1980
1970s
- 1979
- 1976
- 1975
1960s
- 1968
