
Born November 1, 1927 — Died May 24, 2025
From Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Also known as Marcel Wall
Marcel Ophuls (German: [ˈɔfʏls]; born 1 November 1927) was a German-French documentary film maker and former actor, best known for his films The Sorrow and the Pity and Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie. Ophuls was born in Frankfurt, Germany, the son of Hildegard Wall and the direc...

The Sorrow and the Pity: The Film That Shocked France
Self (archive footage) - Director ("Le Chagrin et la Pitié")
A Deal Made in a Turkish Bath
Self

Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah
Self

Ain't Misbehavin
Self

Marcel Ophuls and Jean-Luc Godard: The Meeting in St-Gervais
Self

Max par Marcel: Lola Montès
Self
Marcel Ophuls: The Memory Hunter
Self
A Journey Through Le Plaisir
himself

The Troubles We've Seen
Self

François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits
Self (archive footage)

November Days
Self - Interviewer

Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie
Self
Das schöne irre Judenmädchen
Medardus

Liberty Belle
German teacher
Festspiele
Clown

Egon Schiele: Excess and Punishment
Dr. Stovel

Cinéastes de notre temps : Max Ophuls ou la ronde
Self