List of the best Marcel Ophüls movies: A Sense of Loss(1972), November Days(1992), Banana Peel(1965), The Sorrow and the Pity(1969), The Memory of Justice(1976), Love at Twenty(1962), Hotel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie(1987), The Troubles We've Seen: A History of Journalism in Wartime(1994), Liberty Belle(1983) ... ...
Documentary
USA|Switzerland
1972
135 Minutes
Director
catholic protestant filmmaker activist cleric emotional gritty powerful belfast, northern ireland united kingdom irish republican army political unrest religious persecution irish life religion sacrifice escape 20th century
Shot over six weeks in December 1971, and January 1972, the film consisted of interviews with Protestants, Catholics, politicians, and some soldiers, combined with TV news clips of bombings and violence.
Documentary
Germany|UK
1992
129 Minutes
Director
politician bureaucrat communist documentarian fascinating intense powerful east germany communism government iron curtain corruption bureaucracy politics wretched excess quest fall 1990s
Marcel Ophuls interviews various important Eastern German figures for their thoughts on the reunification of Germany and the fall of Communism.
Comedy
France|Italy|West Germany
1965
97 Minutes
Director
Cathy wants to avenge her father by stealing Bontemps and Lachards, two corrupt associates who have destroyed the fortune of her father.For this she will work with three specialists,"... See full summary »
Documentary
Italy|West Germany
1969
260 Minutes
Director
military officer politician celebrity soldier civilian dark disturbing shocking clermont-ferrand, france france horrors of war nazism disillusionment world war ii discovery 1940s
Seven mercenaries on a mission into Simba controlled Congo territory requisite with typical sterotypes.
Documentary
Italy|West Germany
1976
278 Minutes
Director
A bankrupt Italian count has just committed suicide. One of his creditors, Domenico takes over the family villa, but he allows Angela, the widowed mother, Angela's mother-in-law and the ... See full summary »
Drama
France
1962
113 Minutes
Shintarô Ishihara Marcel Ophüls Eleonora Rossi Drago Koji Furuhata Barbara Lass Jean-Pierre Léaud Marie-France Pisier François Darbon Rosy Varte
single mother lover mistress father teen boy girlfriend passionate engaging emotional touching melodramatic japan france warsaw, poland germany rome unrequited love unconditional love affair generational divide
A young American girl at a French boarding school develops a crush on an egotistical sculptor living next door. One night, driving in a drunken stupor, he runs over and kills a man, and she witnesses it.
Documentary
1987
268 Minutes
Director
nazi war criminal military officer klaus barbie chilling disturbing lyon, france argentina bolivia germany world war ii genocide politics communism nazism wretched excess pursuit 1980s
Eyewitness interviews and archival footage highlight Marcel Ophuls' account of the Nazi "Butcher of Lyon.".
Documentary, War
1994
224 Minutes
Director
Drama
France
1983
112 Minutes
Jerome Zucca Dominique Laffin André Dussollier Philippe Caroit Jean-Pierre Kalfon Anouk Ferjac Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu Fred Personne Anne-Laure Meury Humbert Balsan Luc Béraud
Julien is a left-leaning student whose politics and love interest end up clashing as the young man makes a long, epic journey through his years at a private school in Paris when Algeria is ... See full summary »