List of the best Maria Schell movies: 99 Women(1969), End of Desire(1962), The Hanging Tree(1959), The Devil by the Tail(1969), The Magic Box(1951), The Brothers Karamazov(1958), Christmas Lilies of the Field(1979), The Odessa File(1974), Night of the Blood Monster(1969), The Heart of the Matter(1953), The Angel with the Trumpet(1950), Just a Gigolo(1981) ... ...
Crime, Drama
Liechtenstein|Spain|Italy|West Germany|UK
1969
84 Minutes
Off the coast of Panama, there is an island with a female penal colony, run by a sadistic superintendent. When several prisoners mysteriously die, leading to a breakout and mutiny, an extensive investigation of the horrific events begins.
Drama
1962
86 Minutes
Jeanne Dandieu épouse de Lamare
Maria Schell Christian Marquand Pascale Petit Ivan Desny Antonella Lualdi Marie-Hélène Dasté
Based on Guy de Maupassant's tale of a woman who learns that her husband married her for money and is wooing their maid.
Western
USA
1959
106 Minutes
Elizabeth Mahler
Gary Cooper Maria Schell Karl Malden Ben Piazza George C. Scott Karl Swenson Virginia Gregg John Dierkes King Donovan Slim Talbot Guy Wilkerson
doctor immigrant townsperson partner criminal servant dark somber engaging mining camp tree house montana wild west starting over love interest murder the past rescue old west
Character study of a Doctor who saves a local criminal from a mob who are trying to hang him, but then tries to control the life of the young man, realizing that he can exploit his secret.
Comedy
France|Italy
1969
92 Minutes
Yves Montand Maria Schell Jean Rochefort Jean-Pierre Marielle Madeleine Renaud Xavier Gélin Claude Piéplu Clotilde Joano Marthe Keller
marquess granddaughter baron criminal gas station attendant amusing engaging france hotel countryside gas station sabotage schemes aristocracy crime deception family wretched excess pursuit discovery
A Marquise who lures motorists to her hotel by sabotaging their cars gets more than she bargains for when one guest turns out to be a bank robber on the run
Biography
USA
1951
103 Minutes
Robert Donat Maria Schell Margaret Johnston Janette Scott Bernard Miles Frederick Valk John Howard Davies Eric Portman Richard Attenborough
inventor photographer family wife somber solemn moving england inventions movie camera family dysfunction quest fall love victorian era
Biography of celebrated American jurist Oliver Wendell Holmes.
Drama
USA
1958
146 Minutes
Yul Brynner Maria Schell Lee J. Cobb Claire Bloom Richard Basehart Albert Salmi William Shatner Judith Evelyn Edgar Stehli Harry Townes Miko Oscard
father son mistress fiancée brother half brother tense fiery brooding profound russia family home family feud inheritance adultery murder competition rivalry quest 1870s
Drama based on Russian writer Fyodor Dostoevsky's homonymous novel about the proud Karamazov family in 1870s Russia.
Other, Drama
1979
100 Minutes
Billy Dee Williams Maria Schell Fay Hauser Judith Piquet Hanna Hertelendy Lisa Mann Bob Hastings Sam Di Bello
handyman nun mother superior love interest veteran charming inspiring heartwarming arizona the southwest church orphanage school small town construction roman catholicism helping others redemption homecoming friendship
A nun (Maria Schell) talks a veteran (Billy Dee Williams) into adding on an orphanage and kindergarten to the Arizona chapel he built her.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
UK|West Germany
1974
128 Minutes
Frau Miller
Jon Voight Maximilian Schell Maria Schell Mary Tamm Derek Jacobi Peter Jeffrey Klaus Löwitsch Kurt Meisel Hannes Messemer Garfield Morgan Shmuel Rodensky
journalist nazi ss officer vigilante bleak chilling dark gripping thrilling uneasy west germany secret society fugitives nazi hunting quest pursuit mystery underdog 20th century
Following the suicide of an elderly Jewish man, a journalist in possession of the man's diary investigates the alleged sighting of a former S.S. Captain, who commanded a concentration camp during World War II.
Horror
1969
84 Minutes
Mother Rosa
Christopher Lee Leo Genn Maria Schell Maria Rohm Margaret Lee Howard Vernon Diana Lorys Jose Maria Prada Pietro Martellanza José María Blanco John Thompson
A sadistic witch hunter carves a path of terror through the once-peaceful countryside in 17th-century England.
Drama
1953
105 Minutes
Helen Rolt
Trevor Howard Elizabeth Allan Maria Schell Denholm Elliott Peter Finch Gérard Oury
police officer mistress wife dark sad profound africa sierra leone adultery depression religion love morality catholic church forbidden love temptation 1940s
A religious police official (Trevor Howard) has an affair with a widow (Maria Schell) in South Africa.
Drama
UK
1950
98 Minutes
Anna Linden
Eileen Herlie Basil Sydney Norman Wooland Maria Schell Olga Edwardes Andrew Cruickshank John Justin Oskar Werner
manager academic daughter prince aristocrat nazi passionate intense dark emotional moving brooding vienna arranged marriage suicide infatuation aristocracy world war i adaptation fall
In the nineteenth century, a young Austrian woman marries into a wealthy family and witnesses the country change through the course of four decades.
Drama
1981
90 Minutes
Pauls Mutti Frau von Przygodski
David Bowie Sydne Rome Kim Novak David Hemmings Maria Schell Curt Jurgens Erika Pluhar Werner Pochat Hilde Weissner
A Prussian veteran (David Bowie) spurns his decadent sweetheart (Sydne Rome) and joins a gigolo ring in post-World War I Berlin.
Drama
1982
110 Minutes
Anna Helwig
Romy Schneider Michel Piccoli Helmut Griem Mathieu Carrière Wendelin Werner Gérard Klein Dominique Labourier Maria Schell Jean Reno Raymond Aquilon Beatrice Avoine
man murderer ambassador wife police officer assassin engaging thrilling suspenseful shocking intense gripping paraguay paris embassy secret life story danger surprises unexpected death
A woman (Romy Schneider) holds the key to a human-rights activist's (Michel Piccoli) shooting of a South American ambassador.
Sci-Fi, Adventure, Fantasy, Action
USA|UK|Canada|Switzerland|Panama
1978
143 Minutes
Christopher Reeve Gene Hackman Marlon Brando Margot Kidder Ned Beatty Jackie Cooper Marc McClure Glenn Ford Valerie Perrine Phyllis Thaxter Jeff East
superman father mother reporter villain superhero confident spectacular metropolis smallville krypton newsroom family home fortress of solitude superhuman abilities secret daunting task adventure discovery 1970s
An alien orphan is sent from his dying planet to Earth, where he grows up to become his adoptive home's first and greatest superhero.
War, Drama
UK|USA
1976
158 Minutes
Faye Dunaway Max von Sydow Oskar Werner Malcolm McDowell Orson Welles James Mason Lee Grant Ben Gazzara Katharine Ross Luther Adler Paul Koslo
nazi captain jew sailor refugee brutal bleak disturbing boat cuba germany world war ii emigration death escape pursuit 1940s
The tragic 1939 voyage of SS St. Louis carrying hundreds of German Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany that seemingly no nation is willing to save from certain doom.