List of the best Maximilian Schell movies: Marlene(1984), The Reluctant Saint(1962), The Man in the Glass Booth(1975), Return From the Ashes(1965), The Pedestrian(1974), The Girl From Flanders(1956), Krakatoa, East of Java(1969), The Desperate Ones(1968), End of the Game(1976), Candles in the Dark(1993), Cross of Iron(1977), The Odessa File(1974) ... ...
7.6/10
Documentary
West Germany
1984
95 Minutes
Director
actress actor brooding melodramatic hollywood, calif. germany film set marlene dietrich hollywood fame recluses acting rise transformation 1930s
Retrospective on the career of enigmatic screen diva Marlene Dietrich.
7.2/10
Comedy, Drama
Italy|USA
1962
105 Minutes
Giuseppe
Maximilian Schell Ricardo Montalban Lea Padovani Akim Tamiroff Harold Goldblatt Mark Damon
In 17th century Italy, a simple and clumsy young man joins a Franciscan order, pursues full priesthood and performs a miracle that eventually ensures his sainthood.
7.1/10
Drama
USA
1975
117 Minutes
Mossad agents kidnap an American Jewish man, accuse him of being a fugitive Nazi war criminal and take him to Jerusalem to face trial for genocide.
7.0/10
Mystery & Thriller
UK|USA
1965
105 Minutes
Maximilian Schell Samantha Eggar Ingrid Thulin Herbert Lom Talitha Pol Vladek Sheybal Jacques Cey Jacques B. Brunius
husband wife widow stepdaughter beautiful woman chess player melodramatic thrilling household europe bathroom deception inheritance romance murder greed infidelity fall quest wretched excess
In Paris, a Polish gigolo marries a rich Jewish doctor and stands to inherit her estate when she is deported to Dachau by the Nazis.
6.5/10
Drama
Switzerland|West Germany|Israel
1974
92 Minutes
Director
Gustav Rudolf Sellner Peter Hall Maximilian Schell Gila von Weitershausen Elisabeth Bergner Francoise Rosay Lil Dagover Peggy Ashcroft
industrialist son journalist father mistress wife somber dark disheartening germany greece village mediterranean coast family home court war crime suicide guilt trial dark secrets
When a German businessman causes a car accident with deadly consequences, the papers start digging into his past to find scandals. What they find causes him to reevaluate his own past during WW2 when he was in Greece.
6.1/10
Drama
USA
1956
105 Minutes
Dodie dreams of marrying a millionaire so that she can live 'the life'. Buzz, her boyfriend, however is not rich as he is a salesman for a housing development. He proposes and Dodie accepts... See full summary »
5.5/10
Adventure
USA
1969
101 Minutes
Capt. Chris Hanson
Maximilian Schell Diane Baker Brian Keith Barbara Werle John Leyton Rossano Brazzi Sal Mineo Katherine Cannon Jacqui Chan Marc Lawrence Geoffrey Holder
captain boat captain ship captain adventurer man thrilling engaging suspenseful gripping sea ship volcano eruptions danger fear difficult decision treasure adventure discovery escape
In 1883, ship captain Hanson plans a shipwreck salvage mission in The Dutch East Indies to retrieve a cargo of pearls but an unexpected volcano eruption and a state-ordered transport of convicts upset his plans.
Drama
1968
104 Minutes
Marek
Two Polish brothers (Maximilian Schell, Raf Vallone) escape from Siberia and head for Afghanistan, wooing two women on the way.
Mystery & Thriller
1976
107 Minutes
Director
Jon Voight Jacqueline Bisset Martin Ritt Robert Shaw Gabriele Ferzetti Donald Sutherland Helmut Qualtinger Rita Calderoni
police detective partner industrialist beautiful woman bodyguard emotional tense switzerland police station bridge investigation murder justice existential crisis illness revenge pursuit discovery 1970s
A dying Swiss police inspector (Martin Ritt) uses his assistant (Jon Voight) and a woman (Jacqueline Bisset) to nab his longtime nemesis for murder.
Drama, History
1993
97 Minutes
Director
Maximilian Schell Chad Lowe Alyssa Milano Günther Maria Halmer Gita Rank Lembit Ulfsak Mart Sander Natalya Andreychenko
A young Estonian (Chad Lowe) defies Soviet rule by putting a star on a Christmas tree in the public square.
7.5/10
War, Drama
UK|West Germany
1977
119 Minutes
James Coburn Maximilian Schell James Mason David Warner Klaus Löwitsch Vadim Glowna Roger Fritz Dieter Schidor Burkhard Driest Fred Stillkraut Michael Nowka
corporal commander german soldier young boy nurse disheartening gritty intense russia war zone hospital world war ii military life honor desperation sexual abuse murder rivalry wretched excess 1940s
German commander Hauptmann Stransky (Maximilian Schell) places a squad in extreme danger after Sergeant Rolf Steiner (James Coburn) refuses to lie for him.
7.0/10
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
UK|West Germany
1974
128 Minutes
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.
6.9/10
Drama
USA|West Germany|Austria
1989
112 Minutes
Liv Ullmann Maximilian Schell Peter Fonda Jan Niklas Katarina Lena Muller Kurt Hübner Hanns Zischler Gila Almagor
public defender holocaust survivor nazi husband gripping suspenseful frankfurt, germany courtroom airport medical experiments holocaust concentration camp assault court battles historical events discovery underdog 1980s
In Germany, an old man attacks another old man and is arrested. The attacker refuses to speak. A female lawyer is appointed to him. She discovers that the attacker has numbers tattooed on his arm and the attacked man was a German officer.
6.8/10
Drama
Italy|France
1963
114 Minutes
Sophia Loren Maximilian Schell Fredric March Robert Wagner Françoise Prévost
A maddened German war criminal lives in a secluded house owned by his rich father who lets him think the war is still on 20 years after the fact.
7.3/10
Drama
Netherlands|UK|Belgium|USA
1998
100 Minutes
Chaya's Father
Laura Fraser Isabella Rossellini Maximilian Schell Jeroen Krabbé Marianne Sagebrecht David Bradley Adam Monty Chaim Topol Miriam Margolyes Lex Goudsmit Benjamin Broekaert
Against a background of holocaust memories, a liberal Jewish girl becomes a nanny to a young Jewish boy with a disability and grows fond of him.
6.8/10
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
UK
1966
107 Minutes
Dieter Frey
James Mason Simone Signoret Maximilian Schell Harriet Andersson Harry Andrews Kenneth Haigh Roy Kinnear Corin Redgrave
secret agent inspector wife victim widow tense intricate london office household investigation murder suicide deception espionage mystery quest 1960s
A British agent sets out to uncover the hidden facts behind a British government employee's suicide.
6.5/10
Drama
Switzerland|West Germany|Israel
1974
92 Minutes
Director
Gustav Rudolf Sellner Peter Hall Maximilian Schell Gila von Weitershausen Elisabeth Bergner Francoise Rosay Lil Dagover Peggy Ashcroft
industrialist son journalist father mistress wife somber dark disheartening germany greece village mediterranean coast family home court war crime suicide guilt trial dark secrets
When a German businessman causes a car accident with deadly consequences, the papers start digging into his past to find scandals. What they find causes him to reevaluate his own past during WW2 when he was in Greece.
6.3/10
Drama
USA
1962
109 Minutes
Walter
Rosalind Russell Jack Hawkins Maximilian Schell Richard Beymer Annette Gorman Lana Wood Todd Anderson Terry Huntingdon Bill Quinn
father mother son daughter tutor emotional melodramatic household family dysfunction marital problems brother/sister relationship teaching outsider temptation discovery 1960s
A long-married couple are at war with each other and with their teenage son and daughter. The presence of a handsome young tutor complicates and sensitizes the savage domestic tensions ... See full summary »
6.2/10
Drama
USA
1997
101 Minutes
Dr. Istvan Jonas
Kevin Bacon Brad Renfro Maximilian Schell Calista Flockhart Paul Dooley Jonathan Rhys-Meyers Luke Wilson Damen Fletcher Jerry Swindall
A loner befriends a local celebrity, Billy Magic, but he soon begins to tell lies in order to maintain the friendship and the newfound status.
5.5/10
Drama
UK
1972
132 Minutes
Adrian
Liv Ullmann Keir Dullea Maximilian Schell Olivia de Havilland Lesley-Anne Down Trevor Howard Jeremy Kemp Patrick Magee Franco Nero Robert Beatty Natasha Nicolescu
In medieval Europe, a pious young woman becomes a scholar of theology, disguises herself as a man, rises through the Catholic Church hierarchy and is elected Pope.
5.0/10
Horror
USA
1997
88 Minutes
Father Simeon
Christopher McDonald Rachael Leigh Cook Maximilian Schell Stanley Tucci Wendy Crewson
teen girl father mother priest monk brooding dark massachusetts church household italy satanism apocalypse conspiracy cloning father/daughter relationship religion rescue pursuit escape
Mythology and religious dogma are slowly revealed when an attractive young woman is approached by a modeling agency that pulls her into an underworld of priests that are not Christian but ... See full summary »
4.3/10
Romance
USA
1979
120 Minutes
Marco
Ali MacGraw Dean-Paul Martin Maximilian Schell Steve Guttenberg Melissa Prophet
A rising tennis star falls for an older woman engaged with a wealthy man she doesn't love. Will he become the next John McEnroe? Will she choose love over financial security?
Drama
1985
115 Minutes
Col. Müller
Ben Cross James Mason Maximilian Schell Irene Papas Karl Heinz Hackl Riccardo Cucciolla Angelo Infanti Paolo Malco Tom Felleghy Delia Boccardo
An Italian bishop (James Mason) puts a young priest (Ben Cross) in charge of hiding Jews in a Nazi-occupied city.
Biography, Drama
1992
173 Minutes
Vladimir Lenin
Robert Duvall Julia Ormond Maximilian Schell Jeroen Krabbé Joan Plowright Frank Finlay Daniel Massey Joanna Roth
stalinist revolutionary vladimir i. lenin wife daughter russian engaging bleak rousing russia woods palace war zone joseph stalin russian revolution dictatorship power family persecution rise
Riding Lenin's (Maximilian Schell) coattails into the 1920s, Josef Stalin (Robert Duvall) rudely takes over as Soviet dictator until death in 1953.
5.0/10
Mystery & Thriller, Action
Ireland|USA
1979
88 Minutes
Bunin
Robert Shaw Lee Marvin Linda Evans Maximilian Schell Joe Namath Horst Buchholz Michael Connors Claudio Cassinelli Kristina Nel David Hess Günter Meisner
russian russian general cia agent agent spy kgb agent thrilling engaging suspenseful gripping milan milan, italy train swiss alps plot disaster dangerous mission spying natural disasters terror
Soviet KGB General Marenkov defects to the Americans and together with his CIA handler Harry Wargrave they plan an operation meant to reveal the KGB agents in Europe.
Drama
1977
116 Minutes
Johann
Jane Fonda Vanessa Redgrave Jason Robards Maximilian Schell Hal Holbrook Rosemary Murphy Meryl Streep Lisa Pelikan Cathleen Nesbitt John Glover
lillian hellman dashiell hammett activist childhood friend touching engaging russia germany new england espionage friendship smuggling world war ii resistance writers quest sacrifice 1940s
Playwright Lillian Hellman (Jane Fonda) recalls World War II, her best friend (Vanessa Redgrave) and writer Dashiell Hammett (Jason Robards).
8.2/10
Drama
USA
1961
186 Minutes
Hans Rolfe
Spencer Tracy Burt Lancaster Richard Widmark Marlene Dietrich Maximilian Schell Judy Garland Montgomery Clift William Shatner Ed Binns Kenneth MacKenna Werner Klemperer
judge defendant lawyer military officer nazi widow dark disturbing courtroom nuremberg, germany world war ii nazism genocide court battles quest wretched excess 1940s
In 1948, an American court in occupied Germany tries four Nazis judged for war crimes.
6.8/10
Romance, Comedy, Adventure, Drama
USA
2008
109 Minutes
Diamond Dog
Rachel Weisz Adrien Brody Mark Ruffalo Rinko Kikuchi Maximilian Schell Robbie Coltrane Andy Nyman Nora Zehetner
orphan brother con artist rich girl explosives expert airy amusing emotional heartwarming melodramatic orphanage united states orphans brother relationship swindling world travel love discovery rivalry quest
The Brothers Bloom are the best con men in the world, swindling millionaires with complex scenarios of lust and intrigue. Now they've decided to take on one last job - showing a beautiful and eccentric heiress the time of her life with a romantic adventure that takes them around the world.
6.7/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1994
98 Minutes
Arkady Shapira
Tim Roth Edward Furlong Moira Kelly Vanessa Redgrave Maximilian Schell Paul Guilfoyle David Vadim Natalya Andreychenko
hit man father dying person brother ex-girlfriend mistress somber sad brooklyn, n.y. hotel brighton beach, n.y. contract killing mafia family mother/son relationship father/son relationship revenge wretched excess 1990s
Early 1990s drama about a family of Soviet Jews living in Brooklyn's Brighton Beach ocean-side neighborhood nicknamed Little Odessa.
6.6/10
Kids & Family, Adventure
USA|UK
1993
105 Minutes
Col. Mopani Theron
Reese Witherspoon Ethan Embry Jack Thompson Sarel Bok Maximilian Schell Robert John Burke Patricia Kalember Daniel Gerroll
poacher african american murder victim teenager colonel emotional engaging frightening gripping gutsy intense africa kalahari desert crime scene home murder corruption survival desert trek
When a gang of African poachers raid her family's farm, young Nonni, visiting American teenager Harry Winslow and a local bushman guide must escape into the Kalahari desert and reach the nearest town.
6.3/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1976
93 Minutes
Dr. John Constable
Charles Bronson John Houseman Jacqueline Bisset Harry Guardino Maximilian Schell Harris Yulin
A crime novelist is hired by a shady character to negotiate the return of stolen confidential documents.
7.2/10
Drama
USA
1958
167 Minutes
Capt. Hardenberg
Marlon Brando Montgomery Clift Dean Martin Hope Lange Barbara Rush Maximilian Schell May Britt Lee Van Cleef
ski instructor singer nazi socialite clerk brooding uneasy sad boot camp paris africa london concentration camp battlefield world war ii anti-semitism horrors of war rivalry transformation 1940s
WW2 drama that follows the lives of three young men, one German and two Americans, during wartime.
Comedy, Drama
2004
108 Minutes
Casimir
Richard Dreyfuss Judy Davis Selma Blair Saul Rubinek John Salley Paul Mazursky David Julian Hirsh Fred Ward Maximilian Schell Kathryn Winslow Owen Rotharmel
On the verge of divorce, a man (Richard Dreyfuss) and a woman (Judy Davis) embark on a cross-country road trip to attend their son's wedding.
7.4/10
War, Drama
USA|UK
1977
179 Minutes
Dirk Bogarde James Caan Michael Caine Sean Connery Edward Fox Elliott Gould Gene Hackman Anthony Hopkins Hardy Kruger Laurence Olivier Ryan O'Neal
military officer general soldier enemy brooding patriotic holland germany highway bridge battlefield world war ii horrors of war quest rescue 1940s
Operation Market Garden, September 1944: The Allies attempt to capture several strategically important bridges in the Netherlands in the hope of breaking the German lines.
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