Maximilian Schell

Maximilian Schell

Acting
🎂 1930-12-08 (83 years old at death)
✝️ 2014-02-01
📍 Vienna, Austria
👤 Male
🎬 90 Movies
🔗 IMDb
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 Nurem ...
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Filmography (90 movies)

Les brigands
Les brigands
2015
as Mr. Escher
Jedermann Remixed
Jedermann Remixed
2011
as Jedermann (archive footage)
Black Flowers
Black Flowers
2009
as Jacob Krinsten
Darkness
Darkness
2009
 The Brothers Bloom
The Brothers Bloom
2008
as Diamond Dog
The Shell Seekers
The Shell Seekers
2007
as Lawrence Sterne
Die Rosenkönigin
Die Rosenkönigin
2007
as Karl Friedrich Weidemann
Verstörung - und eine Art von Poesie. Die Filmlegende Bernhard Wicki
Verstörung - und eine Art von Poesie. Die Filmlegende Bernhard Wicki
2007
as Himself
House of the Sleeping Beauties
House of the Sleeping Beauties
2006
as Kogi
Die Alpenklinik
Die Alpenklinik
2006
as Dr. Alexander Ohlendorf
Die Liebe eines Priesters
Die Liebe eines Priesters
2005
as Father Christoph
In Conversation: Abby Mann and Maximillian Schell
In Conversation: Abby Mann and Maximillian Schell
2004
as Self
The Return of the Dancing Master
The Return of the Dancing Master
2004
as Fernando Hereira
Coast to Coast
Coast to Coast
2004
as Casimir
Alles Glück dieser Erde
Alles Glück dieser Erde
2003
as Xaver Schönborn
Der Bestseller - Mord auf italienisch
Der Bestseller - Mord auf italienisch
2002
as Karl Steingraf
My Sister Maria
My Sister Maria
2002
as Himself
Festival in Cannes
Festival in Cannes
2001
as Viktor Kovner
Just Messing About
Just Messing About
2000
as Poser
On the Wings of Love
On the Wings of Love
1999
as Hochberg
Vampires
Vampires
1998
as Cardinal Alba
Deep Impact
Deep Impact
1998
as Jason Lerner
Left Luggage
Left Luggage
1998
as Mr. Silberschmidt
Telling Lies in America
Telling Lies in America
1997
as Dr. Istvan Jonas
The Eighteenth Angel
The Eighteenth Angel
1997
as Father Simeon
The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years
The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years
1996
as Cardinal Vittorio
The Vampyre Wars
The Vampyre Wars
1996
as Rodan
Abbado: The Silence that Follows the Music
Abbado: The Silence that Follows the Music
1996
as Self
Little Odessa
Little Odessa
1994
as Arkady Shapira
Abraham
Abraham
1993
as Pharao
Candles in the Dark
Candles in the Dark
1993
as Colonel Arkush
Justice
Justice
1993
as Isaak Kohler
A Far Off Place
A Far Off Place
1993
as Col. Mopani Theron
Stalin
Stalin
1992
as Vladimir Lenin
Miss Rose White
Miss Rose White
1992
as Mordecai Weiss
Labyrinth
Labyrinth
1991
as The Filmmaker
Why Havel?
Why Havel?
1991
 You Can't Live Like That
You Can't Live Like That
1990
as German Commentator
The Freshman
The Freshman
1990
as Larry London
The Rose Garden
The Rose Garden
1989
as Aaron
The Assisi Underground
The Assisi Underground
1985
as Col. Müller
To Be Hamlet
To Be Hamlet
1985
as Self
Marlene
Marlene
1984
as Himself
Man Under Suspicion
Man Under Suspicion
1984
as Lawyer Landau
Les Îles
Les Îles
1983
as Fabrice
The Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom of the Opera
1983
as Sandor Korvin/Phantom
The Chosen
The Chosen
1981
as Professor David Malter
The Diary of Anne Frank
The Diary of Anne Frank
1980
as Otto Frank
The Black Hole
The Black Hole
1979
as Dr. Hans Reinhardt
Together?
Together?
1979
as Giovanni
Avalanche Express
Avalanche Express
1979
as Colonel Nikolai Bunin
Players
Players
1979
as Marco
Tales from the Vienna Woods
Tales from the Vienna Woods
1979
as Theatre Visitor
End of the Game
End of the Game
1978
as Robert Schmied on Audiotape (voice) (uncredited)
Julia
Julia
1977
as Johann
A Bridge Too Far
A Bridge Too Far
1977
as General der Waffen-SS Wilhelm Bittrich
Cross of Iron
Cross of Iron
1977
as Hauptmann Stransky
St. Ives
St. Ives
1976
as Dr. John Constable
The Day That Shook the World
The Day That Shook the World
1975
as Đuro Šarac
The Man in the Glass Booth
The Man in the Glass Booth
1975
as Arthur Goldman
The Odessa File
The Odessa File
1974
as Eduard Roschmann
The Pedestrian
The Pedestrian
1973
as Andreas Giese
Pope Joan
Pope Joan
1972
as Adrian
Paulina 1880
Paulina 1880
1972
as Count Michele Cantarini
First Love
First Love
1970
as Vater
Simón Bolívar
Simón Bolívar
1969
as Simón Bolívar
Krakatoa, East of Java
Krakatoa, East of Java
1969
as Captain Chris Hanson
Heidi
Heidi
1968
as Richard Sessemann
The Castle
The Castle
1968
as K
Counterpoint
Counterpoint
1967
as Gen. Schiller
The Desperate Ones
The Desperate Ones
1967
as Marek
The Deadly Affair
The Deadly Affair
1967
as Dieter Frey
John F. Kennedy: Years of Lightning, Day of Drums
John F. Kennedy: Years of Lightning, Day of Drums
1966
as German Narrator
Return from the Ashes
Return from the Ashes
1965
as Stanislaw Pilgrin
Der seidene Schuh
Der seidene Schuh
1965
as Don Rodrigo
Topkapi
Topkapi
1964
as Walter Harper
The Reluctant Saint
The Reluctant Saint
1962
as Giuseppe
The Condemned of Altona
The Condemned of Altona
1962
as Franz von Gerlach
Five Finger Exercise
Five Finger Exercise
1962
as Walter
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
1961
as Hamlet
Judgment at Nuremberg
Judgment at Nuremberg
1961
as Hans Rolfe
The Fifth Column
The Fifth Column
1960
 Judgment at Nuremberg
Judgment at Nuremberg
1959
as Otto Rolfe
Children of the Mountains
Children of the Mountains
1958
as Josef Ospel
The Young Lions
The Young Lions
1958
as Capt. Hardenberg
Taxichauffeur Bänz
Taxichauffeur Bänz
1957
as Toni Schellenberg
Die Ehe des Dr. med. Danwitz
Die Ehe des Dr. med. Danwitz
1956
as Dr. Oswald Hauser
The Girl from Flanders
The Girl from Flanders
1956
as Alexander Haller
The Plot to Assassinate Hitler
The Plot to Assassinate Hitler
1955
as Mitglied des Kreisauer Kreises
Children, Mother, and the General
Children, Mother, and the General
1955
as Soldat, der nicht mehr mitmacht