Maximilian Schell

Maximilian Schell was born on the 8^th December 1930; he died on the 1^st February 2014. He was an Austrian and Swiss movie actor. He was also a writer and a producer of movies.

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He was the winner of the Academy Award for Best Actor for the 1961 American film Judgment at Nuremberg, which was the second role he took in the Hollywood. His parents were involved very much in art and he grew up in the midst of acting and literature. His family was forced to leave the city of Vienna in the year 1938 when Austria was annexed by Nazi Germany and they moved to the city of Zurich.

Maximilian Schell was a good player of the musical instrument, piano and a conductor. He performed with the likes of Claudio Abbado and Leonard Bernstein and with many orchestras in the city of Vienna and Berlin. His elder sister called Maria Schell was also an actress of the country and was also a noted actress in the Hollywood.

Filmography

Actor

Ø  2014 Les brigands (post-production) as Mr. Escher

Ø  2009 Darkness

Ø  2009 Flores negras as Jacob Krinsten

Ø  2008 The Brothers Bloom as Diamond Dog

Ø  2007 Die Rosenkönigin (TV Movie) as Karl Friedrich Weidemann

Ø  2007 Giganten (TV Series) as Albert Einstein - Einstein - Superstar der Wissenschaft (2007) ... Albert Einstein

Ø  2003-2007 Der Fürst und das Mädchen (TV Series) as Friedrich Fürst von Thorwald / Fürst Friedrich von Thorwald / Fürst Thorwald - Die Söhne des Fürsten (2007) ... Fürst Thorwald - Geheimnisvolle Reise (2007) ... Fürst Thorwald - Himmelwärts (2007) ... Fürst Thorwald - Ein guter Stern (2007) ... Fürst Friedrich von Thorwald - Erpressung (2007) ... Fürst Friedrich von Thorwald

Ø  2006 The Shell Seekers (TV Movie) as Lawrence Sterne

Ø  2006 House of the Sleeping Beauties as Kogi

Ø  2006 Die Alpenklinik (TV Movie) as Dr. Alexander Ohlendorf

Ø  2005 Die Liebe eines Priesters (TV Movie) as Pater Christoph

Ø  2004 The Return of the Dancing Master (TV Movie) as Fernando Hereira / Aaron Silberstein

Ø  2003 Alles Glück dieser Erde (TV Movie) as Xaver Schönborn

Ø  2003 Coast to Coast (TV Movie) as Casimir

Ø  2002 Der Bestseller - Mord auf italienisch (TV Movie) as Karl Steingraf

Ø  2002 Love, Lies, Passions (TV Mini-Series) as Franz Steininger - Episode #1.1 (2002) ... Franz Steininger

Ø  2001 Festival in Cannes as Viktor Kovner

Ø  2001 The Song of the Lark (TV Movie) as Wunsch

Ø  2000 Just Messing About as Poser

Ø  2000 I Love You, Baby as Walter Ekland

Ø  1999 Joan of Arc (TV Series) as Brother Jean le Maistre

Ø  1999 On the Wings of Love as Hochberg

Ø  1998 Deep Impact as Jason Lerner

Ø  1998 Vampires as Cardinal Alba

Ø  1998 Left Luggage as Mr. Silberschmidt, Chaya's Father

Ø  1997 The Song of the Lark (Short) as Wunsch

Ø  1997 The Eighteenth Angel as Father Simeon

Ø  1997 Telling Lies in America as Dr. Istvan Jonas

Ø  1997 Biography (TV Series documentary) as Hans Rolfe - Judy Garland: Beyond the Rainbow (1997) ... Hans Rolfe

Ø  1997 Through Roses as Carl Stern

Ø  1996 The Vampyre Wars as Rodan

Ø  1996 The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years (TV Movie) as Cardinal Vittorio

Ø  1994 Little Odessa as Arkady Shapira

Ø  1993 Abraham (TV Movie) as Pharaoh

Ø  1993 Candles in the Dark (TV Movie) as Colonel Arkush

Ø  1993 Justiz as Isaak Kohler

Ø  1993 A Far Off Place as Col. Mopani Theron

Ø  1992 Stalin (TV Movie) as Lenin

Ø  1992 Miss Rose White (TV Movie) as Mordecai Weiss

Ø  1991 Young Catherine (TV Movie) as Frederick the Great

Ø  1990 Wiseguy (TV Series) as Amado Guzman - Witness Protection for the Archangel Lucifer (1990) ... Amado Guzman - La Mina (1990) ... Amado Guzman - The Gift (1990) ... Amado Guzman - Black Gold (1990) ... Amado Guzman - Fruit of the Poisonous Tree: Part 2 (1990) ... Amado Guzman

Ø  1990 The Freshman as Larry London

Ø  1989 The Rose Garden as Aaron

Ø  1988 An American Place as Alfred Steiglitz

Ø  1986 Laughter in the Dark

Ø  1986 Peter the Great (TV Mini-Series) as Peter the Great - Part IV (1986) ... Peter the Great - Episode #1.3 (1986) ... Peter the Great - Pt II (1986) ... Peter the Great - Episode #1.1 (1986) ... Peter the Great

Ø  1985 The Assisi Underground as Col. Müller

Ø  1984 Morgen in Alabama as Lawyer Landau

Ø  1983 The Islands as Fabrice

Ø  1983 The Phantom of the Opera (TV Movie) as Sándor Korvin / The Phantom of the Opera

Ø  1981 The Chosen as Professor David Malter

Ø  1980 Arch of Triumph

Ø  1980 The Diary of Anne Frank (TV Movie) as Otto Frank

Ø  1979 The Black Hole as Dr. Hans Reinhardt

Ø  1979 Together? As Giovanni

Ø  1979 Avalanche Express as Col. Nikolai Bunin

Ø  1979 Tales from the Vienna Woods as Theatre Visitor (uncredited)

Ø  1979 Players as Marco

Ø  1977 Julia as Johann

Ø  1977 A Bridge Too Far as Lieutenant General Bittrich

Ø  1977 Cross of Iron as Hauptmann (Capt.) Stransky

Ø  1976 St. Ives as Dr. John Constable

Ø  1975 The Day That Shook the World as Djuro Sarac

Ø  1975 End of the Game as Robert Schmied on Audiotape (voice, uncredited)

Ø  1975 The Man in the Glass Booth as Arthur Goldman

Ø  1974 The Rehearsal

Ø  1974 The Odessa File as Eduard Roschmann

Ø  1973 The Pedestrian as Andreas Giese

Ø  1972 Pope Joan as Adrian

Ø  1972 Paulina 1880 as Le comte Michele Cantarini

Ø  1970 First Love as Father

Ø  1969 Simón Bolívar as Simón Bolívar

Ø  1969 Krakatoa: East of Java as Captain Hanson

Ø  1968 Heidi (TV Movie) as Richard Sessemann

Ø  1968 The Castle as 'K'

Ø  1967 Counterpoint as Gen. Schiller

Ø  1967 The Desperate Ones as Marek

Ø  1967 Theatre of Stars (TV Series) as August Holland - A Time to Love (1967) ... August Holland

Ø  1966 Die venezianischen Zwillinge (TV Movie) as Zanetto und Tonio

Ø  1966 The Deadly Affair as Dieter Frey

Ø  1965 Return from the Ashes as Stanislaus Pilgrin

Ø  1965 Der seidene Schuh (TV Mini-Series) as Don Rodrigo - Episode #1.4 (1965) ... Don Rodrigo - Episode #1.3 (1965) ... Don Rodrigo - Episode #1.2 (1965) ... Don Rodrigo - Episode #1.1 (1965) ... Don Rodrigo

Ø  1964 Letters of Mozart - Briefe Mozarts (Short)

Ø  1964 Topkapi as Walter Harper

Ø  1962 Joseph Desa as Giuseppe

Ø  1962 The Condemned of Altona as Franz von Gerlach

Ø  1962 Five Finger Exercise as Walter

Ø  1961 Judgement at Nuremberg as Hans Rolfe

Ø  1960 Hamlet (TV Movie) as Hamlet

Ø  1960 Family Classics: The Three Musketeers (TV Movie) as D'Artagnan

Ø  1960 Alcoa Theatre (TV Series) as Sarrail - The Observer (1960) ... Sarrail

Ø  1960 Sunday Showcase (TV Series) as Peter Gerard - Turn the Key Deftly (1960) ... Peter Gerard

Ø  1960 Buick-Electra Playhouse (TV Series) - The Fifth Column (1960)

Ø  1960 The Fifth Column (TV Movie)

Ø  1959 Eine Dummheit macht auch der Gescheiteste (TV Movie) as Jegor Dmitritsch Glumow

Ø  1959 Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (TV Series) as Hans - Perilous (1959) ... Hans

Ø  1959 Playhouse 90 (TV Series) as Hans Rolfe / Gunther - Judgment at Nuremberg (1959) ... Hans Rolfe - Child of Our Time (1959) ... Gunther

Ø  1959 Die sechste Frau (TV Movie)

Ø  1958 Die Bernauerin (TV Movie) as Herzog Albrecht von Bayern

Ø  1958 Kinder der Berge as Josef Ospel

Ø  1958 The Young Lions as Capt. Hardenberg

Ø  1958 Der Meisterdieb (TV Movie)

Ø  1957 The Last Ones Shall Be First as Lorenz Darrandt

Ø  1957 Taxi Driver Baenz as Toni Schellenberg

Ø  1956 Ein Herz kehrt heim as Wolfgang Thomas

Ø  1956 Marriage of Dr. Danwitz as Dr. Oswald Hauser

Ø  1956 The Girl from Flanders as Lt. Alexander 'Alex' Haller

Ø  1955 Ripening Youth as Jürgen Sengebusch

Ø  1955 The Plot to Assassinate Hitler as Mitglied des Kreisauer Kreises

Ø  1955 Kinder, Mütter und ein General as Deserteur

As a Director

Ø  2002 My Sister Maria (Documentary)

Ø  1993 Candles in the Dark (TV Movie)

Ø  1988 An American Place

Ø  1984 Marlene (Documentary)

Ø  1979 Tales from the Vienna Woods

Ø  1975 End of the Game

Ø  1973 The Pedestrian

Ø  1970 First Love

Ø  1967 Alles zum Guten (TV Movie) (theatre director)

As a Writer

Ø  2002 My Sister Maria (Documentary)

Ø  1984 Marlene (Documentary)

Ø  1979 Tales from the Vienna Woods (writer)

Ø  1975 End of the Game (screenplay)

Ø  1973 The Pedestrian (writer)

Ø  1971 Trotta

Ø  1970 First Love

Ø  1968 The Castle (writer)

Ø  1964 Letters of Mozart - Briefe Mozarts (Short)

As a Producer

Ø  2002 My Sister Maria (Documentary) (executive producer)

Ø  1985 Die Föhnforscher (co-producer)

Ø  1983 The Islands (co-producer)

Ø  1979 Tales from the Vienna Woods (producer)

Ø  1976 The Clown (producer)

Ø  1975 End of the Game (producer)

Ø  1973 The Pedestrian (producer)

Ø  1968 The Castle (co-producer)

Self Credits

Ø  2014 ZDF-Fernsehgarten (TV Series documentary) as Himself - on tour in Kitzbühel (2014) ... Himself

Ø  2013 Kölner Treff (TV Series) as Himself - Episode dated 27 December 2013 (2013) ... Himself

Ø  2013 Markus Lanz (TV Series) as Himself - Episode #6.134 (2013) ... Himself

Ø  2012 Kulturzeit (TV Series) as Himself - Episode dated 25 June 2012 (2012) ... Himself

Ø  2012 Wir sind Kaiser (TV Series) as Himself - Europas Rettung (2012) ... Himself

Ø  2004-2011 Imperium (TV Series documentary) as Himself - Presenter / Himself - Der Kriegsruf der Indianer (2011) ... Himself - Presenter - Das Gold der Piraten (2011) ... Himself - Presenter - Der letzte Kampf der Ritter (2011) ... Himself - Presenter - Das Schwert der Shogune (2010) ... Himself - Presenter - Der Fluch des Diamanten (2010) ... Himself - Presenter

Ø  2005-2011 Terra X - Rätsel alter Weltkulturen (TV Series documentary) as Himself - Presenter / Narrator / Himself - presenter / ... - Imperium - Der Kriegsruf der Indianer (2011) ... Himself - presenter - Imperium - Das Gold der Piraten (2011) ... Himself - presenter - Imperium - Der letzte Kampf der Ritter (2011) ... Himself - Narrator - Das Schwert der Shogune (2010) ... Himself - Presenter - Imperium - Der Fluch des Diamanten (2010) ... Himself - Presenter

Ø  2002-2011 Seitenblicke (TV Series documentary) as Himself - Episode dated 19 March 2011 (2011) ... Himself (uncredited) - Premiere: Meine Schwester Maria (2002) ... Himself

Ø  2010 Maximilian Schell - Ein sehnsüchtiger Rebell (TV Movie documentary) as Himself - Narrator

Ø  2010 Riverboat - Die MDR-Talkshow aus Leipzig (TV Series documentary) as Himself - Episode dated 22 October 2010 (2010) ... Himself

Ø  2010 Im Gespräch mit Teddy Podgorski (TV Series) as Himself

Ø  2009 Bambi Verleihung 2009 (TV Movie) as Himself - Winner

Ø  2008 Wiener Opernball (TV Series) as Himself - Episode dated 31 January 2008 (2008) ... Himself

Ø  2007 Verstörung - und eine Art von Poesie. Die Filmlegende Bernhard Wicki (Documentary) as Himself

Ø  2007 Brando (TV Movie documentary) as Himself

Ø  2006 The Salzburg Festival (Video documentary) as Himself

Ø  2003-2006 Die Johannes B. Kerner Show (TV Series) as Himself - Episode dated 27 April 2006 (2006) ... Himself - Episode dated 13 September 2005 (2005) ... Himself - Episode dated 12 March 2003 (2003) ... Himself

Ø  2005 Tavis Smiley (TV Series) as Himself - Episode dated 3 June 2005 (2005) ... Himself

Ø  2005 Das Bibelrätsel (TV Series documentary) as Narrator - Der Mann aus Nazareth (2005) ... Narrator - Der Zorn Gottes (2005) ... Narrator - Jenseits von Eden (2005) ... Narrator - Mythos Moses (2005) ... Narrator

Ø  2003-2005 Beckmann (TV Series) as Himself - Episode dated 28 February 2005 (2005) ... Himself - Episode dated 8 September 2003 (2003) ... Himself

Ø  2004 In Conversation: Abby Mann and Maximillian Schell (Video documentary short) as Himself

Ø  2004 Ninth November Night (Documentary short) as Himself

Ø  2004 Hinter den Fassaden - Die Geheimnisse der Wiener Ringstrasse (TV Movie documentary) as Himself

Ø  2004 Sphinx - Geheimnisse der Geschichte (TV Series documentary) as Himself - Presenter - Der Fall Karthagos (2004) ... Himself - Presenter - Kampf um Rom (2004) ... Himself - Presenter

Ø  2004 Menschen bei Maischberger (TV Series) as Himself - Episode dated 6 April 2004 (2004) ... Himself

Ø  2003 The 75th Annual Academy Awards (TV Special) as Himself - Past Winner

Ø  2002 Leute heute (TV Series documentary) as Himself - Episode dated 28 May 2002 (2002) ... Himself - Aus Cannes (2002) ... Himself

Ø  2002 Gero von Boehm begegnet... (TV Series documentary) as Himself - Maximilian Schell (2002) ... Himself

Ø  2002 My Sister Maria (Documentary) as Himself

Ø  2001 Wetten, dass..? (TV Series) as Himself - Wetten, dass..? aus Dresden (2001) ... Himself

Ø  2001 2001 World Awards (TV Movie) as Himself

Ø  2000 Hamlet in Hollywood - Die Welten des Maximilian Schell (Documentary) as Himself

Ø  1998 What's the Bet? (TV Series) as Himself - Episode dated 20 November 1998 (1998) ... Himself

Ø  1998 The 70th Annual Academy Awards (TV Special) as Himself - Past Winner (uncredited)

Ø  1996-1997 Die Harald Schmidt Show (TV Series) as Himself - Show #346 (1997) ... Himself - Show #57 (1996) ... Himself

Ø  1996 Claudio Abbado: Die Stille nach der Musik (TV Movie documentary) as Actor

Ø  1996 Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen (TV Series documentary) as Quote Reader - Censored (1996) ... Quote Reader (voice, as Maximillian Schell)

Ø  1994 Ein Freund, ein guter Freund - Heinz Rühmann 1902-1994 (TV Movie documentary) as Himself

Ø  1994 The 51st Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV Movie) as Himself - Presenter

Ø  1993 Lara - Meine Jahre mit Boris Pasternak (Documentary) as Narrator

Ø  1993 The 50th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV Movie) as Himself - Winner: Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV

Ø  1993 Vision 2000 (Documentary) as Himself

Ø  1991 Labyrinth as Himself

Ø  1991 Glaube, Liebe, Hoffnung in Moskau (TV Movie documentary) as Himself

Ø  1991 The 48th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV Special) as Himself - Presenter

Ø  1990 You Can't Live Like That (Documentary) as German Commentator

Ø  1990 Ich über mich - Autobiographische Notizen von Bernhard Wicki (TV Movie documentary) as Himself

Ø  1990 7th Annual American Cinema Awards (TV Special) as Himself

Ø  1987-1989 Showgeschichten (TV Series) as Himself - Maria Schell (1989) ... Himself - Maximilian Schell (1987) ... Himself

Ø  1965-1986 Today (TV Series) as Himself - Episode #35.112 (1986) ... Himself - Episode dated 15 October 1965 (1965) ... Himself

Ø  1984 Étoiles et toiles (TV Series documentary) as Himself - Festival de Berlin 1984 (1984) ... Himself

Ø  1984 Marlene (Documentary) as Himself

Ø  1983 The Great Hamlets (TV Mini-Series documentary) as Himself

Ø  1982 Bernstein/Beethoven (TV Mini-Series documentary) as Commentator

Ø  1978 Gespräche mit 'Jedermann' (TV Mini-Series) as Himself - Host

Ø  1976-1978 Good Morning America (TV Series) as Himself - Episode dated 31 March 1978 (1978) ... Himself - Episode dated 1 March 1978 (1978) ... Himself - Episode #1.97 (1976) ... Himself

Ø  1978 V.I.P.-Schaukel (TV Series documentary) as Himself - Episode #8.2 (1978) ... Himself

Ø  1975-1978 The Mike Douglas Show (TV Series) as Himself - Episode dated 2 March 1978 (1978) ... Himself - Episode dated 29 August 1975 (1975) ... Himself

Ø  1976 The 2nd Annual People's Choice Awards (TV Special) as Himself - Presenter: Favourite Movie Actress

Ø  1975 Je später der Abend... (TV Series) as Himself - Episode dated 12 February 1975 (1975) ... Himself

Ø  1974 Die Verwandlungen des M.S. (TV Movie documentary) as Himself

Ø  1974 The Merv Griffin Show (TV Series) as Himself - Episode #11.121 (1974) ... Himself

Ø  1971 The 43rd Annual Academy Awards (TV Special) as Himself - Nominee: Best Foreign Language Film

Ø  1970 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV Series) as Himself - Episode dated 10 September 1970 (1970) ... Himself

Ø  1969 The David Frost Show (TV Series) as Himself - Episode #2.59 (1969) ... Himself

Ø  1969 The Joe Namath Show (TV Series) as Himself - Episode #1.6 (1969) ... Himself

Ø  1969 The Joan Rivers Show (TV Series) as Himself - Successful Films (1969) ... Himself

Ø  1968 Flash 14 (Short documentary) as Himself

Ø  1967 The Beautiful Blue and Red Danube (TV Movie documentary) as Narrator

Ø  1966 Late Show London (TV Series) as Himself - Episode #1.25 (1966) ... Himself

Ø  1965 Publicity (TV Movie documentary) as Himself

Ø  1965 John F. Kennedy: Years of Lightning, Day of Drums (Documentary) (German narrator)

Ø  1963 The 35th Annual Academy Awards (TV Special) as Himself - Presenter: Best Actress in a Leading Role

Ø  1962 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV Series) as Hans Rolfe - scene from 'Judgement at Nuremberg' - Episode #15.31 (1962) ... Hans Rolfe - scene from 'Judgement at Nuremberg'

Ø  1962 The 34th Annual Academy Awards (TV Special) as Himself - Winner: Best Actor in a Leading Role

Ø  1961-1962 Here's Hollywood (TV Series) as Himself - Episode #2.100 (1962) ... Himself - Episode #1.189 (1961) ... Himself

Ø  1961 The Jack Paar Tonight Show (TV Series) as Himself - Episode #5.58 (1961) ... Himself

Awards and Nominations

Ø  1961: Won the Academy Award for Best Actor for the American film "Judgment at Nuremberg".

Ø  1965: Ondas Award (Best Actor)

Ø  1979: Golden Hugo Award for Tales from the Vienna Woods

Ø  1980: German Film Award in Silver (program-filling feature film) for Tales from the Vienna Woods

Ø  1984: German Film Award, Film Award for the role Morning in Alabama

Ø  1985: Golden Globe nomination (documentary) for Marlene

Ø  1985: Merit Cross 1st Class of the Federal Republic of Germany (Verdienstkreuz 1. Klasse)

Ø  1985: Nominated for Academy Award for Documentary Feature for Marlene

Ø  1990: Honorary Award of the German Film Award

Ø  1992: Emmy Award nomination (Best Actor) in the TV film Miss Rose White

Ø  1999: Method Fest for Lifetime Achievement

Ø  1999: Platinum Romy for Lifetime Achievement

Ø  2000: Satellite Award, Mary Pickford Award for Lifetime Achievement

Ø  2002: Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, 1st class

Ø  2002: Bambi Award

Ø  2006: Honorary Award of the Bavarian Film Awards for artistic mastery and humanism

Ø  2008: Diva Award for Lifetime Achievement

Ø  2009: Premio Roma

Ø  2009: Bambi Award for Lifetime Achievement

2011: Honorary Award of the Ber