deaths
March 26, 1957
Max Ophüls, German-American director and screenwriter (born 1902)
Max Ophüls
Maximillian Oppenheimer, known as Max Ophüls or simply Ophuls, was a German and French film director, screenwriter and art director. He was known for his opulent and lyrical visual style, with heavy use of tracking shots, and his melancholic, romantic themes. The Harvard Film Archive referred to Ophüls as "a supreme stylist of the cinema and a master storyteller."