Circles of desire: the films of Max Ophuls

Document author(s):

David Thomson

Document source:

National Film Theatre (London, England)

Publication date:

September 2000

Document language:

English

Document type:

program

Number of pages:

8

Source pagination:

13-20

Document name subject:

Max Ophüls and Robert Siodmak

Document contains:

production co

Related films:

• Die lachende erben (The happy heirs) — Ophüls, Max — Germany — 1931
• Die verliebte firma (The company's in love) — Ophüls, Max — Germany — 1931
• Die verkaufte braut (The bartered bride) — Ophüls, Max — Germany — 1932
• Liebelei (Flirtation) — Ophüls, Max — Germany — 1933
• La signora di tutti — Ophüls, Max — Italy — 1934
• Divine — Ophüls, Max — France — 1935
• La tendre ennemie (The tender enemy) — Ophüls, Max — France — 1936
• Komedie om geld (The trouble with money) — Ophüls, Max — Netherlands — 1936
• La valse brillante — Ophüls, Max — France — 1936
• Ave maria — Ophüls, Max — France — 1936
• Yoshiwara — Ophüls, Max — France — 1937
• Le roman de Werther (The novel of Werther) — Ophüls, Max — France — 1938
• Sans lendemain — Ophüls, Max — France — 1939
• De Mayerling à Sarajevo — Ophüls, Max — France — 1940
• Phantom lady — Siodmak, Robert — United States — 1944
• The exile — Ophüls, Max — United States — 1947
• Letter from an unknown woman — Ophüls, Max — United States — 1948
• The reckless moment — Ophüls, Max — United States — 1949
• Caught — Ophüls, Max — United States — 1949
• La ronde — Ophüls, Max — France — 1950
• Le plaisir — Ophüls, Max — France — 1951
• Madame de... (The earrings of Madame de...) — Ophüls, Max — France; Italy — 1953
• Lola Montès — Ophüls, Max — France; Germany — 1955

Film country(ies):

France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, and United States

Film language(s):

Dutch, English, French, German, and Italian

Film production company:

Cinetone Productie Maatschappij, Columbia Pictures, Compagnie des Grands Artistes Internationaux, Eden Productions, Elite Tonfilm Prod., GmbH, Enterprise Studios, Film Indus, Franco London Films, Gamma Films, Gray-Film, Les Films Excelsior, Novella Films, Oska Films, Reichsliga-Film GmbH, Rizzoli Film Sp.A., Sacha Gordine, Stera Films, UFA, Universal Pictures, and Universal-International

Film genre(s):

Adaptation, Biographical, Comedy, Drama, Feature, Film noir, Historical, Melodrama, Mystery, Opera, Romance, and Short

Film subject(s):

• Actresses -- Drama
• Adultery -- Drama
• Adultery -- France -- Drama
• Arranged marriage -- Czechoslovakia -- Drama
• Austria -- History -- 1867-1918 -- Drama
• Bank employees -- Netherlands -- Drama
• Circus -- Drama
• Courtesans -- Drama
• Dancers -- Drama
• Dueling -- France -- Drama
• Extortion -- Drama
• Family life -- Germany -- Drama
• Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria, 1863-1914 -- Drama
• Gangsters -- Drama
• Geishas -- Japan -- Drama
• Ghosts -- Drama
• Honor -- Drama
• Inheritance and succession -- Germany -- Drama
• Irish, William, 1903-1968. Phantom lady -- Film and video adaptations
• Letters -- Drama
• Love -- Drama
• Ludwig II, King of Bavaria, 1845-1886 -- Drama
• Man-woman relationships -- Austria -- Drama
• Man-woman relationships -- Drama
• Man-woman relationships -- France -- Drama
• Marriage -- Drama
• Marriage -- United States -- Drama
• Marriage brokerage -- Czechoslovakia -- Drama
• Married women -- United States -- Drama
• Maupassant, Guy de, 1850-1893 -- Film and video adaptations
• Mental illness -- United States -- Drama
• Middle class -- California -- Drama
• Montez, Lola, 1818-1861 -- Drama
• Motion picture actors and actresses -- Drama
• Murder -- Investigation -- New York -- Drama
• Musicians -- Austria -- Drama
• Physicians -- United States -- Drama
• Prostitutes -- Japan -- Drama
• Rich people -- United States -- Drama
• Schnitzler, Arthur, 1862-1931. Liebelei -- Film and video adaptations
• Schnitzler, Arthur, 1862-1931. Reigen -- Film and video adaptations
• Smetana, Bedrich, 1824-1884. Prodana nevesta -- Film and video adaptations
• Soldiers -- Austria -- Drama
• Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- France -- Drama
• Unmarried mothers -- Austria -- Drama
• Unmarried mothers -- Drama
• Upper class -- France -- Drama
• Wife abuse -- United States -- Drama
• Yoshiwara (Tokyo, Japan) -- Social conditions -- Drama

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