Mini-Biography:
Maximilian Schell was born on December 8, 1930 in Wien. He was a Swiss Actor, Director, Producer, known for Das Schloss (1968), Der Fussgänger (1971), Trotta (1971), Maximilian Schell's first movie on record is from 1954. He was married to Natalya Andreychenko (1985-2005) and Iva Mihanovic (2013-2014). Maximilian Schell died on February 1, 2014 in Innsbruck. His last motion picture on file dates from 2012.
Biographical Notes
2001 mit dem Siemens Life Award ausgezeichnet.
FilmographyFilmography [Auszug]
2012: Die Räuber (Cast), Directed by Frank Hoffmann, Pol Cruchten, with , Isild Le Besco,
2007: Die Rosenkönigin (Cast: Karl Friedrich Weidemann), Directed by Peter Weck, with , Erol Sander,
2006: Die Alpenklinik (Cast: Dr. Ohlendorf), Directed by Udo Witte, with Erol Sander, Anica Dobra, ,
2005: Die Liebe eines Priesters (Cast: Pater Christoph), Directed by Franz Josef Gottlieb, with Erol Sander, Andrea Eckert,
2004: Die Rückkehr des Tanzlehrers (Cast: Fernando Hereira), Directed by Urs Egger, with Tobias Moretti, Veronica Ferres,
2003: Alles Glück dieser Erde (Cast: Xaver Schönborn), Directed by Otto W. Retzer, with Uschi Glas, Peter Simonischek,
2003: Der Fürst und das Mädchen (Cast: Fürst Thorwald), Directed by Richard Engel, Axel de Roche, with Christina Plate, Rike Schmid,
2002: Der Bestseller - Mord auf italienisch (Cast: Karl Steingraf), Directed by Jörg Grünler, with Ottfried Fischer, Andrea Eckert,
2002: Meine Schwester Maria (My Sister Maria) (Director), with Maria Schell,
2001: Festival in Cannes (Cast: Viktor Kovner), Directed by Henry Jaglom, with Anouk Aimée, Greta Scacchi,
2001: Liebe, Lügen, Leidenschaften (Cast: Franz Steininger), Directed by Marco Serafini, with Philipp Brenninkmeyer, Rosemarie Fendel, Florian Fischer,
2000: Hamlet in Hollywood (Cast: Maximilian Schell), Directed by Gero von Böhm,
1999: Fisimateten (Cast: Poser), Directed by Jochen Kuhn, with Tonio Arango, Nora Barner, Anja Herden,
1998: Deep Impact (Cast), Directed by Mimi Leder, with Robert Duvall, Jon Favreau, Morgan Freeman,
1998: Wer liebt, dem wachsen Flügel (Cast), Directed by Gabriel Barylli, with Verona Feldbusch, Gudrun Landgrebe, Lisa Martinek,
1998: I love you Baby (Cast: Walter Ekland), Directed by Nick Lyon, with Burkhard Driest, Jasmin Gerat, Mario Irrek,
1998: Vampires (John Carpenter's Vampires, Vampire) (Cast: Kardinal Alba), Directed by John Carpenter, with Daniel Baldwin, James Woods, Frank Darabont,
1997: Maestro (Cast), Directed by Bernhard Sinkel, with Henry Arnold, Marie-Christine Barrault, Nina Hoss,
1997: Left Luggage (Cast), Directed by Jeroen Krabbé, with Laura Fraser, Jeroen Krabbe, Miriam Margolyes,
1997: The Eighteenth Angel (The 18th Angel) (Cast: Pater Simeon), Directed by William Bindley, with , Rachel Leigh Cook, Christopher McDonald,
1996: Through Roses (Cast: Carl), Directed by Jürgen Flimm, with Ellen Flimm, Evelyn Matzura,
1994: Little Odessa (Cast), Directed by James Gray, with Edward Furlong, Moira Kelly, Vanessa Redgrave,
1993: Candles in the Dark (Director), with Alyssa Milano, Chad Lowe, Günther Maria Halmer,
1993: The Bible - Abraham (Cast: Pharao), Directed by Joseph Sargent, with Vittorio Gassman, Richard Harris, Barbara Hershey,
1993: A Far off place (Cast: col. Theron), Directed by Mikael Salomon, with Ethan Randall, Jack Thompson,
1992: Justiz (Justice) (Cast: Dr.Kohler), Directed by Hans W. Geissendörfer, with Hark Bohm, Teresa Harder, Thomas Heinze,
1991: Labyrinth (Cast), Directed by Jaromil Jires, with Christopher Chaplin, Miloš Kopecký,
1990: Freshman (Cast: Chefkoch), Directed by Andrew Bergman, with Marlon Brando, Matthew Broderick, Bruno Kirby,
1990: The Rosegarden (The Rose Garden) (Cast: Aaron Reichenbacher), Directed by Fons Rademakers, with Gila Almagor, Mareike Carrière, Peter Fonda,
1990: Young Catherine (Cast: Friedrich der Grosse), Directed by Michael Anderson, with Reece Dinsdale, Mark Frankel,
1985: Peter the Great (Pierre le Grand, Pietro il Grande) (Cast), Directed by Marvin J. Chomsky, Lawrence Schiller, with Helmut Griem, Günther Maria Halmer, Jan Niklas,
1985: Der Föhnforscher (Producer), Directed by Herbert Achternbusch, with Herbert Achternbusch, Franz Baumgartner, Hartmut Geerken,
1985: The Assisi Underground (Cast: Kommandant Müller), Directed by Alexander Ramati, with Riccardo Cucciolla, Karlheinz Hackl, James Mason,
1983: Morgen in Alabama (Man under suspicion) (Cast: Landau), Directed by Norbert Kückelmann, with Robert Aldini, Robert Atzorn, Wolfgang Kieling,
1983: Marlene (Director),
1982: The Phantom of the Opera (Cast: Sandor Corvin), Directed by Robert Markowitz, with Jeremy Kemp, Jane Seymour,
1981: The Chosen (Cast), Directed by Jeremy Paul Kagan, with Val Avery, Robby Benson, Robert Burke,
1980: Arch of Triumph (Cast), Directed by Daniel Mann, with Suzanne Pleshette, Trevor Howard,
1979: Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald (Tales from the Vienna Woods) (Director), with Vera Borek, Lil Dagover, Birgit Doll,
1979: The Players (Cast), Directed by Anthony Harvey, with Steve Guttenberg,
1979: The Black Hole (Cast: Dr. Hans Reinhardt), Directed by Gary Nelson, with Ernest Borgnine, Joseph Bottoms, Robert Forster,
1978: Avalanche Express (Cast: Bunin), Directed by Monte Hellman, Mark Robson, with Horst Buchholz, Mike Connors, Linda Evans,
1977: Julia (Cast: Hal Holbrook), Directed by Fred Zinnemann, with Vanessa Redgrave, , ,
1977: Cross of Iron (Das eiserne Kreuz) (Cast: Hauptmann Stransky), Directed by Sam Peckinpah, with Senta Berger, Arthur Brauss, James Coburn,
1976: A Bridge too Far (Cast: General Bittrich), Directed by Richard Attenborough, with Ryan O'Neal, Dirk Bogarde, James Caan,
1975: Die Ansichten eines Clowns (Producer), Directed by Vojtech Jasny, with Helga Anders, Rainer Basedow, Hans Christian Blech,
1975: Der Richter und sein Henker (End of the Game) (Director), with Jacqueline Bisset, Kathrin Brunner, Rita Calderoni,
1975: St. Ives (Cast: Constable), Directed by J. Lee Thompson, with Jacqueline Bisset, Charles Bronson, Harry Guardino,
1974: The Odessa File (Akta Odessy) (Cast), Directed by Ronald Neame, with Jon Voight, Mary Tamm,
1971: Der Fussgänger (The Pedestrian) (Cast: Andreas Giese), with Gustav Rudolf Sellner, Dagmar Hirtz, Peter Hall,
1971: Trotta (Scenario), Directed by Johannes Schaaf, with Alf Beinell, Béla Bodonyi, Elma Bulla,
1970: First Love (Director), with Gisela Bock, Valentina Cortese, Marius Goring,
1968: Das Schloss (Cast: 'K'), Directed by Rudolf Noelte, with , ,
1968: Heidi (Cast: Onkel Richard), Directed by Delbert Mann, with Jennifer Edwards, Michael Redgrave, Zuleika Robson,
1968: Simon Bolivar (Cast: Simón Bolívar), Directed by Alessandro Blasetti, with Rosanna Schiaffino, Francisco Rabal,
1967: The Desperate Ones (Cast: Marek), Directed by Alexander Ramati, with Theodore Bikel, Alberto de Mendoza, Irene Papas,
1967: Krakatoa - East of Java (Cast: Kapitän Chris Hanson), Directed by Bernard L. Kowalski, with Diane Baker, Rossano Brazzi, J.D. Cannon,
1966: The deadly affair (Cast), Directed by Sidney Lumet, with Harriet Andersson, James Mason,
1965: Return from the Ashes (Cast: Stanislaus Pilgrin), Directed by J. Lee Thompson, with Jacques B. Brunius, Samantha Eggar, Herbert Lom,
1965: Der seidene Schuh (Cast: Don Rodrigo), Directed by Gustav Rudolf Sellner, with , Wolfgang Reichmann,
1964: Letters of Mozart - Briefe Mozarts (Cast), Directed by Hans Conrad Fischer,
1963: Topkapi (Cast: William Walter), Directed by Jules Dassin, with Joseph Dassin, Ege Ernart, Melina Mercouri,
1962: Five Finger Exercise (Cast: Walter), Directed by Daniel Mann, with Rosalind Russell, Jack Hawkins, Richard Beymer,
1961: Judgement at Nuremberg (Cast: Hans Rolfe, Verteidiger), Directed by Stanley Kramer, with Alan Baxter, Joseph Bernard, Edward Binns,
1961: The Reluctant Saint (Joseph Desa) (Cast), Directed by Edward Dmytryk, with Mark Damon, Harold Goldblatt, Ricardo Montalban,
1960: Hamlet (Cast), Directed by Franz Peter Wirth, with Hans Caninenberg, Dieter Kirchlechner,
1958: Kinder der Berge (Cast: Josef Ospel ), Directed by Georg Tressler, with Barbara Rütting, Heinrich Gretler,
1957: The Young Lions (Cast), Directed by Edward Dmytryk, with Marlon Brando, May Britt, Montgomery Clift,
1957: Taxichauffeur Bänz (Cast: Toni Schellenberg), Directed by Werner Düggelin, with Schaggi Streuli, Elisabeth Müller,
1956: Ein Herz kehrt heim (Cast: Wolfgang), Directed by Eugen York, Wolfgang Zeller, with Willy Birgel, Ursula Herking, Maria Holst,
1956: Die Ehe des Dr. med. Danwitz (Cast: Dr. Hauser), Directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt, with Karlheinz Böhm, Heidemarie Hatheyer, Marianne Koch,
1955: Ein Mädchen aus Flandern (The Girl from Flanders) (Cast), Directed by Helmut Käutner, with Erica Balqué, Nicole Berger, Victor De Kowa,
1955: Reifende Jugend (Cast: Jürgen Sengebusch ), Directed by Ulrich Erfurth, with Adelheid Seeck, Christine Keller, Charles Brauer,
1955: Der 20. Juli (Cast: Mitglied des Kreisauer Kreises ), Directed by Falk Harnack, with Wolfgang Preiss, Annemarie Düringer, Robert Freitag,
1954: Kinder, Mütter und ein General (Cast: Deserteur), Directed by Laszlo Benedek, with Hilde Krahl, Ewald Balser, Therese Giehse,
Bibliography
Felix Bucher / Leonhard Gmür: Germany, London and New York 1970