Acting · Vienna, Austria · Born December 8, 1930
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 Nuremberg (1961). He was Oscar-nominated for playing a character with multiple identities in The Man in the Glass Booth (1975) and for playing a man resisting Nazism in Julia (1977). Fluent in both English and German, Schell earned top billing in a number of Nazi-era themed films. He acted in films such as Topkapi (1964), The Deadly Affair (1967), Counterpoint (1968), Simón Bolívar (1969), The Odessa File (1974), A Bridge Too Far (1977), and Deep Impact (1998). On television, he received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations for the NBC film Miss Rose White and the HBO television film Stalin (1992), the later of which earned him the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film. He also portrayed Otto Frank in the TV film The Diary of Anne Frank (1980), the Russian emperor Peter the Great in the NBC series Peter the Great (1986), Frederick the Great in the British series Young Catherine (1991), and Brother Jean le Maistre in the miniseries Joan of Arc (1999). Schell also performed in a number of stage plays, including a celebrated performance as Prince Hamlet. Schell was an accomplished pianist and conductor, performing with Claudio Abbado and Leonard Bernstein, and with orchestras in Berlin and Vienna. His elder sister was the internationally noted actress Maria Schell; he produced the documentary tribute My Sister Maria in 2002. Description above from the Wikipedia article Maximilian Schell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
MovieLes brigands
2015
as Mr. Escher
MovieJedermann Remixed
2011
as Jedermann (archive footage)
Maximilian Schell - Ein sehnsüchtiger Rebell
2010
as Self
Im Gespräch mit Teddy Podgorski
2010
as Self
MovieBlack Flowers
2009
as Jacob Krinsten
MovieDarkness
2009
MovieThe Brothers Bloom
2008
as Diamond Dog
TVMarkus Lanz
2008
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TVImperium der Päpste
2008
as Sprecher
MovieThe Shell Seekers
2007
as Lawrence Sterne
MovieDie Rosenkönigin
2007
as Karl Friedrich Weidemann
MovieVerstörung - und eine Art von Poesie. Die Filmlegende Bernhard Wicki
2007
as Himself
Pilawas großes Geschichts-Quiz
2007
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MovieHouse of the Sleeping Beauties
2006
as Kogi
MovieDie Alpenklinik
2006
as Dr. Alexander Ohlendorf
Semperopernball
2006
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MovieDie Liebe eines Priesters
2005
as Father Christoph
G&G – Gesichter und Geschichten
2005
as Self
Servus, Hansi Hinterseer
2004
as Self
MovieIn Conversation: Abby Mann and Maximillian Schell
2004
as Self
TVKulturplatz
2004
as Self
MovieThe Return of the Dancing Master
2004
as Fernando Hereira
MovieCoast to Coast
2004
as Casimir
MovieAlles Glück dieser Erde
2003
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TVDer Fürst und das Mädchen
2003
Menschen bei Maischberger
2003
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MovieDer Bestseller - Mord auf italienisch
2002
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Gero von Boehm begegnet...
2002
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MovieMy Sister Maria
2002
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TVLiebe, Lügen, Leidenschaften
2002
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MovieFestival in Cannes
2001
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I Love You, Baby
2000
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2000
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TVJoan of Arc
1999
as Brother Jean le Maistre
MovieOn the Wings of Love
1999
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TVBeckmann
1999
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Sternstunde Kunst
1998
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MovieVampires
1998
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1998
as Jason Lerner
MovieLeft Luggage
1998
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The Johannes B. Kerner Show
1998
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MovieTelling Lies in America
1997
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Zwischen Rosen
1997
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MovieThe Eighteenth Angel
1997
as Father Simeon
MovieThe Thorn Birds: The Missing Years
1996
as Cardinal Vittorio
MovieThe Vampyre Wars
1996
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MovieAbbado: The Silence that Follows the Music
1996
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TVDie Harald Schmidt Show
1995
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Lebens-Künstler
1995
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TVKulturzeit
1995
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TValfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio
1994
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1994
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1994
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MovieAbraham
1993
as Pharao
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1993
as Colonel Arkush
MovieJustice
1993
as Isaak Kohler
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1993
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1992
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1992
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1992
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1991
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1991
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1991
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1990
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1990
as Larry London
Romy Award
1990
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1989
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Seitenblicke
1987
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1987
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TVNachtcafé
1987
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Showgeschichten
1986
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1986
as Peter the Great
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1985
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MovieTo Be Hamlet
1985
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1984
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1984
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Goldene Kamera
1984
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1983
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1983
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1982
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1981
as Professor David Malter
MovieThe Diary of Anne Frank
1980
as Otto Frank
TVHeut' abend
1980
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1979
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1979
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Bavarian Film Awards
1979
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MovieAvalanche Express
1979
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1979
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MovieTales from the Vienna Woods
1979
as Theatre Visitor
TVNDR Talk Show
1979
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1978
as Robert Schmied on Audiotape (voice) (uncredited)
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1977
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MovieA Bridge Too Far
1977
as General der Waffen-SS Wilhelm Bittrich
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1977
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1976
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TVKölner Treff
1976
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1975
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TVPeople's Choice Awards
1975
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1975
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1974
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1973
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Je später der Abend
1973
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1972
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1972
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V.I.P. Schaukel
1971
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1970
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1969
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1969
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1968
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The Three Musketeers
1968
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1968
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1968
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1967
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1967
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1967
as Dieter Frey
Die venezianischen Zwillinge
1966
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1966
as German Narrator
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1965
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TVDer seidene Schuh
1965
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1964
as Walter Harper
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
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1962
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1962
as Franz von Gerlach
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1962
as Walter
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1961
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1961
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1960
Eine Dummheit macht auch der Gescheiteste
1959
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1959
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1959
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1959
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1958
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1958
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1958
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1958
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Der Meisterdieb
1958
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1957
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1957
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Ein Herz kehrt heim
1956
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1956
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1956
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1956
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Ripening Youth
1955
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1955
as Mitglied des Kreisauer Kreises
MovieChildren, Mother, and the General
1955
as Soldat, der nicht mehr mitmacht
TVThe Oscars
1953
as Self
TVHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Rose's Father
German Film Award
1951
as Self
TVBambi
1948
as Self - Laudation
