
May 6, 1902 · 124 years old
Maximillian Oppenheimer (6 May 1902 – 26 March 1957) — known as Max Ophüls — was an influential German film director who worked in Germany (1931–33), France (1933–40), the United States (1947–50), and France again (1950–57). He is best known for his smooth camera movements and complex tracking shots…

A pianist about to flee from a duel receives a letter from a woman he cannot remember, who may hold the key to his downfall.

When an aristocratic woman known only as "Madame de . . ." sells a pair of earrings given to her by her husband in order to pay some debts, she sets off a chain reaction of financial and carnal consequences that can end only in de...

When she is reduced to appearing in a circus, a notorious beauty thinks back on her past loves.

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