Ophüls

[ oh-fuhls; German aw-fyls ]

noun

1. Max [maks, mahks], Max Oppenheimer, 1902–57, German film director, in Germany, France, and the U.S.

Ophüls

/ ˈɔːfəls; ˈɔphyls /

noun

1. OphülsMax19021957MGermanFILMS AND TV: director Max (maks). 1902–57, German film director, whose films include Liebelei (1932), La Signora di tutti (1934), La Ronde (1950), Le Plaisir (1952), and Lola Montes (1955)

Example Sentences

Aimée’s career was, in a sense, attended by the ghost of the German director Max Ophuls, whose graceful camera was often trained on some of cinema’s most distinctive leading ladies.

From New York Times

And Demy’s “Lola” was inspired not just by the character made immortal by Marlene Dietrich in “The Blue Angel” but also by the courtesan chronicled in Ophuls’s last completed picture, “ Lola Montès.”

From New York Times

Touchstones ranged from Disney cartoons to Max Ophuls.

From Seattle Times

Instead, its fame spread in translation, including French film adaptations by Max Ophüls and Roger Vadim.

From New York Times

In the sumptuousness of its mise-en-scène, the elusiveness of its desires and the poignancy of its requiem for a vanishing era, “Francisca” owes something to the historical epics of Luchino Visconti and, despite its much more stationary camera, the swirling romantic roundelays of Max Ophüls.

From Los Angeles Times