Ophüls

American  

[oh-fuhls, aw-fyls] / ˈoʊ fəls, ˈɔ füls /

noun

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

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Ophüls British  

/ ˈɔːfəls, ˈɔphyls /

noun

1. 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)

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Example Sentences

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

From New York Times • Aug. 4, 2022

Like a modern-day Max Ophüls, Cuarón choreographs sequences in beautifully sustained long takes, and the duration of those takes achieves a powerful moral weight.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 14, 2018

The movie “Letter From an Unknown Woman” shows Zweig and Ophüls at their best.

From New York Times • Dec. 13, 2017

Best known for “The Sorrow and the Pity,” his nearly five-hour 1969 examination of Nazi collaboration in France, Ophüls has always been transfixed by the question of how ordinary people succumb to madness.

From Washington Post • Sep. 8, 2017

Taking nothing away from Resnais’s achievements, it’s crucial to recognize that Ophüls provided the model for those achievements.

From The New Yorker • Jul. 29, 2016