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.
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.
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Filmography (Movies)
Les brigands
Character:Mr. Escher
Release Date:26/02/2015
Jedermann Remixed
Character:Jedermann (archive footage)
Release Date:31/07/2011
Maximilian Schell - Ein sehnsüchtiger Rebell
Character:Self
Release Date:03/12/2010
Black Flowers
Character:Jacob Krinsten
Release Date:18/09/2009
Darkness
Character:
Release Date:07/07/2009
The Brothers Bloom
Character:Diamond Dog
Release Date:09/09/2008
The Shell Seekers
Character:Lawrence Sterne
Release Date:18/10/2007
Die Rosenkönigin
Character:Karl Friedrich Weidemann
Release Date:05/10/2007
Verstörung - und eine Art von Poesie. Die Filmlegende Bernhard Wicki
Character:Himself
Release Date:11/06/2007
House of the Sleeping Beauties
Character:Kogi
Release Date:02/11/2006
Die Alpenklinik
Character:Dr. Alexander Ohlendorf
Release Date:01/05/2006
Die Liebe eines Priesters
Character:Father Christoph
Release Date:20/05/2005
In Conversation: Abby Mann and Maximillian Schell
Character:Self
Release Date:07/09/2004
The Return of the Dancing Master
Character:Fernando Hereira
Release Date:08/04/2004
Coast to Coast
Character:Casimir
Release Date:03/04/2004
Alles Glück dieser Erde
Character:Xaver Schönborn
Release Date:21/12/2003
Der Bestseller - Mord auf italienisch
Character:Karl Steingraf
Release Date:08/11/2002
My Sister Maria
Character:Himself
Release Date:01/03/2002
Festival in Cannes
Character:Viktor Kovner
Release Date:03/11/2001
I Love You, Baby
Character:Walter Ekland
Release Date:20/04/2000
Just Messing About
Character:Poser
Release Date:06/01/2000
On the Wings of Love
Character:Hochberg
Release Date:08/04/1999
Vampires
Character:Cardinal Alba
Release Date:30/10/1998
Deep Impact
Character:Jason Lerner
Release Date:08/05/1998
Left Luggage
Character:Mr. Silberschmidt
Release Date:30/03/1998
Telling Lies in America
Character:Dr. Istvan Jonas
Release Date:02/08/1997
Zwischen Rosen
Character:Carl Stern
Release Date:18/02/1997
The Eighteenth Angel
Character:Father Simeon
Release Date:01/01/1997
The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years
Character:Cardinal Vittorio
Release Date:11/02/1996
The Vampyre Wars
Character:Rodan
Release Date:01/01/1996
Little Odessa
Character:Arkady Shapira
Release Date:28/10/1994
Abraham
Character:Pharao
Release Date:12/12/1993
Candles in the Dark
Character:Colonel Arkush
Release Date:03/12/1993
Justice
Character:Isaak Kohler
Release Date:14/10/1993
A Far Off Place
Character:Col. Mopani Theron
Release Date:12/03/1993
Stalin
Character:Vladimir Lenin
Release Date:21/11/1992
Miss Rose White
Character:Mordecai Weiss
Release Date:26/04/1992
Labyrinth
Character:The Filmmaker
Release Date:27/11/1991
Why Havel?
Character:
Release Date:01/10/1991
You Can't Live Like That
Character:German Commentator
Release Date:01/09/1990
The Freshman
Character:Larry London
Release Date:20/07/1990
The Rose Garden
Character:Aaron
Release Date:22/12/1989
The Assisi Underground
Character:Col. Müller
Release Date:03/05/1985
To Be Hamlet
Character:Self
Release Date:19/01/1985
Marlene
Character:Himself
Release Date:01/10/1984
Man Under Suspicion
Character:Lawyer Landau
Release Date:06/04/1984
Les Îles
Character:Fabrice
Release Date:16/03/1983
The Phantom of the Opera
Character:Sandor Korvin/Phantom
Release Date:29/01/1983
The Chosen
Character:Professor David Malter
Release Date:20/08/1981
The Diary of Anne Frank
Character:Otto Frank
Release Date:17/11/1980
The Black Hole
Character:Dr. Hans Reinhardt
Release Date:18/12/1979
Together?
Character:Giovanni
Release Date:14/12/1979
Avalanche Express
Character:Colonel Nikolai Bunin
Release Date:27/09/1979
Players
Character:Marco
Release Date:08/06/1979
Tales from the Vienna Woods
Character:Theatre Visitor
Release Date:01/01/1979
End of the Game
Character:Robert Schmied on Audiotape (voice) (uncredited)
Release Date:05/05/1978
Julia
Character:Johann
Release Date:01/10/1977
A Bridge Too Far
Character:General der Waffen-SS Wilhelm Bittrich
Release Date:15/06/1977
Cross of Iron
Character:Hauptmann Stransky
Release Date:29/01/1977
St. Ives
Character:Dr. John Constable
Release Date:24/02/1976
The Day That Shook the World
Character:Đuro Šarac
Release Date:31/10/1975
The Man in the Glass Booth
Character:Arthur Goldman
Release Date:27/01/1975
The Odessa File
Character:Eduard Roschmann
Release Date:17/10/1974
The Pedestrian
Character:Andreas Giese
Release Date:05/09/1973
Pope Joan
Character:Adrian
Release Date:16/08/1972
Paulina 1880
Character:Count Michele Cantarini
Release Date:09/06/1972
First Love
Character:Vater
Release Date:07/10/1970
Simón Bolívar
Character:Simón Bolívar
Release Date:12/09/1969
Krakatoa, East of Java
Character:Captain Chris Hanson
Release Date:26/12/1968
Heidi
Character:Richard Sessemann
Release Date:01/11/1968
The Castle
Character:K
Release Date:30/08/1968
Counterpoint
Character:Gen. Schiller
Release Date:22/12/1967
The Desperate Ones
Character:Marek
Release Date:26/07/1967
The Deadly Affair
Character:Dieter Frey
Release Date:26/01/1967
Die venezianischen Zwillinge
Character:Zanetto und Tonio
Release Date:26/12/1966
John F. Kennedy: Years of Lightning, Day of Drums
Character:German Narrator
Release Date:10/04/1966
Return from the Ashes
Character:Stanislaw Pilgrin
Release Date:16/11/1965
Der seidene Schuh
Character:Don Rodrigo
Release Date:10/04/1965
Topkapi
Character:Walter Harper
Release Date:02/09/1964
The Reluctant Saint
Character:Giuseppe
Release Date:02/11/1962
The Condemned of Altona
Character:Franz von Gerlach
Release Date:30/10/1962
Five Finger Exercise
Character:Walter
Release Date:19/04/1962
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
Character:Hamlet
Release Date:25/12/1961
Judgment at Nuremberg
Character:Hans Rolfe
Release Date:18/12/1961
The Fifth Column
Character:
Release Date:29/01/1960
Eine Dummheit macht auch der Gescheiteste
Character:Jegor Dmitritsch Glumow
Release Date:29/06/1959
Judgment at Nuremberg
Character:Otto Rolfe
Release Date:16/04/1959
Die sechste Frau
Character:Henry Howard
Release Date:22/01/1959
Die Bernauerin
Character:Herzog Albrecht von Bayern
Release Date:11/12/1958
Children of the Mountains
Character:Josef Ospel
Release Date:15/10/1958
The Young Lions
Character:Capt. Hardenberg
Release Date:02/04/1958
Der Meisterdieb
Character:
Release Date:15/01/1958
The Last Ones Shall Be First
Character:Lorenz Darrandt
Release Date:03/07/1957
Taxichauffeur Bänz
Character:Toni Schellenberg
Release Date:25/06/1957
Ein Herz kehrt heim
Character:Wolfgang Thomas, beider Sohn
Release Date:25/10/1956
Die Ehe des Dr. med. Danwitz
Character:Dr. Oswald Hauser
Release Date:28/03/1956
The Girl from Flanders
Character:Alexander Haller
Release Date:16/02/1956
Ripening Youth
Character:Jürgen Sengebusch
Release Date:14/09/1955
The Plot to Assassinate Hitler
Character:Mitglied des Kreisauer Kreises
Release Date:21/06/1955
Children, Mother, and the General
Character:Soldat, der nicht mehr mitmacht
Release Date:04/03/1955
Television Appearances
Im Gespräch mit Teddy Podgorski
Character:Self
Markus Lanz
Character:Self
Imperium der Päpste
Character:Sprecher
Pilawas großes Geschichts-Quiz
Character:Self
Semperopernball
Character:Self
G&G – Gesichter und Geschichten
Character:Self
Servus, Hansi Hinterseer
Character:Self
Kulturplatz
Character:Self
Der Fürst und das Mädchen
Character:
Der Fürst und das Mädchen
Character:Friedrich Fürst von Thorwald
Menschen bei Maischberger
Character:Self
Gero von Boehm begegnet...
Character:Self
Liebe, Lügen, Leidenschaften
Character:Franz Steininger
Joan of Arc
Character:Brother Jean le Maistre
Beckmann
Character:Self
The Johannes B. Kerner Show
Character:Self
Die Harald Schmidt Show
Character:Self
Lebens-Künstler
Character:Self
Kulturzeit
Character:self
alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio
Character:Self
Abraham
Character:Pharaoh
Abraham
Character:Pharao
Riverboat
Character:Self
Young Catherine
Character:Frederick the Great
Romy Award
Character:Self
Seitenblicke
Character:self
Wiseguy
Character:Amado Guzman
Nachtcafé
Character:Self
Showgeschichten
Character:self
Peter the Great
Character:Peter the Great
Goldene Kamera
Character:Self - Presenter
Heut' abend
Character:Self
Bavarian Film Awards
Character:Self
NDR Talk Show
Character:Self
Kölner Treff
Character:Self
People's Choice Awards
Character:Self
Je später der Abend
Character:Self
V.I.P. Schaukel
Character:Self
The Three Musketeers
Character:
The Dick Cavett Show
Character:Self - Guest
Der seidene Schuh
Character:Don Rodrigo
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Character:
Stars in the Ring
Character:Self
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Character:
Playhouse 90
Character:Otto Rolfe
The Oscars
Character:Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Character:Rose's Father
German Film Award
Character:Self
Bambi
Character:Self - Laudation
Bambi
Character:Self
Images
