Actor
Maximilian Schell
- Born: 8 April 1930, Vienna, Austria
- Estimated net worth: 10 million USD
Maximilian Schell was a renowned Austrian actor and director known for his powerful performances in films such as 'Judgment at Nuremberg' and 'The Man in the Glass Booth'. His career spanned over six decades, earning him an Academy Award for Best Actor…
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About Maximilian Schell
Maximilian Schell was a renowned Austrian actor and director known for his powerful performances in films such as 'Judgment at Nuremberg' and 'The Man in the Glass Booth'. His career spanned over six decades, earning him an Academy Award for Best Actor. Schell was celebrated for his distinctive voice and ability to portray complex characters across various genres.
- Born
- 8 April 1930, Vienna, Austria
- Died
- 1 February 2014
- Known for
- Acting
- Height
- 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
- Spouses
- Ingrid M. Schell (1985-2002)
- Children
- 2; Anne Schell, Maximilian Schell Jr.
- Parents
- Franz Schell, Maria Schell
- Estimated net worth
- 10 million USD
Fun facts about Maximilian Schell
- Maximilian Schell won an Academy Award for Best Actor in 1962 for his role in 'Judgment at Nuremberg'.
- In addition to acting, Schell was also a successful director and writer, with several documentaries to his credit.
Famous Maximilian Schell quotes
“What is it that you want?”
“I am not a monster.”
“You cannot kill the past.”
Maximilian Schell filmography
Cast (151)
| Year | Title | Character | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Les brigands Movie | Mr. Escher | 3.4 |
| 2011 | Jedermann Remixed Movie | Jedermann (archive footage) | |
| 2010 | Maximilian Schell - Ein sehnsüchtiger Rebell Movie | Self | |
| 2010 | Im Gespräch mit Teddy Podgorski TV | Self | |
| 2010 | Das blaue Sofa TV | Self | |
| 2009 | Black Flowers Movie | Jacob Krinsten | 4.8 |
| 2009 | Darkness Movie | Unknown character | 4.1 |
| 2009 | The Brothers Bloom Movie | Diamond Dog | 6.6 |
| 2008 | Markus Lanz TV | Self | 5.5 |
| 2008 | Imperium der Päpste TV | Sprecher |
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| Year | Title | Character | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | The Shell Seekers Movie | Lawrence Sterne | 6.9 |
| 2007 | Die Rosenkönigin Movie | Karl Friedrich Weidemann | 5.6 |
| 2007 | Verstörung - und eine Art von Poesie. Die Filmlegende Bernhard Wicki Movie | Himself | |
| 2007 | Pilawas großes Geschichts-Quiz TV | Self | |
| 2006 | House of the Sleeping Beauties Movie | Kogi | 5.3 |
| 2006 | Die Alpenklinik Movie | Dr. Alexander Ohlendorf | 2.3 |
| 2006 | Semperopernball TV | Self | |
| 2005 | Die Liebe eines Priesters Movie | Father Christoph | 10.0 |
| 2005 | G&G - Gesichter und Geschichten TV | Self | 4.0 |
| 2004 | Servus, Hansi Hinterseer TV | Self | |
| 2004 | In Conversation: Abby Mann and Maximillian Schell Movie | Self | 9.0 |
| 2004 | Kulturplatz TV | Self | 6.0 |
| 2004 | The Return of the Dancing Master Movie | Fernando Hereira | 5.2 |
| 2004 | Coast to Coast Movie | Casimir | 7.0 |
| 2003 | Alles Glück dieser Erde Movie | Xaver Schönborn | 6.3 |
| 2003 | Der Fürst und das Mädchen TV | Unknown character | 6.5 |
| 2003 | Der Fürst und das Mädchen TV | Friedrich Fürst von Thorwald | 6.5 |
| 2003 | Menschen bei Maischberger TV | Self | 7.2 |
| 2002 | Der Bestseller - Mord auf italienisch Movie | Karl Steingraf | 7.0 |
| 2002 | Gero von Boehm begegnet... TV | Self | |
| 2002 | My Sister Maria Movie | Himself | 6.7 |
| 2002 | Liebe, Lügen, Leidenschaften TV | Franz Steininger | 3.8 |
| 2001 | Festival in Cannes Movie | Viktor Kovner | 5.2 |
| 2000 | I Love You, Baby Movie | Walter Ekland | 9.0 |
| 2000 | Just Messing About Movie | Poser | 4.5 |
| 1999 | Joan of Arc TV | Brother Jean le Maistre | 6.6 |
| 1999 | On the Wings of Love Movie | Hochberg | 6.5 |
| 1999 | Beckmann TV | Self | 4.5 |
| 1998 | Sternstunde Kunst TV | Self | |
| 1998 | Vampires Movie | Cardinal Alba | 6.3 |
| 1998 | Deep Impact Movie | Jason Lerner | 6.3 |
| 1998 | Left Luggage Movie | Mr. Silberschmidt | 6.3 |
| 1998 | The Johannes B. Kerner Show TV | Self | 7.5 |
| 1997 | Telling Lies in America Movie | Dr. Istvan Jonas | 5.8 |
| 1997 | Zwischen Rosen Movie | Carl Stern | 9.0 |
| 1997 | The Eighteenth Angel Movie | Father Simeon | 5.1 |
| 1996 | The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years Movie | Cardinal Vittorio | 6.9 |
| 1996 | The Vampyre Wars Movie | Rodan | |
| 1996 | Abbado: The Silence that Follows the Music Movie | Self | 10.0 |
| 1995 | Die Harald Schmidt Show TV | Self | 7.4 |
| 1995 | Lebens-Künstler TV | Self | |
| 1994 | alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio TV | Self | 6.0 |
| 1994 | Little Odessa Movie | Arkady Shapira | 6.5 |
| 1993 | Abraham TV | Pharaoh | 7.2 |
| 1993 | Abraham TV | Pharao | 7.2 |
| 1993 | Abraham Movie | Pharao | 7.1 |
| 1993 | Candles in the Dark Movie | Colonel Arkush | 6.0 |
| 1993 | Justice Movie | Isaak Kohler | 5.6 |
| 1993 | A Far Off Place Movie | Col. Mopani Theron | 6.2 |
| 1992 | Stalin Movie | Vladimir Lenin | 5.3 |
| 1992 | Miss Rose White Movie | Mordecai Weiss | 5.0 |
| 1992 | Riverboat TV | Self | 5.2 |
| 1991 | Labyrinth Movie | The Filmmaker | 8.5 |
| 1991 | Why Havel? Movie | Unknown character | |
| 1991 | Young Catherine TV | Frederick the Great | 5.9 |
| 1990 | You Can't Live Like That Movie | German Commentator | 5.0 |
| 1990 | The Freshman Movie | Larry London | 6.3 |
| 1990 | Romy Award TV | Self | 9.0 |
| 1989 | The Rose Garden Movie | Aaron | 6.7 |
| 1987 | Seitenblicke TV | self | 8.0 |
| 1987 | Wiseguy TV | Amado Guzman | 6.6 |
| 1987 | Nachtcafé TV | Self | 4.7 |
| 1986 | Showgeschichten TV | self | |
| 1986 | Peter the Great TV | Peter the Great | 7.9 |
| 1985 | The Assisi Underground Movie | Col. Müller | 4.8 |
| 1985 | To Be Hamlet Movie | Self | |
| 1984 | Marlene Movie | Himself | 7.0 |
| 1984 | Man Under Suspicion Movie | Lawyer Landau | 6.5 |
| 1984 | Goldene Kamera TV | Self - Presenter | 5.7 |
| 1983 | Les Îles Movie | Fabrice | 9.0 |
| 1983 | The Phantom of the Opera Movie | Sandor Korvin/Phantom | 6.0 |
| 1982 | Bernstein/Beethoven TV | Self (commentary) | 8.0 |
| 1981 | The Chosen Movie | Professor David Malter | 7.1 |
| 1980 | The Diary of Anne Frank Movie | Otto Frank | 5.8 |
| 1980 | Heut' abend TV | Self | 7.0 |
| 1979 | The Black Hole Movie | Dr. Hans Reinhardt | 5.8 |
| 1979 | Together? Movie | Giovanni | 4.7 |
| 1979 | Bavarian Film Awards TV | Self | |
| 1979 | Avalanche Express Movie | Colonel Nikolai Bunin | 4.8 |
| 1979 | Players Movie | Marco | 4.9 |
| 1979 | Tales from the Vienna Woods Movie | Theatre Visitor | 6.1 |
| 1979 | NDR Talk Show TV | Self | 6.6 |
| 1977 | Julia Movie | Johann | 6.5 |
| 1977 | A Bridge Too Far Movie | General der Waffen-SS Wilhelm Bittrich | 7.2 |
| 1977 | Cross of Iron Movie | Hauptmann Stransky | 7.1 |
| 1976 | St. Ives Movie | Dr. John Constable | 5.8 |
| 1976 | Kölner Treff TV | Self | 6.8 |
| 1975 | The Day That Shook the World Movie | Đuro Šarac | 6.1 |
| 1975 | End of the Game Movie | Robert Schmied on Audiotape (voice) (uncredited) | 5.0 |
| 1975 | People's Choice Awards TV | Self | 8.3 |
| 1975 | The Man in the Glass Booth Movie | Arthur Goldman | 6.2 |
| 1974 | The Odessa File Movie | Eduard Roschmann | 6.6 |
| 1973 | The Pedestrian Movie | Andreas Giese | 7.0 |
| 1973 | Je später der Abend TV | Self | 7.0 |
| 1972 | Pope Joan Movie | Adrian | 6.1 |
| 1972 | Paulina 1880 Movie | Count Michele Cantarini | 8.7 |
| 1971 | V.I.P. Schaukel TV | Self | 8.0 |
| 1970 | First Love Movie | Vater | 5.5 |
| 1969 | Simón Bolívar Movie | Simón Bolívar | 5.1 |
| 1969 | Krakatoa, East of Java Movie | Captain Chris Hanson | 5.8 |
| 1968 | Heidi Movie | Richard Sessemann | 6.3 |
| 1968 | The Castle Movie | K | 6.6 |
| 1968 | The Dick Cavett Show TV | Self - Guest | 6.8 |
| 1967 | Counterpoint Movie | Gen. Schiller | 6.2 |
| 1967 | The Desperate Ones Movie | Marek | 8.0 |
| 1967 | The Deadly Affair Movie | Dieter Frey | 6.3 |
| 1966 | Die venezianischen Zwillinge Movie | Zanetto und Tonio | |
| 1966 | John F. Kennedy: Years of Lightning, Day of Drums Movie | German Narrator | 5.8 |
| 1965 | Return from the Ashes Movie | Stanislaw Pilgrin | 6.2 |
| 1965 | Der seidene Schuh TV | Don Rodrigo | |
| 1964 | Topkapi Movie | Walter Harper | 6.5 |
| 1963 | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre TV | Unknown character | 5.9 |
| 1962 | The Reluctant Saint Movie | Giuseppe | 7.8 |
| 1962 | The Condemned of Altona Movie | Franz von Gerlach | 7.1 |
| 1962 | Five Finger Exercise Movie | Walter | 5.6 |
| 1961 | Hamlet, Prince of Denmark Movie | Hamlet | 2.8 |
| 1961 | Judgment at Nuremberg Movie | Hans Rolfe | 8.0 |
| 1960 | The Fifth Column Movie | Unknown character | 8.2 |
| 1959 | Eine Dummheit macht auch der Gescheiteste Movie | Jegor Dmitritsch Glumow | |
| 1959 | Judgment at Nuremberg Movie | Otto Rolfe | 6.0 |
| 1959 | Stars in der Manege TV | Self | 5.3 |
| 1959 | Die sechste Frau Movie | Henry Howard | |
| 1958 | Die Bernauerin Movie | Herzog Albrecht von Bayern | 10.0 |
| 1958 | Children of the Mountains Movie | Josef Ospel | 10.0 |
| 1958 | Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse TV | Unknown character | 6.3 |
| 1958 | The Young Lions Movie | Capt. Hardenberg | 6.7 |
| 1958 | Der Meisterdieb Movie | Unknown character | |
| 1957 | The Last Ones Shall Be First Movie | Lorenz Darrandt | 7.0 |
| 1957 | Taxichauffeur Bänz Movie | Toni Schellenberg | 7.2 |
| 1956 | Ein Herz kehrt heim Movie | Wolfgang Thomas, beider Sohn | 7.0 |
| 1956 | Playhouse 90 TV | Otto Rolfe | 7.5 |
| 1956 | Die Ehe des Dr. med. Danwitz Movie | Dr. Oswald Hauser | 7.0 |
| 1956 | The Girl from Flanders Movie | Alexander Haller | 8.6 |
| 1955 | Ripening Youth Movie | Jürgen Sengebusch | 7.0 |
| 1955 | The Plot to Assassinate Hitler Movie | Mitglied des Kreisauer Kreises | 6.1 |
| 1955 | Children, Mother, and the General Movie | Soldat, der nicht mehr mitmacht | 6.4 |
| 1953 | The Oscars TV | Self | 7.1 |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame TV | Rose's Father | 8.8 |
| 1951 | German Film Award TV | Self | 6.0 |
| 1948 | Bambi TV | Self - Laudation | 9.0 |
| 1948 | Bambi TV | Self | 9.0 |
Crew (23)
| Year | Title | Role | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Imperium der Päpste TV | Creator · Creator | |
| 2002 | My Sister Maria Movie | Director · Directing | 6.7 |
| 2002 | My Sister Maria Movie | Executive Producer · Production | 6.7 |
| 1997 | Storyville TV | Director · Directing | 7.6 |
| 1993 | Candles in the Dark Movie | Director · Directing | 6.0 |
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| Year | Title | Role | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Die Föhnforscher Movie | Co-Producer · Production | 8.0 |
| 1984 | Marlene Movie | Director · Directing | 7.0 |
| 1979 | Tales from the Vienna Woods Movie | Writer · Writing | 6.1 |
| 1979 | Tales from the Vienna Woods Movie | Director · Directing | 6.1 |
| 1979 | Tales from the Vienna Woods Movie | Producer · Production | 6.1 |
| 1976 | The Clown Movie | Producer · Production | 6.1 |
| 1975 | End of the Game Movie | Director · Directing | 5.0 |
| 1975 | End of the Game Movie | Writer · Writing | 5.0 |
| 1975 | End of the Game Movie | Producer · Production | 5.0 |
| 1973 | The Pedestrian Movie | Director · Directing | 7.0 |
| 1973 | The Pedestrian Movie | Producer · Production | 7.0 |
| 1973 | The Pedestrian Movie | Writer · Writing | 7.0 |
| 1971 | Trotta Movie | Screenplay · Writing | 6.8 |
| 1970 | First Love Movie | Director · Directing | 5.5 |
| 1970 | First Love Movie | Producer · Production | 5.5 |
| 1970 | First Love Movie | Writer · Writing | 5.5 |
| 1968 | The Castle Movie | Writer · Writing | 6.6 |
| 1967 | Alles zum Guten Movie | Director · Directing |
Latest releases
- Les brigands2015 / TMDB 3.4
- Jedermann Remixed2011
- Black Flowers2009 / TMDB 4.8
- Darkness2009 / TMDB 4.1
- The Brothers Bloom2009 / TMDB 6.6
Questions about Maximilian Schell
What are Maximilian Schell's most famous films?
Maximilian Schell is best known for his roles in 'Judgment at Nuremberg', 'The Man in the Glass Booth', and 'The Deadly Affair'. His performances in these films earned him critical acclaim and numerous awards.
Did Maximilian Schell win any major awards?
Yes, Maximilian Schell won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1962 for his performance in 'Judgment at Nuremberg'. He also received several nominations throughout his career.
When did Maximilian Schell start his acting career?
Maximilian Schell began his acting career in the 1950s, making his film debut in 1955. He quickly gained recognition for his talent in both European and American cinema.
What is Maximilian Schell's net worth?
Maximilian Schell's estimated net worth was around 10 million USD at the time of his passing. His wealth was primarily accumulated through his successful acting and directing career.
Did Maximilian Schell have a background in directing?
Yes, in addition to acting, Maximilian Schell was also a talented director. He directed several films and documentaries, showcasing his versatility in the film industry.
What is the significance of Maximilian Schell's voice?
Maximilian Schell was known for his distinctive voice, which added depth to his performances. His vocal ability contributed to his reputation as a skilled actor capable of portraying complex characters.
What was Maximilian Schell's nationality?
Maximilian Schell was Austrian by birth. He later became a prominent figure in both European and American cinema, representing Austrian talent on the global stage.
What legacy did Maximilian Schell leave behind?
Maximilian Schell left behind a rich legacy as one of the most respected actors of his time. His contributions to film and theatre have inspired countless actors and filmmakers.