Maximilian Schell

Acting

Maximilian Schell

Born 1930-12-08 Vienna, Austria 100 films

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…

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Filmography

100 films
Les brigands poster

Karl Escher, the son of a prominent banker, was accused of embezzlement and forgery at the bank and…

Les brigands

★ 3.4 2015

Black Flowers poster

Following the failure of his last mission, RFG spy Michael Roddick decides to disappear, taking alo…

Black Flowers

★ 4.4 2009

Darkness poster

A man leaves his busy city life for the peace of the country home where he spent his early childhoo…

Darkness

★ 4.1 2009