Maximilian Schell

Career timeline

1. 1930 · Born

   Born in Vienna, Austria

2. 1951 · Screen debut

   Hallmark Hall of Fame (TV)

3. 1968 · Writing debut

   The Castle (Movie)

4. 1970 · Directing debut

   First Love (Movie)

5. 1970 · First production

   First Love (Movie)

6. 1977 · Breakthrough

   A Bridge Too Far (Movie)

7. 2009 · Latest release

   The Brothers Bloom (Movie)

8. 2014 · Died

   February 1, 2014

Career in numbers

5 1950s

13 1960s

14 1970s

8 1980s

19 1990s

8 2000s

• Drama55
• Thriller11
• History10
• Tv Movie8
• Crime7
• Action7

Highest-rated title Judgment at Nuremberg 1961 8.0 Most popular title Deep Impact 1998 6.3

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Maximilian Schell in our catalogue.

Vanessa Redgrave

5 titles together

Sidney Lumet

3 titles together

Ralph Nelson

3 titles together

Amanda Plummer

2 titles together

James Mason

2 titles together

Robert Markowitz

2 titles together

Richard Harris

2 titles together

Gottfried John

2 titles together

Robert Shaw

2 titles together

Albert Hackett

2 titles together

1. 2009 The Brothers Bloom as Diamond Dog 6.6 Movie
2. 2007 The Shell Seekers as Lawrence Sterne Movie
3. 2006 House of the Sleeping Beauties as Kogi 5.2 Movie
4. 2004 The Return of the Dancing Master as Fernando Hereira Movie
5. 2004 Coast to Coast as Casimir Movie
6. 2003 Alles Glück dieser Erde as Xaver Schönborn Movie
7. 2003 Der Fürst und das Mädchen TV
8. 2002 Liebe, Lügen, Leidenschaften as Franz Steininger TV
9. 1999 Joan of Arc as Brother Jean le Maistre 6.6 TV
10. 1999 On the Wings of Love as Hochberg Movie
11. 1998 Vampires as Cardinal Alba 6.3 Movie
12. 1998 Deep Impact as Jason Lerner 6.3 Movie
13. 1998 Left Luggage as Mr. Silberschmidt 6.3 Movie
14. 1997 Telling Lies in America as Dr. Istvan Jonas 5.9 Movie
15. 1997 The Eighteenth Angel as Father Simeon 5.1 Movie
16. 1996 The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years as Cardinal Vittorio 6.9 Movie
17. 1996 The Vampyre Wars as Rodan Movie
18. 1994 Little Odessa as Arkady Shapira 6.5 Movie
19. 1993 Abraham as Pharao 7.2 Movie
20. 1993 Abraham as Pharao TV
21. 1993 Candles in the Dark as Colonel Arkush Movie
22. 1993 A Far Off Place as Col. Mopani Theron 6.2 Movie
23. 1992 Stalin as Vladimir Lenin 5.3 Movie
24. 1992 Miss Rose White as Mordecai Weiss Movie
25. 1991 Young Catherine as Frederick the Great 5.9 TV
26. 1990 The Freshman as Larry London 6.3 Movie
27. 1989 The Rose Garden as Aaron Movie
28. 1987 Wiseguy as Amado Guzman 6.6 TV
29. 1986 Peter the Great as Peter the Great TV
30. 1985 The Assisi Underground as Col. Müller Movie
31. 1984 Marlene as Himself Movie
32. 1983 The Phantom of the Opera as Sandor Korvin/Phantom Movie
33. 1981 The Chosen as Professor David Malter 7.2 Movie
34. 1980 The Diary of Anne Frank as Otto Frank Movie
35. 1979 The Black Hole as Dr. Hans Reinhardt 5.8 Movie
36. 1979 Avalanche Express as Colonel Nikolai Bunin 4.8 Movie
37. 1979 Players as Marco Movie
38. 1979 Tales from the Vienna Woods as Theatre Visitor Movie
39. 1977 Julia as Johann 6.5 Movie
40. 1977 A Bridge Too Far as General der Waffen-SS Wilhelm Bittrich 7.2 Movie
41. 1977 Cross of Iron as Hauptmann Stransky 7.2 Movie
42. 1976 St. Ives as Dr. John Constable 5.7 Movie
43. 1975 The Day That Shook the World as Đuro Šarac Movie
44. 1975 End of the Game as Robert Schmied on Audiotape (voice) (uncredited) 5.0 Movie
45. 1975 The Man in the Glass Booth as Arthur Goldman 6.2 Movie
46. 1974 The Odessa File as Eduard Roschmann 6.6 Movie
47. 1972 Pope Joan as Adrian Movie
48. 1970 First Love as Vater Movie
49. 1969 Simón Bolívar as Simón Bolívar Movie
50. 1969 Krakatoa, East of Java as Captain Chris Hanson 5.8 Movie
51. 1968 Heidi as Richard Sessemann Movie
52. 1968 The Castle as K Movie
53. 1967 Counterpoint as Gen. Schiller 6.2 Movie
54. 1967 The Deadly Affair as Dieter Frey 6.3 Movie
55. 1965 Return from the Ashes as Stanislaw Pilgrin 6.2 Movie
56. 1965 Der seidene Schuh as Don Rodrigo TV
57. 1964 Topkapi as Walter Harper 6.5 Movie
58. 1962 The Reluctant Saint as Giuseppe Movie
59. 1962 The Condemned of Altona as Franz von Gerlach Movie
60. 1962 Five Finger Exercise as Walter Movie
61. 1961 Judgment at Nuremberg as Hans Rolfe 8.0 Movie
62. 1958 Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse TV
63. 1958 The Young Lions as Capt. Hardenberg 6.7 Movie
64. 1956 Playhouse 90 as Otto Rolfe TV
65. 1955 Children, Mother, and the General as Soldat, der nicht mehr mitmacht Movie
66. 1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame as Rose's Father TV

1. 1997 Storyville TV
2. 1993 Candles in the Dark Movie
3. 1984 Marlene Movie
4. 1979 Tales from the Vienna Woods Movie
5. 1975 End of the Game 5.0 Movie
6. 1970 First Love Movie

1. 1979 Tales from the Vienna Woods Movie
2. 1975 End of the Game 5.0 Movie
3. 1970 First Love Movie
4. 1968 The Castle Movie

1. 1979 Tales from the Vienna Woods Movie
2. 1975 End of the Game 5.0 Movie
3. 1970 First Love Movie

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