Was an Austrian-born Swiss actor who won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in Judgment at Nuremberg in 1961. He is also a writer, director and producer of several films. Description above from the Wikipedia article Maximilian Schell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Academy Awards
Best Actor
Golden Globe Awards
Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama
Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film
Known For
Deep Impact
(1998)
Jason Lerner
Vampires
(1998)
Cardinal Alba
Cross of Iron
(1977)
Hauptmann Stransky
A Bridge Too Far
(1977)
General der Waffen-SS Wilhelm Bittrich
The Freshman
(1990)
Larry London
The Odessa File
(1974)
Eduard Roschmann
Stalin
(1992)
Vladimir Lenin
Julia
(1977)
Johann
Little Odessa
(1994)
Arkady Shapira
Judgment at Nuremberg
(1961)
Hans Rolfe
Heidi
(1968)
Richard Sessemann
St. Ives
(1976)
Dr. John Constable
The Black Hole
(1979)
Dr. Hans Reinhardt
Topkapi
(1964)
Walter Harper
The Chosen
(1981)
Professor David Malter
Abraham
(1993)
Pharao
Full Filmography
Acting
The Plot to Assassinate Hitler
(1955)
Mitglied des Kreisauer Kreises
Children, Mother, and the General
(1955)
Soldat, der nicht mehr mitmacht
Ripening Youth
(1955)
Jürgen Sengebusch
Ein Herz kehrt heim
(1956)
Wolfgang Thomas, beider Sohn
The Girl from Flanders
(1956)
Alexander Haller
Die Ehe des Dr. med. Danwitz
(1956)
Dr. Oswald Hauser
The Last Ones Shall Be First
(1957)
Lorenz Darrandt
Taxichauffeur Bänz
(1957)
Toni Schellenberg
The Young Lions
(1958)
Capt. Hardenberg
Die Bernauerin
(1958)
Herzog Albrecht von Bayern
Kinder der Berge
(1958)
Josef Ospel
Der Meisterdieb
(1958)
Die sechste Frau
(1959)
Henry Howard
Eine Dummheit macht auch der Gescheiteste
(1959)
Jegor Dmitritsch Glumow
The Fifth Column
(1960)
Judgment at Nuremberg
(1961)
Hans Rolfe
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
(1961)
Hamlet
The Reluctant Saint
(1962)
Giuseppe
The Condemned of Altona
(1962)
Franz von Gerlach
Five Finger Exercise
(1962)
Walter
Topkapi
(1964)
Walter Harper
Return from the Ashes
(1965)
Stanislaw Pilgrin
Der seidene Schuh
(1965)
Don Rodrigo
Die venezianischen Zwillinge
(1966)
Zanetto und Tonio
John F. Kennedy: Years of Lightning, Day of Drums
(1966)
German Narrator
The Deadly Affair
(1967)
Dieter Frey
Counterpoint
(1967)
Gen. Schiller
The Desperate Ones
(1967)
Marek
Krakatoa, East of Java
(1968)
Captain Chris Hanson
The Castle
(1968)
K
Heidi
(1968)
Richard Sessemann
Simon Bolivar
(1969)
Simón Bolívar
First Love
(1970)
Vater
Pope Joan
(1972)
Adrian
Paulina 1880
(1972)
The Pedestrian
(1973)
Andreas Giese
The Odessa File
(1974)
Eduard Roschmann
The Man in the Glass Booth
(1975)
Arthur Goldman
The Day That Shook the World
(1975)
Đuro Šarac
St. Ives
(1976)
Dr. John Constable
Cross of Iron
(1977)
Hauptmann Stransky
A Bridge Too Far
(1977)
General der Waffen-SS Wilhelm Bittrich
Julia
(1977)
Johann
Avalanche Express
(1979)
Colonel Nikolai Bunin
The Black Hole
(1979)
Dr. Hans Reinhardt
Tales from the Vienna Woods
(1979)
Theatre Visitor
Together?
(1979)
Giovanni
Players
(1979)
Marco
The Diary of Anne Frank
(1980)
Otto Frank
The Chosen
(1981)
Professor David Malter
Les Îles
(1983)
Fabrice
The Phantom of the Opera
(1983)
Sandor Korvin/Phantom
Marlene
(1984)
Himself
Man Under Suspicion
(1985)
Lawyer Landau
The Assisi Underground
(1985)
Col. Müller
To Be Hamlet
(1985)
Maximilian Schell
The Rose Garden
(1989)
Aaron
You Can't Live Like That
(1990)
German Commentator
The Freshman
(1990)
Larry London
Why Havel?
(1991)
Stalin
(1992)
Vladimir Lenin
Miss Rose White
(1992)
Mordecai Weiss
Abraham
(1993)
Pharao
Justice
(1993)
Isaak Kohler
A Far Off Place
(1993)
Col. Mopani Theron
Candles in the Dark
(1993)
Colonel Arkush
Little Odessa
(1994)
Arkady Shapira
The Vampyre Wars
(1996)
Rodan
The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years
(1996)
Cardinal Vittorio
The Eighteenth Angel
(1997)
Father Simeon
Telling Lies in America
(1997)
Dr. Istvan Jonas
Zwischen Rosen
(1997)
Carl Stern
Deep Impact
(1998)
Jason Lerner
Vampires
(1998)
Cardinal Alba
Left Luggage
(1998)
Mr. Silberschmidt
On the Wings of Love
(1999)
Hochberg
I Love You, Baby
(2000)
Walter Ekland
Festival in Cannes
(2001)
Viktor Kovner
My Sister Maria
(2002)
Himself
Der Bestseller - Mord auf italienisch
(2002)
Karl Steingraf
Alles Glück dieser Erde
(2003)
Xaver Schönborn
The Return of the Dancing Master
(2004)
Fernando Hereira
In Conversation: Abby Mann and Maximillian Schell
(2004)
Self
Coast to Coast
(2004)
Casimir
Die Liebe eines Priesters
(2005)
Father Christoph
House of the Sleeping Beauties
(2006)
Kogi
Die Alpenklinik
(2006)
Dr. Alexander Ohlendorf
The Shell Seekers
(2007)
Lawrence Sterne
Die Rosenkönigin
(2007)
Karl Friedrich Weidemann
Verstörung - und eine Art von Poesie. Die Filmlegende Bernhard Wicki
(2007)
Himself
The Brothers Bloom
(2008)
Diamond Dog
Darkness
(2009)
Black Flowers
(2009)
Jacob Krinsten
Maximilian Schell - Ein sehnsüchtiger Rebell
(2010)
Self
Jedermann Remixed
(2011)
Jedermann (archive footage)
Passion & Poetry: Sam's War
(2011)
Self (archive footage)
Les brigands
(2015)
Mr. Escher
Directing
Alles zum Guten
(1967)
Director
First Love
(1970)
Director
The Pedestrian
(1973)
Director
End of the Game
(1975)
Director
Tales from the Vienna Woods
(1979)
Director
Marlene
(1984)
Director
Candles in the Dark
(1993)
Director
My Sister Maria
(2002)
Director
Writing
The Castle
(1968)
Writer
First Love
(1970)
Writer
Trotta
(1971)
Screenplay
The Pedestrian
(1973)
Writer
End of the Game
(1975)
Writer
Tales from the Vienna Woods
(1979)
Writer
Production