Maximilian Schell (born December 8, 1930) is an Academy Award-winning
AustrianAustrians are a nation and an ethnic group originating from the Republic of Austria and its historical predecessor states who share a common Austrian culture and Austrian descent...
actor. He is also a writer, director and producer of several films.
Schell was born in
ViennaVienna is the capital of the Republic of Austria and also one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.7 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre. It is the 10th largest city by...
,
AustriaAustria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.3 million people in Central Europe. It borders both Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west...
, the son of Margarethe (
néeA married name is the family name adopted by a person upon marriage, and in speaking of the many cultures where the practice is traditional for women, the maiden name is the family name that the married name replaces....
Noe von Nordberg), an actress, and Hermann Ferdinand Schell (de), a Swiss poet, writer, and owner of a pharmacy. Schell's late elder sister,
Maria SchellMaria Margarethe Anna Schell was an Austrian actress, who won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress in 1956 for Gervaise....
, was also an actress; as are their two other siblings, Carl and Immy (Immaculata) Schell, and their cousin,
Catherine SchellKatherina Freiin Schell von Bauschlott is an Hungarian-born actress best known for her work in England with the BBC.Schell rose to fame in various British film and television productions in the 1960s and 1970s...
.
Maximilian Schell (born December 8, 1930) is an Academy Award-winning
AustrianAustrians are a nation and an ethnic group originating from the Republic of Austria and its historical predecessor states who share a common Austrian culture and Austrian descent...
actor. He is also a writer, director and producer of several films.
Early life
Schell was born in
ViennaVienna is the capital of the Republic of Austria and also one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.7 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre. It is the 10th largest city by...
,
AustriaAustria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.3 million people in Central Europe. It borders both Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west...
, the son of Margarethe (
néeA married name is the family name adopted by a person upon marriage, and in speaking of the many cultures where the practice is traditional for women, the maiden name is the family name that the married name replaces....
Noe von Nordberg), an actress, and Hermann Ferdinand Schell (de), a Swiss poet, writer, and owner of a pharmacy. Schell's late elder sister,
Maria SchellMaria Margarethe Anna Schell was an Austrian actress, who won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress in 1956 for Gervaise....
, was also an actress; as are their two other siblings, Carl and Immy (Immaculata) Schell, and their cousin,
Catherine SchellKatherina Freiin Schell von Bauschlott is an Hungarian-born actress best known for her work in England with the BBC.Schell rose to fame in various British film and television productions in the 1960s and 1970s...
. The Schell family moved to
ZurichZürich or Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zürich. The city is Switzerland's main commercial and cultural centre and sometimes called the Cultural Capital of Switzerland, the political capital of Switzerland being Berne...
,
SwitzerlandSwitzerland , officially the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 states named cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities...
in 1938, where young Maximilian later served in the Swiss Army, achieving the rank of
corporalCorporal is a rank in use in some form by most militaries and also by some police forces or other uniformed organizations. It is usually equivalent to NATO Rank Code OR-4. The word is probably derived from a medieval Italian phrase capo corporale, meaning "head of a body "...
. He began acting at the Basel Theater.
Career
Schell made his Hollywood debut in 1958 in the
World War IIWorld War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including all great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
film
The Young LionsThe Young Lions a 1958 film based upon the 1949 novel of the same name by Irwin Shaw, and starring Marlon Brando, Montgomery Clift, and Dean Martin.- Plot introduction:...
. In 1959, he appeared as Hans Rolfe, the defense attorney, in a live
Playhouse 90Playhouse 90 is a 90-minute dramatic television anthology series, telecast on CBS from 1956 to 1961 for a total of 133 episodes. Since live anthology drama series of the mid-1950s were hour-long shows, the title highlighted the network's intention to present something unusual, a weekly series of...
television production of
Judgment at NurembergJudgment at Nuremberg is a fictionalized film account of the post-World War II Nuremberg Trials, written by Abby Mann and directed by Stanley Kramer, starring Spencer Tracy, Burt Lancaster, Richard Widmark, Marlene Dietrich, Maximilian Schell, Judy Garland, Montgomery Clift, Werner Klemperer, and...
. In 1961, he reprised the role on film, winning the
Academy Award for Best ActorPerformance by an Actor in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance while working within the film industry...
. 1974's
The PedestrianThe Pedestrian is a 1973 film directed by Maximilian Schell. It is about the trial of an elderly war criminal. The film was a co-production between companies in Germany, Switzerland and Israel.-Cast:*Peggy Ashcroft - Lady Gray...
, which Schell wrote, produced, directed, and starred in, was nominated for
Best Foreign Language FilmThe Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the Academy Awards of Merit, popularly known as the Oscars, handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences...
.
Schell refused to be
typecastTypecasting is the process by which a film, TV, or stage actor is strongly identified with a specific character, one or more particular roles, or characters with the same traits or ethnic grouping....
. Although he was top billed in a number of
NaziNazi Germany and the Third Reich are the common English names for Germany between 1933 and 1945, while it was led by Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist German Worker's Party . The name Third Reich refers to the state as the successor to the Holy Roman Empire of the Middle Ages and the German...
-era themed films as
The Man in the Glass BoothThe Man in the Glass Booth is a 1975 American drama film directed by Arthur Hiller. It was adapted from the novel and stage play of the same name by Robert Shaw. The plot was inspired by actual events surrounding the kidnapping and trial of Adolf Eichmann....
; *
CounterpointCounterpoint is an 1968 epic war film starring Charlton Heston, Maximilian Schell, and Leslie Nielsen. It's based on the novel "The General" by Alan Sillitoe.-Plot:...
(1968) ;
A Bridge Too Far;
Cross of IronCross of Iron is a 1977 war film directed by Sam Peckinpah, featuring James Coburn, James Mason, Maximilian Schell, and David Warner.Set in 1943 on the Eastern Front of World War II, Cross of Iron is the story of the class conflict between a newly-arrived, aristocratic officer who covets the Iron...
;
The Odessa FileThe Odessa File is a 1974 film adaptation of the thriller novel by Frederick Forsyth, about a struggle between a young German reporter and the ODESSA, an organization for ex-Nazis. The film stars Jon Voight and was directed by Ronald Neame, with a score by Andrew Lloyd Webber.- Plot summary :The...
;
JuliaJulia is a 1977 film drama made by 20th Century Fox. It is based on Lillian Hellman's book Pentimento, a portion of which purports to tell the story of her relationship with her lifelong friend, "Julia," who worked as an anti-Nazi in the years prior to World War II...
; and
Judgment at NurembergJudgment at Nuremberg is a fictionalized film account of the post-World War II Nuremberg Trials, written by Abby Mann and directed by Stanley Kramer, starring Spencer Tracy, Burt Lancaster, Richard Widmark, Marlene Dietrich, Maximilian Schell, Judy Garland, Montgomery Clift, Werner Klemperer, and...
; he has also appeared in
TopkapiTopkapi is a heist film made by Filmways Pictures and distributed by United Artists. It was produced and directed by an American film director, Jules Dassin. The film is based on Eric Ambler's novel The Light of Day , adapted as a screenplay by Monja Danischewsky...
;
Krakatoa, East of JavaKrakatoa, East of Java is a movie starring Maximilian Schell and Brian Keith.-Plot:The story attempts to base events around the 1883 eruption of the volcano on the island of Krakatoa...
;
The Black HoleThe Black Hole is a 1979 science fiction movie directed by Gary Nelson for Walt Disney Productions. It stars Maximilian Schell, Robert Forster, Joseph Bottoms, Yvette Mimieux, Anthony Perkins, and Ernest Borgnine. The voices of the main robot characters in the film are provided by Roddy McDowall...
;
The FreshmanThe Freshman may mean:*The Freshman , a Harold Lloyd film*The Freshman , a film starring Marlon Brando and Matthew Broderick*"The Freshman" an episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer...
;
John Carpenter's Vampires;
Stalin;
Deep ImpactDeep Impact is a 1998 sci-fi-drama disaster film released by Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks in the United States on May 8, 1998. The film was directed by Mimi Leder, and stars Elijah Wood, Téa Leoni, Morgan Freeman, and Robert Duvall...
;
Candles in the DarkCandles in the Dark is a 1993 made for television christmas film directed by Maximilian Schell. The movie was aired at Christmas of 1993.-Plot:...
;
Erste Liebe and the mini-series
Peter the GreatPeter the Great is a 1986 NBC television mini-series starring Maximilian Schell as Russian leader Peter the Great, and based on the biography by Robert K. Massie.-Plot summary:...
(1986) co-starring
Vanessa RedgraveVanessa Redgrave CBE is an Oscar winning English actress of stage, film and television. She is a member of the Redgrave family, the world-renowned theatrical dynasty. A former Trotskyist and leading member of the Workers' Revolutionary Party, She is also a social activist for human rights and has...
and
Laurence OlivierLaurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, OM was an English actor, director, and producer. He was one of the most famous and revered actors of the 20th century, along with his contemporaries John Gielgud, Peggy Ashcroft, Alec Guinness and Ralph Richardson...
. Since the 1990s, Schell has appeared in many
German languageGerman is a West Germanic language, thus related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. It is one of the world's major languages and the most widely spoken first language in the European Union. Around the world, German is spoken by approximately 105 million native speakers and also by...
made-for-TV films, such as the 2003 film
Alles Glück dieser Erde (
All the Luck in the World) opposite
Uschi GlasUschi Glas is a German film and television actress.Born in Landau, Bavaria, Glas started appearing in films as early as 1965...
and in the mini-series
The Return of the Dancing MasterThe Return of the Dancing Master is a 2000 novel by Swedish crime writer Henning Mankell. It was translated into English in 2003 by Laurie Thompson, and won the 2005 Gumshoe Award for Best European Crime Novel, presented by Mystery Ink....
(2004), which was based on
Henning MankellHenning Mankell is a renowned Swedish crime writer, occasional children's author and dramatist, best known for a series of mystery novels starring his most iconic creation, Inspector Kurt Wallander.-Biography:...
's novel.
In addition to his international film career, Schell has been active as director, writer and actor in European theatre, making his stage debut in 1952, three years before his first cinematic role. In 1972 he starred as 'Deeley' in Peter Hall's German language premiére of
Harold PinterHarold Pinter, CH, CBE , was an English playwright, screenwriter, actor, director, political activist and poet. He was among the most influential British playwrights of modern times...
's
Old TimesOld Times is a play by the Nobel Laureate Harold Pinter. It was first performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Aldwych Theatre in London on June 1, 1971. It starred Colin Blakely, Dorothy Tutin, and Vivien Merchant, and was directed by Peter Hall...
at the
BurgtheaterThe Burgtheater , originally known as K.K. Theater an der Burg, then until 1920 as the K.K. Hofburgtheater, is the Austrian National Theatre in Vienna and one of the most important German language theatres in the world.The Burgtheater was created in 1741 and has become known as "die Burg" by the...
in Vienna, and in 2006 he appeared in
Arthur MillerArthur Asher Miller was an American playwright and essayist. He was a prominent figure in American theatre, writing dramas that include awards-winning plays such as All My Sons, Death of a Salesman, and The Crucible.Miller was often in the public eye, particularly during the late 1940s, 1950s and...
's
Resurrection BluesResurrection Blues is Arthur Miller's penultimate play. Though Miller was not known for his humor, this play uses a pointed comedic edge to intensify his observations about the dangers, as well as the benefits, of blind belief: political, religious, economic, emotional.The story is set in an...
directed by
Robert AltmanRobert Bernard Altman was an American film director known for making films that are highly naturalistic, but with a stylized perspective...
in London at the
Old VicThe Old Vic is a theatre located just south-east of Waterloo Station in London on the corner of The Cut and Waterloo Road. Established in 1818 as the Royal Coburg Theatre, it was taken over by Emma Cons in 1880 when it was known formally as the Royal Victoria Hall. In 1898, a niece of Cons, Lilian...
. Schell has also served as a writer, producer and director for a variety of films, including the
documentary filmDocumentary film is a broad category of visual expressions that is based on the attempt, in one fashion or another, to "document" reality. Although "documentary film" originally referred to movies shot on film stock, it has subsequently expanded to include video and digital productions that can...
MarleneMarlene, also known in Germany as Marlene Dietrich - Porträt eines Mythos is a 1984 documentary film made by Maximilian Schell about the legendary film star Marlene Dietrich...
(1984) with the participation of
Marlene DietrichMarlene Dietrich was a German-born American actress and singer.Dietrich remained popular throughout her long career by continually re-inventing herself. In 1920s Berlin, she acted on the stage and in silent films...
that won several awards. In 2002, he released
My Sister Maria, a documentary about the career of and his relationship with Maria Schell.
Among fans of
Mystery Science Theater 3000Mystery Science Theater 3000, often abbreviated MST3K, is an American cult television comedy series created by Joel Hodgson and produced by Best Brains, Inc...
, Schell is known for starring in
Hamlet, Prinz von Dänemark, a German language version of
HamletThe Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, or more simply Hamlet, is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1599 and 1601. The play, set in Denmark, recounts how Prince Hamlet exacts revenge on his uncle Claudius, who has murdered Hamlet's father, the King, and then...
screened on the show. He had previously played the role on stage.
Personal life
In 2000, he collapsed and was diagnosed with
pancreatitisThe pancreas is a gland organ in the digestive and endocrine system of vertebrates. It is both an endocrine gland producing several important hormones, including insulin, glucagon, and somatostatin, as well as an exocrine gland, secreting pancreatic juice containing digestive enzymes that pass to...
related to his diabetes. At the time, he was starring on Broadway in the premiere of the stage version of
Judgment at Nuremberg, changing roles from the defense lawyer to the lead judge on trial for crimes against humanity.
In the mid 1960s, Schell reportedly was engaged to marry the African American fashion model
Donyale LunaDonyale Luna was the first notable African American model and the first black cover girl. She also appeared in several films, most notably as the title character in Salome, a 1972 film by director Carmelo Bene, and several films by Andy Warhol.-Birth and childhood:She was born Peggy Anne Freeman...
, though the wedding never happened. He married the famous
RussianThe Russian people are an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries....
actress
Natalya AndreychenkoNatalya Andrejchenko is a popular Soviet actress of 1970s and 1980s. She is famous as the Russian Mary Poppins.Natalya made a decision to become an actress in early high school...
, whom he met on the set of
Peter the GreatPeter the Great is a 1986 NBC television mini-series starring Maximilian Schell as Russian leader Peter the Great, and based on the biography by Robert K. Massie.-Plot summary:...
. They have one daughter, Anastasia Schell, born in 1989. He lives in Austria.
Schell is the
godfatherA godparent, in many denominations of Christianity, is someone who sponsors a child's baptism. Judaism has this equivalent in the circumcision ceremony. A male godparent is a godfather, and a female godparent is a godmother...
of
Angelina JolieAngelina Jolie is an American actress and Goodwill Ambassador for the UN Refugee Agency. She has received three Golden Globe Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and an Academy Award. Jolie has promoted humanitarian causes throughout the world, and is noted for her work with refugees through...
, daughter of
Jon VoightJonathan Vincent "Jon" Voight is a controversial American film and television actor. He came to prominence at the end of the 1960s, with a performance as a would-be hustler in 1969's Best Picture winner, Midnight Cowboy, for which he earned his first Academy Award nomination...
and
Marcheline BertrandMarcia Lynne "Marcheline" Bertrand was an American actress.-Early life:Bertrand was born in Riverdale, Illinois, the daughter of Lois June and Rolland F. Bertrand. She had a brother, Raleigh Bertrand, and a sister Debbie Bertrand...
.
Filmography
- The Young Lions
The Young Lions a 1958 film based upon the 1949 novel of the same name by Irwin Shaw, and starring Marlon Brando, Montgomery Clift, and Dean Martin.- Plot introduction:...
(1958)
- Kinder, Mütter und ein General (1959)
- Judgment at Nuremberg
Judgment at Nuremberg is a fictionalized film account of the post-World War II Nuremberg Trials, written by Abby Mann and directed by Stanley Kramer, starring Spencer Tracy, Burt Lancaster, Richard Widmark, Marlene Dietrich, Maximilian Schell, Judy Garland, Montgomery Clift, Werner Klemperer, and...
(1961)
- The Reluctant Saint
The Reluctant Saint is a 1962 film which tells a somewhat fictionalized version of the story of Joseph of Cupertino, a 17th Century Italian saint. It stars Maximilian Schell as Joseph, as well as Ricardo Montalban, Lea Padovani, Akim Tamiroff, and Harold Goldblatt...
(1962)
- The Condemned of Altona (1963)
- Topkapi
Topkapi is a heist film made by Filmways Pictures and distributed by United Artists. It was produced and directed by an American film director, Jules Dassin. The film is based on Eric Ambler's novel The Light of Day , adapted as a screenplay by Monja Danischewsky...
(1964)
- Return from the Ashes (1965)
- The Deadly Affair
The Deadly Affair is a 1966 British espionage-thriller film, based on the novel Call for the Dead, by John le Carré. The film stars James Mason, Harry Andrews, Simone Signoret and Maximilian Schell and was directed by Sidney Lumet from a script by Paul Dehn. In it George Smiley, the central...
(1966)
- The Castle
The Castle is a 1968 West German film directed by Rudolf Noelte and starring Maximilian Schell, Cordula Trantow, Trudik Daniel and Helmut Qualtinger. It is based on the 1926 eponymous novel by Franz Kafka. It was chosen as West Germany's official submission to the 44th Academy Awards for Best...
(1968)
- Counterpoint
Counterpoint is an 1968 epic war film starring Charlton Heston, Maximilian Schell, and Leslie Nielsen. It's based on the novel "The General" by Alan Sillitoe.-Plot:...
(1968)
- Heidi
Heidi's Years of Wandering and Learning , usually abbreviated Heidi, is a novel about the events in the life of a young girl in her grandfather's care, in the Swiss Alps. It was written as a book "for children and those who love children" as quoted from its subtitle in 1880 by Swiss author Johanna...
(1968)
- Simón Bolívar (1969)
- Krakatoa, East of Java
Krakatoa, East of Java is a movie starring Maximilian Schell and Brian Keith.-Plot:The story attempts to base events around the 1883 eruption of the volcano on the island of Krakatoa...
(1969)
- Erste Liebe (First Love) (1971)
- The Odessa File
The Odessa File is a 1974 film adaptation of the thriller novel by Frederick Forsyth, about a struggle between a young German reporter and the ODESSA, an organization for ex-Nazis. The film stars Jon Voight and was directed by Ronald Neame, with a score by Andrew Lloyd Webber.- Plot summary :The...
(1974)
- Der Richter und sein Henker
Der Richter und sein Henker is a novella by the Swiss writer Friedrich Dürrenmatt written in 1950 and first published in English in 1955, in a translation by Therese Pol. A new translation by Joel Agee appeared in 2006, published together with Suspicion as The Inspector Bärlach Mysteries, with a...
(1975)
- The Man in the Glass Booth
The Man in the Glass Booth is a 1975 American drama film directed by Arthur Hiller. It was adapted from the novel and stage play of the same name by Robert Shaw. The plot was inspired by actual events surrounding the kidnapping and trial of Adolf Eichmann....
(1975)
- Cross of Iron
Cross of Iron is a 1977 war film directed by Sam Peckinpah, featuring James Coburn, James Mason, Maximilian Schell, and David Warner.Set in 1943 on the Eastern Front of World War II, Cross of Iron is the story of the class conflict between a newly-arrived, aristocratic officer who covets the Iron...
(1976)
- St. Ives (1976)
- Julia
Julia is a 1977 film drama made by 20th Century Fox. It is based on Lillian Hellman's book Pentimento, a portion of which purports to tell the story of her relationship with her lifelong friend, "Julia," who worked as an anti-Nazi in the years prior to World War II...
(1977)
- A Bridge Too Far (1977)
- The Black Hole
The Black Hole is a 1979 science fiction movie directed by Gary Nelson for Walt Disney Productions. It stars Maximilian Schell, Robert Forster, Joseph Bottoms, Yvette Mimieux, Anthony Perkins, and Ernest Borgnine. The voices of the main robot characters in the film are provided by Roddy McDowall...
(1979)
- The Chosen
The Chosen is the bestselling book by Chaim Potok published in 1967. It is about two teenage Jewish boys who form a friendship, though they come from different worlds.It is a first-person narrative from the point of view of Reuven Malter...
(1981)
- The Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom of the Opera is a novel by French writer Gaston Leroux. It was first published as a serialization in Le Gaulois from September 23, 1909 to January 8, 1910...
(1983)
- Peter the Great
Peter the Great is a 1986 NBC television mini-series starring Maximilian Schell as Russian leader Peter the Great, and based on the biography by Robert K. Massie.-Plot summary:...
(1986)
- The Freshman
The Freshman may mean:*The Freshman , a Harold Lloyd film*The Freshman , a film starring Marlon Brando and Matthew Broderick*"The Freshman" an episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer...
(1990)
- Young Catherine
Young Catherine is a 1991 American TV miniseries based on the early life of Catherine II of Russia. It stars Julia Ormond as Catherine and Vanessa Redgrave as Empress Elizabeth....
(1991)
- A Far Off Place
A Far Off Place is a Walt Disney Pictures and Amblin Entertainment film from 1993, starring Reese Witherspoon, Ethan Randall and Jack Thompson...
(1993)
- Little Odessa
Little Odessa is an American crime film released in 1994 by James Gray, featuring Tim Roth, Edward Furlong, Moira Kelly and Vanessa Redgrave.The film earned a Silver Lion at the Venice Film Festival and the Critic Prize at the Deauville Film Festival....
(1994)
- The Eighteenth Angel (1996)
- John Carpenter's Vampires (1998)
- Deep Impact
Deep Impact is a 1998 sci-fi-drama disaster film released by Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks in the United States on May 8, 1998. The film was directed by Mimi Leder, and stars Elijah Wood, Téa Leoni, Morgan Freeman, and Robert Duvall...
(1998)
- Joan of Arc (1999)
- Coast to Coast
Coast to Coast is 2003 television movie starring Richard Dreyfuss, Judy Davis, and Selma Blair, and directed by Paul Mazursky. It is based on the novel by Frederic Raphael, who also wrote film's screenplay...
(2004)
- The House of Sleeping Beauties
The House of Sleeping Beauties is a 1983 play by American playwright David Henry Hwang. Hwang's fourth play, it is an adaptation of Yasunari Kawabata's novella House of the Sleeping Beauties. The play depicts Kawabata and how he might have come to have written the novella...
(2008)
- The Shell Seekers (2008)
- The Brothers Bloom (2009)
Academy Awards and nominations
- 1984 - Nominated - Academy Award for Documentary Feature
The Academy Award for Documentary Feature is among the most prestigious awards for documentary films.- Winners and nominees:Following the Academy's practice, films are listed below by the award year...
- Marlene
- 1978 - Nominated - Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance while working within the film industry. Since its inception, however, the...
- JuliaJulia is a 1977 film drama made by 20th Century Fox. It is based on Lillian Hellman's book Pentimento, a portion of which purports to tell the story of her relationship with her lifelong friend, "Julia," who worked as an anti-Nazi in the years prior to World War II...
- 1976 - Nominated Best Actor in a Leading Role
Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance while working within the film industry...
- The Man in the Glass BoothThe Man in the Glass Booth is a 1975 American drama film directed by Arthur Hiller. It was adapted from the novel and stage play of the same name by Robert Shaw. The plot was inspired by actual events surrounding the kidnapping and trial of Adolf Eichmann....
- 1961 - Won Best Actor in a Leading Role - Judgment at Nuremberg
Judgment at Nuremberg is a fictionalized film account of the post-World War II Nuremberg Trials, written by Abby Mann and directed by Stanley Kramer, starring Spencer Tracy, Burt Lancaster, Richard Widmark, Marlene Dietrich, Maximilian Schell, Judy Garland, Montgomery Clift, Werner Klemperer, and...
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