Maximilian Schell: movies and TV shows
Maximilian Schell has 174 credits in the archive: 121 films and 53 TV series, from 1948 to 2015. Highest rated: Die Liebe eines Priesters (9.5/10).
Career timeline
1948 – 2015 · busiest year: 1979 (10 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Les brigands | Mr. Escher | Film | 3.4 | 84 |
| 2011 | Jedermann Remixed | Jedermann (archive footage) | Film | — | 80 |
| 2010 | Im Gespräch mit Teddy Podgorski | Self | TV | — | 79 |
| 2010 | Maximilian Schell - Ein sehnsüchtiger Rebell | Self | Film | — | 79 |
| 2009 | Darkness | Film | 4.1 | 78 | |
| 2009 | Black Flowers | Jacob Krinsten | Film | 4.4 | 78 |
| 2008 | Markus Lanz | Self | TV | 5.5 | 77 |
| 2008 | The Brothers Bloom | Diamond Dog | Film | 6.6 | 77 |
| 2008 | Imperium der Päpste | Sprecher | TV | — | 77 |
| 2008 | Imperium der Päpste | TV | — | 77 | |
| 2007 | Die Rosenkönigin | Karl Friedrich Weidemann | Film | 5.6 | 76 |
| 2007 | Pilawas großes Geschichts-Quiz | Self | TV | — | 76 |
| 2007 | The Shell Seekers | Lawrence Sterne | Film | 6.9 | 76 |
| 2007 | Verstörung - und eine Art von Poesie. Die Filmlegende Bernhard Wicki | Himself | Film | — | 76 |
| 2006 | Semperopernball | Self | TV | — | 75 |
| 2006 | House of the Sleeping Beauties | Kogi | Film | 5.4 | 75 |
| 2006 | Die Alpenklinik | Dr. Alexander Ohlendorf | Film | 2.3 | 75 |
| 2005 | G&G – Gesichter und Geschichten | Self | TV | 4.0 | 74 |
| 2005 | Die Liebe eines Priesters | Father Christoph | Film | 9.5 | 74 |
| 2004 | Kulturplatz | Self | TV | 6.0 | 73 |
| 2004 | Servus, Hansi Hinterseer | Self | TV | — | 73 |
| 2004 | Coast to Coast | Casimir | Film | 7.0 | 73 |
| 2004 | The Return of the Dancing Master | Fernando Hereira | Film | 5.3 | 73 |
| 2004 | In Conversation: Abby Mann and Maximillian Schell | Self | Film | 9.0 | 73 |
| 2003 | Menschen bei Maischberger | Self | TV | 7.3 | 72 |
| 2003 | Der Fürst und das Mädchen | TV | 8.0 | 72 | |
| 2003 | Der Fürst und das Mädchen | Friedrich Fürst von Thorwald | TV | 8.0 | 72 |
| 2003 | Alles Glück dieser Erde | Xaver Schönborn | Film | 6.3 | 72 |
| 2002 | Gero von Boehm begegnet... | Self | TV | — | 71 |
| 2002 | Liebe, Lügen, Leidenschaften | Franz Steininger | TV | 3.8 | 71 |
| 2002 | My Sister Maria | Himself | Film | 6.7 | 71 |
| 2002 | My Sister Maria | Film | 6.7 | 71 | |
| 2002 | My Sister Maria | Film | 6.7 | 71 | |
| 2002 | Der Bestseller - Mord auf italienisch | Karl Steingraf | Film | 7.0 | 71 |
| 2001 | Festival in Cannes | Viktor Kovner | Film | 5.3 | 70 |
| 2000 | Just Messing About | Poser | Film | 4.5 | 69 |
| 2000 | I Love You, Baby | Walter Ekland | Film | 9.0 | 69 |
| 1999 | Beckmann | Self | TV | 4.3 | 68 |
| 1999 | Joan of Arc | Brother Jean le Maistre | TV | 6.6 | 68 |
| 1999 | On the Wings of Love | Hochberg | Film | 6.5 | 68 |
| 1998 | The Johannes B. Kerner Show | Self | TV | 7.7 | 67 |
| 1998 | Deep Impact | Jason Lerner | Film | 6.2 | 67 |
| 1998 | Sternstunde Kunst | Self | TV | — | 67 |
| 1998 | Vampires | Cardinal Alba | Film | 6.3 | 67 |
| 1998 | Left Luggage | Mr. Silberschmidt | Film | 6.3 | 67 |
| 1997 | Zwischen Rosen | Carl Stern | Film | 9.0 | 66 |
| 1997 | Telling Lies in America | Dr. Istvan Jonas | Film | 5.8 | 66 |
| 1997 | The Eighteenth Angel | Father Simeon | Film | 5.1 | 66 |
| 1996 | The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years | Cardinal Vittorio | Film | 6.9 | 65 |
| 1996 | The Vampyre Wars | Rodan | Film | — | 65 |
| 1996 | Abbado: The Silence that Follows the Music | Self | Film | 10.0 | 65 |
| 1995 | Die Harald Schmidt Show | Self | TV | 7.2 | 64 |
| 1995 | Kulturzeit | self | TV | 4.7 | 64 |
| 1995 | Lebens-Künstler | Self | TV | — | 64 |
| 1994 | alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio | Self | TV | 6.0 | 63 |
| 1994 | Little Odessa | Arkady Shapira | Film | 6.5 | 63 |
| 1994 | Abraham | Pharaoh | TV | 7.0 | 63 |
| 1994 | Abraham | Pharao | TV | 7.0 | 63 |
| 1993 | Abraham | Pharao | Film | 7.2 | 62 |
| 1993 | A Far Off Place | Col. Mopani Theron | Film | 6.2 | 62 |
| 1993 | Justice | Isaak Kohler | Film | 5.6 | 62 |
| 1993 | Candles in the Dark | Colonel Arkush | Film | 6.0 | 62 |
| 1993 | Candles in the Dark | Film | 6.0 | 62 | |
| 1992 | Riverboat | Self | TV | 5.3 | 61 |
| 1992 | Stalin | Vladimir Lenin | Film | 5.3 | 61 |
| 1992 | Miss Rose White | Mordecai Weiss | Film | 5.0 | 61 |
| 1991 | Young Catherine | Frederick the Great | TV | 5.9 | 60 |
| 1991 | Why Havel? | Film | — | 60 | |
| 1991 | Labyrinth | The Filmmaker | Film | 10.0 | 60 |
| 1990 | Romy Award | Self | TV | 9.0 | 59 |
| 1990 | The Freshman | Larry London | Film | 6.3 | 59 |
| 1990 | You Can't Live Like That | German Commentator | Film | 5.0 | 59 |
| 1989 | The Rose Garden | Aaron | Film | 6.7 | 58 |
| 1987 | Nachtcafé | Self | TV | 4.7 | 56 |
| 1987 | Wiseguy | Amado Guzman | TV | 6.6 | 56 |
| 1987 | Seitenblicke | self | TV | 8.0 | 56 |
| 1986 | Showgeschichten | self | TV | — | 55 |
| 1986 | Peter the Great | Peter the Great | TV | 7.9 | 55 |
| 1985 | Die Föhnforscher | Film | 8.0 | 54 | |
| 1985 | The Assisi Underground | Col. Müller | Film | 5.1 | 54 |
| 1985 | To Be Hamlet | Self | Film | — | 54 |
| 1984 | Goldene Kamera | Self - Presenter | TV | 5.7 | 53 |
| 1984 | Marlene | Himself | Film | 7.0 | 53 |
| 1984 | Marlene | Film | 7.0 | 53 | |
| 1984 | Man Under Suspicion | Lawyer Landau | Film | 6.5 | 53 |
| 1983 | The Phantom of the Opera | Sandor Korvin/Phantom | Film | 5.9 | 52 |
| 1983 | Les Îles | Fabrice | Film | 9.0 | 52 |
| 1982 | Bernstein/Beethoven | Self (commentary) | TV | 8.0 | 51 |
| 1981 | The Chosen | Professor David Malter | Film | 7.1 | 50 |
| 1980 | Heut' abend | Self | TV | 7.0 | 49 |
| 1980 | The Diary of Anne Frank | Otto Frank | Film | 5.8 | 49 |
| 1979 | NDR Talk Show | Self | TV | 6.6 | 48 |
| 1979 | Bavarian Film Awards | Self | TV | — | 48 |
| 1979 | The Black Hole | Dr. Hans Reinhardt | Film | 5.8 | 48 |
| 1979 | Avalanche Express | Colonel Nikolai Bunin | Film | 4.8 | 48 |
| 1979 | Players | Marco | Film | 4.9 | 48 |
| 1979 | Together? | Giovanni | Film | 5.2 | 48 |
| 1979 | Tales from the Vienna Woods | Theatre Visitor | Film | 6.1 | 48 |
| 1979 | Tales from the Vienna Woods | Film | 6.1 | 48 | |
| 1979 | Tales from the Vienna Woods | Film | 6.1 | 48 | |
| 1979 | Tales from the Vienna Woods | Film | 6.1 | 48 | |
| 1978 | End of the Game | Robert Schmied on Audiotape (voice) (uncredited) | Film | 5.0 | 47 |
| 1978 | End of the Game | Film | 5.0 | 47 | |
| 1978 | End of the Game | Film | 5.0 | 47 | |
| 1978 | End of the Game | Film | 5.0 | 47 | |
| 1977 | A Bridge Too Far | General der Waffen-SS Wilhelm Bittrich | Film | 7.2 | 46 |
| 1977 | Cross of Iron | Hauptmann Stransky | Film | 7.1 | 46 |
| 1977 | Julia | Johann | Film | 6.5 | 46 |
| 1976 | Kölner Treff | Self | TV | 6.8 | 45 |
| 1976 | St. Ives | Dr. John Constable | Film | 5.7 | 45 |
| 1976 | The Clown | Film | 6.3 | 45 | |
| 1975 | People's Choice Awards | Self | TV | 9.2 | 44 |
| 1975 | The Man in the Glass Booth | Arthur Goldman | Film | 6.1 | 44 |
| 1975 | The Day That Shook the World | Đuro Šarac | Film | 6.1 | 44 |
| 1974 | The Odessa File | Eduard Roschmann | Film | 6.6 | 43 |
| 1973 | Je später der Abend | Self | TV | 7.0 | 42 |
| 1973 | The Pedestrian | Andreas Giese | Film | 7.0 | 42 |
| 1973 | The Pedestrian | Film | 7.0 | 42 | |
| 1973 | The Pedestrian | Film | 7.0 | 42 | |
| 1973 | The Pedestrian | Film | 7.0 | 42 | |
| 1972 | Paulina 1880 | Count Michele Cantarini | Film | 8.7 | 41 |
| 1972 | Pope Joan | Adrian | Film | 6.1 | 41 |
| 1971 | V.I.P. Schaukel | Self | TV | 8.0 | 40 |
| 1971 | Trotta | Film | 6.8 | 40 | |
| 1970 | First Love | Vater | Film | 5.7 | 39 |
| 1970 | First Love | Film | 5.7 | 39 | |
| 1970 | First Love | Film | 5.7 | 39 | |
| 1970 | First Love | Film | 5.7 | 39 | |
| 1969 | Krakatoa, East of Java | Captain Chris Hanson | Film | 5.8 | 38 |
| 1969 | Simón Bolívar | Simón Bolívar | Film | 5.1 | 38 |
| 1968 | The Dick Cavett Show | Self - Guest | TV | 6.8 | 37 |
| 1968 | The Three Musketeers | TV | — | 37 | |
| 1968 | Heidi | Richard Sessemann | Film | 6.3 | 37 |
| 1968 | The Castle | K | Film | 6.6 | 37 |
| 1968 | The Castle | Film | 6.6 | 37 | |
| 1967 | Counterpoint | Gen. Schiller | Film | 6.2 | 36 |
| 1967 | The Deadly Affair | Dieter Frey | Film | 6.3 | 36 |
| 1967 | Alles zum Guten | Film | — | 36 | |
| 1967 | The Desperate Ones | Marek | Film | 8.0 | 36 |
| 1966 | Die venezianischen Zwillinge | Zanetto und Tonio | Film | — | 35 |
| 1966 | John F. Kennedy: Years of Lightning, Day of Drums | German Narrator | Film | 5.8 | 35 |
| 1965 | Der seidene Schuh | Don Rodrigo | TV | — | 34 |
| 1965 | Return from the Ashes | Stanislaw Pilgrin | Film | 6.2 | 34 |
| 1964 | Topkapi | Walter Harper | Film | 6.5 | 33 |
| 1963 | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | TV | 5.9 | 32 | |
| 1962 | The Reluctant Saint | Giuseppe | Film | 7.8 | 31 |
| 1962 | The Condemned of Altona | Franz von Gerlach | Film | 7.1 | 31 |
| 1962 | Five Finger Exercise | Walter | Film | 5.6 | 31 |
| 1961 | Judgment at Nuremberg | Hans Rolfe | Film | 8.0 | 30 |
| 1961 | Hamlet, Prince of Denmark | Hamlet | Film | 2.8 | 30 |
| 1960 | The Fifth Column | Film | 8.3 | 29 | |
| 1959 | Stars in the Ring | Self | TV | 5.3 | 28 |
| 1959 | Judgment at Nuremberg | Otto Rolfe | Film | 6.0 | 28 |
| 1959 | Eine Dummheit macht auch der Gescheiteste | Jegor Dmitritsch Glumow | Film | — | 28 |
| 1959 | Die sechste Frau | Henry Howard | Film | — | 28 |
| 1958 | Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse | TV | 6.3 | 27 | |
| 1958 | The Young Lions | Capt. Hardenberg | Film | 6.8 | 27 |
| 1958 | Der Meisterdieb | Film | — | 27 | |
| 1958 | Children of the Mountains | Josef Ospel | Film | 10.0 | 27 |
| 1958 | Die Bernauerin | Herzog Albrecht von Bayern | Film | 10.0 | 27 |
| 1957 | Taxichauffeur Bänz | Toni Schellenberg | Film | 7.2 | 26 |
| 1957 | The Last Ones Shall Be First | Lorenz Darrandt | Film | 7.0 | 26 |
| 1956 | Playhouse 90 | Otto Rolfe | TV | 7.6 | 25 |
| 1956 | The Girl from Flanders | Alexander Haller | Film | 8.6 | 25 |
| 1956 | Die Ehe des Dr. med. Danwitz | Dr. Oswald Hauser | Film | 7.0 | 25 |
| 1956 | Ein Herz kehrt heim | Wolfgang Thomas, beider Sohn | Film | 7.0 | 25 |
| 1955 | Children, Mother, and the General | Soldat, der nicht mehr mitmacht | Film | 6.4 | 24 |
| 1955 | Ripening Youth | Jürgen Sengebusch | Film | 7.0 | 24 |
| 1955 | The Plot to Assassinate Hitler | Mitglied des Kreisauer Kreises | Film | 6.1 | 24 |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self | TV | 7.0 | 22 |
| 1951 | German Film Award | Self | TV | 6.0 | 20 |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Rose's Father | TV | 8.8 | 20 |
| 1948 | Bambi | Self - Laudation | TV | 9.0 | 17 |
| 1948 | Bambi | Self | TV | 9.0 | 17 |