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Maximilian Schell (8 December 1930 – 1 February 2014) was a Swiss [1] actor. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for the 1961 American film Judgment at Nuremberg, his second acting role in Hollywood. Born in Austria, his parents were involved in the arts and he grew up surrounded by performance and literature.
Maximilian Schell. Actor: Judgment at Nuremberg. Maximilian Schell was the most successful German-speaking actor in English-language films since Emil Jannings, the winner of the first Best Actor Academy Award. Like Jannings, Schell won the Oscar, but unlike him, he was a dedicated anti-Nazi.
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- Vienna, Austria
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- Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria
Maximilian Schell war ein Schauspieler, Regisseur und Produzent mit österreichischer und schweizerischer Staatsangehörigkeit. Er gewann 1962 den Oscar als bester Hauptdarsteller für seine Rolle in Urteil von Nürnberg. Schell zählte zu den bekanntesten und profiliertesten deutschsprachigen Darstellern und wirkte rund fünf ...
Dec 8, 2022 · Maximilian Schell was an Austrian actor and filmmaker who was most closely associated with the post-World War II courtroom drama Judgment at Nuremberg. Schell created the role of the accused Nazi war criminals’ eloquent defense attorney, Hans Rolfe, in the play’s original 1959 production on the TV.
Learn about the life and career of Maximilian Schell, the most successful German-speaking actor in English-language films since Emil Jannings, who won the Oscar for Judgment at Nuremberg (1961). Find out his family, awards, trivia, quotes and more on IMDb.
- Actor, Director, Writer
- February 1, 2014
- December 8, 1930
Feb 2, 2014 · Austrian actor Maximilian Schell, who starred in Judgment at Nuremberg and other Hollywood films, passed away at 83. He was one of the most famous German-speaking actors to have gained international renown.
Feb 1, 2014 · Updated 9:38 AM PDT, February 1, 2014. VIENNA (AP) — Austrian-born actor Maximilian Schell, a fugitive from Adolf Hitler who became a Hollywood favorite and won an Oscar for his role as a defense attorney in “Judgment at Nuremberg,” has died. He was 83.
