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Biography
Marcel Ophuls was a German-French and American documentary filmmaker and actor, renowned for his notable works such as The Sorrow and the Pity (1969) and Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie (1988). Born to German-Jewish filmmaker Max Ophuls, the family fled Nazi Germany during its rise to power in the final stages of the Weimar Republic in 1933. Subsequently, they relocated to France, but fled in 1940 when the Nazis occupied the country. Finally, in 1941, the family emigrated to the United States, where Marcel became a citizen in 1950.
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Awards & recognition
- Peter-Weiss Prize · 1992
- Academy Award — Best Documentary Feature Film · 1989
- Grimme-Preis · 1972
- Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres
- Knight of the Legion of Honour
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- MacArthur Fellows Program
