Movies by Max Ophüls

Letter from an Unknown Woman

Letter from an Unknown Woman

A pianist about to flee from a duel receives a letter from a woman he cannot remember. As she tells the story of her lifelong love for him, he is forced to reinterpret his own past.

Divine

Divine

A country girl (Simone Berriau) finds work as a chorus girl in Paris, gets embroiled with a bad egg, and then finds true love with a good-looking milkman.

A Man Has Been Stolen

A Man Has Been Stolen

A young man is kidnapped by his business competitors, but the jailer falls in love with the man she has to keep a prisoner. A lost film.

The Company's in Love

The Company's in Love

The story follows a movie crew who is filming a musical in a small and idyllic alpine village. After their temperamental leading lady drops out of the film, they decide to replace her with the village's young post office clerk Gretl, who returns to Berlin with them. There she has to struggle with the movie's all-male crew, who all try to woo and win her.