Max Ophuls was the ultimate virtuoso of 20th-century filmmaking. Born in Germany in 1902, he fled to France in 1933 and to the United States in 1940. Ophuls’ films have a sense of style that creates meaning. His camera sways and dances, speeds up and slows down. A maestro of visual splendor, he captures rhythm, mood, and tempo in a single exquisite shot.

Films are to be screened at 7:00PM and will include:

Liebelie, 1932. July 6
La Signora di Tutti, 1934. July 13
Letter from an Unkown Woman, 1948. July 20
The Reckless Moment, 1949. July 23
Caught, 1949. July 27
The Earrings of Madame de…, 1953. July 30
La Ronde, 1950. August 3

Films with Lisztian Themes:

Double Bill: Camille, 1936, directed by George Cukor, and Camille, 1921, directed by Ray C. Smallwood. July 9
The French Cancan, 1955, directed by Jean Renoir. July 16
Faust, 1926, directed by F.W. Murnau. Ausgust 6

The Films of Max Ophuls