Maria Schell : Actress Height, Weight, Age, Movies, Biography, News, Images & Videos

Maria Margarethe Anna Schell was an Austrian-Swiss actress. She ranged among the stars of German cinema in the 1950s and 1960s

Maria Schell Movies and TV Shows

• 1919 [1984]

  When Sophie Rubin (Maria Schell) sees a TV interview with Alexander Scherbatov (Paul Scofield) -- one of Sigmund Freud's last living patients -- she decides she has to meet him, being a patient of Freud herself. Traveling from New York City to Vienna, Sophie meets Alexander at his apartment, where the two compare notes on their psychoanalysis. Along the way, they reopen the wounds of the past, and question whether their time with Freud was any help in healing them.… MORE

• 99 Women [5 March 1969 (San Francisco)]

  Warden Thelma (Mercedes McCambridge) and a governor (Herbert Lom) mistreat inmates at his-and-hers prisons.

• A Day Will Come [17 October 1950]

  A Day Will Come is a 1950 West German historical drama film directed by Rudolf Jugert and starring Dieter Borsche, Maria Schell and Lil Dagover. It is based on Ernst Penzoldt's novella Korporal Mombour, set at the time of the Franco-Prussian War. The film's sets were designed by the art director Walter Haag.

• After the Storm [17 November 1948 (Switzerland)]

  After the Storm is a 1948 drama film directed by Gustav Ucicky and starring Maria Schell. It was made as a co-production between Austria, Switzerland and Liechtenstein, based on a novella by Carl Zuckmayer. A talented young female musician tries to rebuild her life having been imprisoned during the Second World War.

• As Long as You're Near Me [27 August 1953 (West Germany)]

  A mediocre German actress falls prey to the machinations of a vain filmmaker.

• As the Sea Rages [5 November 1959]

  As the Sea Rages is a 1959 drama film directed by Horst Hächler and starring Maria Schell, Cliff Robertson and Cameron Mitchell. It is based on Werner Helwig's novel Raubfischer in Hellas. It was shot on location on the Dalmatian Coast.

• Chamsin [16 June 1972]

• Change [6 June 1975]

• Christmas Lilies of the Field [16 December 1979]

  Many years have passed since nomadic handyman Homer (Billy Dee Williams) helped to build a chapel for a group of nuns back home, but when he returns, it's as if he never left. Head nun Maria (Maria Schell) is still a formidable force and wastes no time in insisting that Homer now build a bell tower and an orphanage since, by her reckoning, he didn't finish the chapel -- not completely. So, with the help of the nuns and the gorgeous Janet Owens (Fay Hauser), Homer makes a difference once again.… MORE

• Cimarron [1 December 1960 (USA)]

  The Cravet family build their newspaper into a business empire. Yancey Cravet, an adventurer-idealist, spurns the opportunity to become governor, since this means cheating the Indians of their land.

• Das Riesenrad [July 1961]

  Das Riesenrad is a 1961 West German drama film directed by Géza von Radványi. It was entered into the 2nd Moscow International Film Festival. It was shot at the Spandau Studios and on location in Vienna and West Berlin. The sets were designed by the art directors Johannes Ott and Willy Schatz.

• Die Pfarrhauskomödie [26 October 1972 (Germany)]

• Dr. Holl [23 March 1951]

  Dr. Holl is a 1951 West German drama film directed by Rolf Hansen. At the 1st Berlin International Film Festival it won the Certificate of Honour award.

• Dreaming Lips [29 January 1953]

  Dreaming Lips is a 1953 German drama film directed by Josef von Báky and starring Maria Schell, O.W. Fischer and Philip Dorn. It is a remake of the 1932 film Dreaming Lips by Paul Czinner. Czinner had also remade the film in Britain in 1937.

• Duel in the Forest [17 December 1958 (West Germany)]

  In feudal Germany, a dashing adventurer risks all for the hand of a maiden.

• Gervaise [3 August 1956]

  Gervaise Macquart (Maria Schell) is a beautiful Parisian laundress and mother whose lover, Lantier (Armand Mestral) walks out on her. She eventually marries Henri Coupeau (François Perier), a roofer who has an unfortunate accident. As her now crippled husband descends into alcoholism, Gervaise tries to make ends meet on her own. Life becomes even more complicated when Lantier returns and befriends Henri. Meanwhile, the man she really loves, Goujet (Jacques Harden), is sent to prison.… MORE

• Herr über Leben und Tod [7 January 1955]

• Inside the Third Reich [1982]

  As a young architect, Albert Speer (Rutger Hauer) witnesses a rousing speech from Nazi Führer Adolf Hitler (Derek Jacobi). Years later, he finds himself with the title of Minister of Armaments, working alongside Hitler himself. Speer gradually rises through the ranks of the Schutzstaffel, designing many important Nazi buildings and developing a close friendship with Hitler. After the Führer's demise, Speer suddenly achieves a new title: war criminal.… MORE

• Just a Gigolo [16 November 1978 (West Germany)]

  A Prussian veteran (David Bowie) spurns his decadent sweetheart (Sydne Rome) and joins a gigolo ring in post-World War I Berlin.

• La Provocation [11 February 1970]

  La Provocation is a French drama film from 1970. It was directed by André Charpak, written by André Charpak and Jean Verdun, starring Jean Marais and Maria Schell.

• Les Contes De Grimm : Le Roi Barbe D'ours [1984]

• Love [11 July 2008 (Kolkata)]

  Ria, a Christian music teacher, falls in love with Rahul, a wealthy Hindu boy. However, their different social and economic backgrounds create hurdles in their relationship.

• Maresi [5 November 1948]

  Maresi is a 1948 Austrian period drama film directed by Hans Thimig and starring Attila Hörbiger, Maria Schell and Siegfried Breuer. It was one of the box offices successes of 1948. The film's sets were designed by the art director Julius von Borsody.

• My Sister Maria [27 February 2002 (Austria)]

  Maria Schell, a beautiful and talented girl born to an exceptional family of artists, a renowned actress and darling of the public, enjoyed an unparalleled career for a German-speaking actress.

• Napoléon [25 March 1955 (France)]

  Diplomat Talleyrand (Sacha Guitry) reminisces about Napoleon Bonaparte's life upon learning that the legendary ruler has died. Talleyrand tells of a young Napoleon (Daniel Gélin) who rises to power through guile and courage, eventually becoming emperor of France. Later, an older and more jaded Napoleon (Raymond Pellegrin) wonders what all his accomplishments mean, now that he must face constant political squabbles and, eventually, exile and imprisonment.… MORE

• One Life [24 September 1958 (France)]

  Based on Guy de Maupassant's tale of a woman who learns that her husband married her for money and is wooing their maid.

• Only a Woman [30 November 1962]

  Only a Woman is a 1962 West German romantic comedy film directed by Alfred Weidenmann and starring Maria Schell, Paul Hubschmid and Hans Nielsen. The film's sets were designed by the art director Helmut Nentwig. It was shot at the Spandau Studios and on location in Hamburg and West Berlin.

• Rose Bernd [31 January 1957 (Hanover)]

  Rose Bernd is a 1957 German drama film directed by Wolfgang Staudte. It was adapted from the play of the same name by Gerhart Hauptmann and was entered into the 1957 Cannes Film Festival. It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Hans Berthel and Robert Stratil.

• Samson and Delilah [21 December 1949 (USA)]

  The story revolves around Delilah, a beautiful courtesan, who seduces Samson, a soldier chosen by God to destroy Philistines, in order to haul out the secret of his strength and destroy him.

• So Little Time [1952]

  An aristocrat (Maria Schell) falls in love with a concert-pianist German colonel (Marius Goring) living in her family's Belgian chateau.

• Steibruch [9 October 1942 (Switzerland)]

• Superman [25 December 1978 (India)]

  Scientist Jor-El rockets his infant son, Kal-El, to safety on Earth. Kal is raised as Clark Kent and develops unusual abilities and powers to become Superman who fights for truth and justice.

• Tagebuch einer Verliebten [19 October 1953]

  Diary of a Married Woman is a 1953 West German comedy film directed by Josef von Báky and starring Maria Schell, O.W. Fischer and Margarete Haagen. The film's sets were designed by Hans Jürgen Kiebach and Gabriel Pellon.

• The Angel with the Trumpet [20 March 1950]

  In this generation-spanning saga of an Austrian Jewish family, young Henrietta Stein (Eileen Herlie) has found true love with Prince Rudolf (Norman Wooland), but her parents force her to marry the dependable Francis Alt (Basil Sydney) instead, and Rudolf kills himself. Henrietta, bored with the uptight Francis, never forgives herself for abandoning Rudolf at her family's behest. When the Nazis later seize control of Austria, she determines to direct her own destiny this time.… MORE

• The Bloody Judge [5 February 1970 (Italy)]

  Historical horror starring Christopher Lee. The sadistic chief magistrate of England dishes out torturous punishment to meet his every whim, targeting the guilty, the innocent, and the voluptuous!

• The Brothers Karamazov [20 February 1958 (USA)]

  Based on Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel, Fyodor Karamazov (Lee J. Cobb) is a wealthy and controlling father who must choose an heir among his four sons. Dmitri (Yul Brynner), the oldest son, is engaged to Katya (Claire Bloom) but starts seeing his father's mistress, Grushenka (Maria Schell). The other brothers, Ivan (Richard Basehart), Alexey (William Shatner) and half-brother Smerdyakov (Albert Salmi), all have designs on the inheritance, ultimately leading to betrayal and murder.… MORE

• The Devil by the Tail [6 February 1969]

  A run-down hotel''s staff sabotages the road to force people to book rooms.

• The First Polka [28 February 1979]

  A woman (Maria Schell) holds a wedding in a German town on the Polish border days before the start of World War II.

• The Hanging Tree [11 February 1959 (USA)]

  Joseph, a doctor keeps dominating people's lives. He frees a robber, Rune from getting hanged; and forces his charge on him too as compensation. Things change, when Elizabeth enters Joseph's life.

• The Heart of the Matter [3 November 1953]

  In 1940s Sierra Leone, expatriate Harry Scobie (Trevor Howard), a Catholic police officer, is trapped in a loveless marriage. While his unhappy wife is out of town, Harry quickly falls in love with Helen (Maria Schell), a war widow. As his Catholicism threatens to keep him bound to his wife and apart from the woman he loves, Harry is consumed with guilt and becomes desperate for a solution to his dilemma. Harry's religion haunts him throughout this story of forbidden love and inner turmoil.… MORE

• The Last Bridge [11 February 1954 (Vienna)]

  Dr. Helga Reinbeck (Maria Schell) is working as a nurse in Yugoslavia during World War II when she's taken hostage by a group of rogue fighters. The nurse at first resists helping the guerrilla soldiers, who force her to care for their sick, but soon realizes it's just as important to tend to these men as to her own people. When a German prisoner is brought to camp, he challenges her patriotism and, rattled by the charge, the nurse begins to question which side she should really be helping.… MORE

• The Magic Box [23 September 1952 (New York)]

  William Friese-Green (Robert Donat) is a young British photographer who dreams of making the projection of moving images into a reality. Through various experiments, luck and sheer perseverance, he succeeds in creating a working motion picture camera. However, his achievement fails to capture public attention. Worse, his obsessive devotion to his ambitions causes him to neglect other aspects of his life, leaving William impoverished and causing emotional pain for those closest to him.… MORE

• The Mark [26 January 1961]

  A reformed child abuser fights the stigma of his past when he falls for a single mother.

• The Odessa File [18 October 1974 (USA)]

  Following the suicide of an elderly Jewish man, investigative journalist Peter Miller sets out to hunt down an SS Captain and former concentration camp commander. In doing so he discovers that, despite allegations of war crimes, the former commander has become a man of importance in industry in post-war Germany, protected from prosecution by a powerful organisation of former SS members called Odessa.… MORE

• The Passerby [14 April 1982 (France)]

  Max Baumstein, a respectable businessman, reveals his identity and past during the murder trial of a Paraguayan ambassador.

• The Rats [6 July 1955 (West Germany)]

  Die Ratten is a 1955 West German drama film directed by Robert Siodmak. It is an adaptation of the 1911 play The Rats by Gerhart Hauptmann, but transferred the story to the early 1950s, shortly after the Second World War.

• The Twist [23 June 1976]

  A U.S. writer (Bruce Dern) and his rich French wife (Stéphane Audran) suspect each other of having affairs.

• Until We Meet Again [7 October 1952 (West Germany)]

  Until We Meet Again is a 1952 West German romantic drama film directed by Gustav Ucicky and starring Maria Schell, O. W. Fischer, and Karl Ludwig Diehl. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Hans Ledersteger and Ernst Richter.

• Voyage of the Damned [22 December 1976 (USA)]

  Based on the true story of a ship carrying German-Jewish refugees which was sent to Havana in 1939 by the Nazis but was denied permission to land anywhere. The ship was eventually obliged to return to Germany, where certain death awaited its passengers. This terrible outcome had been cynically anticipated by the Nazis when granting permission for the voyage in the first place.… MORE

• White Nights [15 September 1957 (Italy)]

  A lonely clerk (Marcello Mastroianni) attempts to win the love of a woman (Maria Schell) who still awaits the return of her long-absent suitor.

• Zwei Whiskey und ein Sofa [20 December 1963]

  A mischievous architect hatches a scheme to sabotage her handsome competitor's chances of winning a competition.