Max Ophüls
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Max Ophüls was a German-born film director renowned for his elegant camera movements, intricate mise-en-scène, and emotionally nuanced melodramas made in Europe and Hollywood.
All labels observed (1)
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| Max Ophüls canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10790934 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Max Ophüls Context triple: [Jacques Demy, influencedBy, Max Ophüls]
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Louis Malle
Louis Malle was a French film director and screenwriter known for his innovative, often provocative works that bridged the French New Wave and more classical narrative cinema.
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B.
Volker Schlöndorff
Volker Schlöndorff is an acclaimed German film director and screenwriter, known for his influential adaptations of literary works and for winning the Palme d'Or and an Academy Award for "The Tin Drum."
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C.
Tim Zinnemann
Tim Zinnemann is an American film producer and assistant director, known for his work on movies such as "The Running Man" and "Clear and Present Danger."
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D.
Alain Resnais
Alain Resnais was a pioneering French film director associated with the Left Bank of the French New Wave, renowned for his innovative narrative structures and explorations of memory and time in films like "Hiroshima mon amour" and "Last Year at Marienbad."
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E.
Wilhelm Dieterle
Wilhelm Dieterle was a German-born film director and actor who became prominent in Hollywood during the 1930s and 1940s, known for prestige biographical dramas such as "The Life of Emile Zola."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Max Ophüls Target entity description: Max Ophüls was a German-born film director renowned for his elegant camera movements, intricate mise-en-scène, and emotionally nuanced melodramas made in Europe and Hollywood.
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A.
Louis Malle
Louis Malle was a French film director and screenwriter known for his innovative, often provocative works that bridged the French New Wave and more classical narrative cinema.
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B.
Volker Schlöndorff
Volker Schlöndorff is an acclaimed German film director and screenwriter, known for his influential adaptations of literary works and for winning the Palme d'Or and an Academy Award for "The Tin Drum."
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C.
Tim Zinnemann
Tim Zinnemann is an American film producer and assistant director, known for his work on movies such as "The Running Man" and "Clear and Present Danger."
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D.
Alain Resnais
Alain Resnais was a pioneering French film director associated with the Left Bank of the French New Wave, renowned for his innovative narrative structures and explorations of memory and time in films like "Hiroshima mon amour" and "Last Year at Marienbad."
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E.
Wilhelm Dieterle
Wilhelm Dieterle was a German-born film director and actor who became prominent in Hollywood during the 1930s and 1940s, known for prestige biographical dramas such as "The Life of Emile Zola."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (68)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
German Jew
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film director ⓘ film producer ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ stage director ⓘ |
| activeIn |
France
NERFINISHED
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Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | Max Oppenheimer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | heart disease ⓘ |
| child | Marcel Ophüls NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citizenship |
France
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Germany ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Germany ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1902-05-06 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1957-03-26 ⓘ |
| directed |
Caught
NERFINISHED
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Divine NERFINISHED ⓘ La Ronde NERFINISHED ⓘ La Signora di tutti NERFINISHED ⓘ Le Plaisir NERFINISHED ⓘ Letter from an Unknown Woman NERFINISHED ⓘ Liebelei NERFINISHED ⓘ Lola Montès NERFINISHED ⓘ Madame de... NERFINISHED ⓘ Sans lendemain NERFINISHED ⓘ The Reckless Moment NERFINISHED ⓘ Werther NERFINISHED ⓘ Yoshiwara NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| emigratedFrom | Nazi Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| emigratedTo |
France
NERFINISHED
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United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAwardNamedAfter | Max Ophüls Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
François Truffaut
NERFINISHED
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Jean-Luc Godard NERFINISHED ⓘ Paul Thomas Anderson NERFINISHED ⓘ Stanley Kubrick NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
elaborate camera movements
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emotionally nuanced melodramas ⓘ intricate mise-en-scène ⓘ |
| languageOfWork |
English
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French ⓘ German ⓘ |
| movement |
European art cinema
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classical Hollywood cinema ⓘ |
| name | Max Ophüls NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
La Ronde
NERFINISHED
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Le Plaisir NERFINISHED ⓘ Letter from an Unknown Woman NERFINISHED ⓘ Liebelei NERFINISHED ⓘ Lola Montès NERFINISHED ⓘ Madame de... NERFINISHED ⓘ The Earrings of Madame de... NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
film director
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film producer ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ stage director ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Saarbrücken, German Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Hamburg, West Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| spouse | Hilde Wall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| styleCharacteristic |
circular narrative structures
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fluid camera movement ⓘ long tracking shots ⓘ |
| subjectOf | Max Ophüls Prize (film award) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workedInGenre |
melodrama
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romantic drama ⓘ |
| workedInHollywood | true ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Max Ophüls Description of subject: Max Ophüls was a German-born film director renowned for his elegant camera movements, intricate mise-en-scène, and emotionally nuanced melodramas made in Europe and Hollywood.
Referenced by (2)
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