Maximilian Schell
Maximilian Schell
Maximilian Schellwas an Austrian and Swiss film and stage actor, who also wrote, directed and produced some of his own films. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for the 1961 American film Judgment at Nuremberg, his second acting role in Hollywood. His parents were involved in the arts and he grew up surrounded by acting and literature. While he was a child, his family fled Vienna in 1938 when Austria was annexed by Nazi Germany, and they settled...
NationalitySwiss
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth8 December 1930
CityVienna, Austria
CountrySwitzerland
Maximilian Schell quotes about
Im always happy when Im left alone, but if somebody comes and is nice, then we talk.
Except here it's more power, more energy, younger and also in Europe it's still not only entertainment. Theater or films are looked at as a moral institution. That's why maybe they're so poetic. Here it's clear entertainment.
Directing is like meeting a woman. You don't know her, but something strikes you, and then you just have to go into it.
Music in this film is a very important part.