Cinéastes de notre temps : Max Ophuls ou la ronde

Cinéastes de notre temps : Max Ophuls ou la ronde

Cinéastes de notre temps : Max Ophuls ou la ronde

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Cinéastes de notre temps : Max Ophuls ou la ronde

1965

0h 53m

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Overview

A 1965 episode of the French television program Cinéastes de notre temps, featuring interviews with many of film director Max Ophuls’s collaborators

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4 members

Acting

Simone Simon

Self

Simone Simon

Directing

Marcel Ophüls

Self

Marcel Ophüls

Directing

Vittorio De Sica

Self

Vittorio De Sica

Acting

Danielle Darrieux

Self

Danielle Darrieux

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