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Maximilian Schell (8 December 1930 – 1 February 2014) was a Swiss actor. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for the 1961 American film Judgment at Nuremberg , his second acting role in Hollywood.
Maximilian Schell. Actor: Judgment at Nuremberg. Maximilian Schell was the most successful German-speaking actor in English-language films since Emil Jannings, the winner of the first Best Actor Academy Award. Like Jannings, Schell won the Oscar, but unlike him, he was a dedicated anti-Nazi.
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- Vienna, Austria
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- Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria
Maximilian Schell was the most successful German-speaking actor in English-language films since Emil Jannings, the winner of the first Best Actor Academy Award. Like Jannings, Schell won the Oscar, but unlike him, he was a dedicated anti-Nazi.
- Actor, Director, Writer
- February 1, 2014
- December 8, 1930
Dec 8, 2022 · Maximilian Schell was an Austrian actor and filmmaker who was most closely associated with the post-World War II courtroom drama Judgment at Nuremberg. Schell created the role of the accused Nazi war criminals’ eloquent defense attorney, Hans Rolfe, in the play’s original 1959 production on the TV.
Feb 1, 2014 · Maximilian Schell, one of the greatest actors of his generation, an astonishing performer of enormous power and breadth, and a man I am massively proud to call my teacher and, briefly, my colleague on stage, has died at 83.
Oct 11, 2011 · Joan Crawford presenting Maximilian Schell with the Oscar® for Best Actor for his performance in "Judgment at Nuremberg" at the 34th Academy Awards® in 1962.
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Feb 2, 2014 · Maximilian Schell, the ruggedly handsome Austrian-born actor who won an Academy Award for his role in “Judgment at Nuremberg,” died early Saturday in Innsbruck, Austria. He was 83.
