Deceased

How Did Maximilian Schell Die?

Life & Death

Died aged 83

GenderMaleNationalityAustriaBorn08/12/1930Born inVienna, AustriaDied01/02/2014Died inInnsbruckCausepneumoniaWikidataQ153018 ↗Buried atVienna Central CemeteryTMDb#12150 ↗

Maximilian Schell was a Swiss actor, theatre director, filmmaker, and musician of Austrian origin. He was one of the most internationally acclaimed German-speaking actors of his generation, earning accolades for his work on both screen and stage. Born and initially raised in Vienna, where his parents were involved in the arts, he grew up surrounded by performance and literature.

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Filmography107 titles

Importing filmography…

Year	Title	Character	Age at release
2015	Les brigandsMovie	Mr. Escher	85
2011	Jedermann RemixedMovie	Jedermann (archive footage)	81
2010	Das blaue SofaSeries	Self	80
2010	Im Gespräch mit Teddy PodgorskiSeries	Self	80
2009	DarknessMovie	—	79
2008	Markus LanzSeries	Self	78
2008	The Brothers BloomMovie	Diamond Dog	78
2007	Pilawas großes Geschichts-QuizSeries	Self	77
2007	The Shell SeekersMovie	Lawrence Sterne	77
2007	Die RosenköniginMovie	Karl Friedrich Weidemann	77
2006	SemperopernballSeries	Self	76
2006	Die AlpenklinikMovie	Dr. Alexander Ohlendorf	76
2005	G&G – Gesichter und GeschichtenSeries	Self	75
2005	Die Liebe eines PriestersMovie	Father Christoph	75
2004	The Return of the Dancing MasterMovie	Fernando Hereira	74
2004	Servus, Hansi HinterseerSeries	Self	74
2003	Menschen bei MaischbergerSeries	Self	73
2003	Der Fürst und das MädchenSeries	Friedrich Fürst von Thorwald	73
2003	Alles Glück dieser ErdeMovie	Xaver Schönborn	73
2002	My Sister MariaMovie	Himself	72
2002	Gero von Boehm begegnet...Series	Self	72
2000	Just Messing AboutMovie	Poser	70
2000	I Love You, BabyMovie	Walter Ekland	70
1999	Joan of ArcSeries	Brother Jean le Maistre	69
1999	BeckmannSeries	Self	69
1999	On the Wings of LoveMovie	Hochberg	69
1998	Deep ImpactMovie	Jason Lerner	68
1998	VampiresMovie	Cardinal Alba	68
1998	The Johannes B. Kerner ShowSeries	Self	68
1998	Sternstunde KunstSeries	Self	68
1997	Telling Lies in AmericaMovie	Dr. Istvan Jonas	67
1997	Zwischen RosenMovie	Carl Stern	67
1997	The Eighteenth AngelMovie	Father Simeon	67
1996	Abbado: The Silence that Follows the MusicMovie	Self	66
1995	KulturzeitSeries	self	65
1995	Lebens-KünstlerSeries	Self	65
1994	alfredissimo! Kochen mit BioSeries	Self	64
1994	AbrahamSeries	Pharaoh	64
1993	JusticeMovie	Isaak Kohler	63
1993	AbrahamMovie	Pharao	63
1993	Candles in the DarkMovie	Colonel Arkush	63
1992	StalinMovie	Vladimir Lenin	62
1992	RiverboatSeries	Self	62
1991	LabyrinthMovie	The Filmmaker	61
1990	The FreshmanMovie	Larry London	60
1990	Romy AwardSeries	Self	60
1987	WiseguySeries	Amado Guzman	57
1987	NachtcaféSeries	Self	57
1987	SeitenblickeSeries	self	57
1986	Peter the GreatSeries	Peter the Great	56
1986	ShowgeschichtenSeries	self	56
1984	Goldene KameraSeries	Self - Presenter	54
1984	Man Under SuspicionMovie	Lawyer Landau	54
1984	MarleneMovie	Himself	54
1983	Les ÎlesMovie	Fabrice	53
1981	The ChosenMovie	Professor David Malter	51
1980	Heut' abendSeries	Self	50
1979	Bavarian Film AwardsSeries	Self	49
1979	The Black HoleMovie	Dr. Hans Reinhardt	49
1979	Avalanche ExpressMovie	Colonel Nikolai Bunin	49
1979	NDR Talk ShowSeries	Self	49
1979	Together?Movie	Giovanni	49
1979	Tales from the Vienna WoodsMovie	Theatre Visitor	49
1977	Cross of IronMovie	Hauptmann Stransky	47
1977	A Bridge Too FarMovie	General der Waffen-SS Wilhelm Bittrich	47
1977	JuliaMovie	Johann	47
1976	St. IvesMovie	Dr. John Constable	46
1976	Kölner TreffSeries	Self	46
1975	People's Choice AwardsSeries	Self	45
1975	The Day That Shook the WorldMovie	Đuro Šarac	45
1975	End of the GameMovie	Robert Schmied on Audiotape (voice) (uncredited)	45
1974	The Odessa FileMovie	Eduard Roschmann	44
1973	Je später der AbendSeries	Self	43
1973	The PedestrianMovie	Andreas Giese	43
1972	Pope JoanMovie	Adrian	42
1971	V.I.P. SchaukelSeries	Self	41
1969	Krakatoa, East of JavaMovie	Captain Chris Hanson	39
1968	The Dick Cavett ShowSeries	Self - Guest	38
1968	The CastleMovie	K	38
1967	The Deadly AffairMovie	Dieter Frey	37
1966	Die venezianischen ZwillingeMovie	Zanetto und Tonio	36
1965	Return from the AshesMovie	Stanislaw Pilgrin	35
1965	Der seidene SchuhSeries	Don Rodrigo	35
1963	Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler TheatreSeries	—	33
1962	Five Finger ExerciseMovie	Walter	32
1961	Judgment at NurembergMovie	Hans Rolfe	31
1961	Hamlet, Prince of DenmarkMovie	Hamlet	31
1959	Stars in the RingSeries	Self	29
1959	Eine Dummheit macht auch der GescheitesteMovie	Jegor Dmitritsch Glumow	29
1959	Die sechste FrauMovie	Henry Howard	29
1958	Westinghouse Desilu PlayhouseSeries	—	28
1958	The Young LionsMovie	Capt. Hardenberg	28
1958	Die BernauerinMovie	Herzog Albrecht von Bayern	28
1958	Der MeisterdiebMovie	—	28
1958	Children of the MountainsMovie	Josef Ospel	28
1957	Taxichauffeur BänzMovie	Toni Schellenberg	27
1957	The Last Ones Shall Be FirstMovie	Lorenz Darrandt	27
1956	Die Ehe des Dr. med. DanwitzMovie	Dr. Oswald Hauser	26
1956	Playhouse 90Series	Otto Rolfe	26
1956	The Girl from FlandersMovie	Alexander Haller	26
1955	Ripening YouthMovie	Jürgen Sengebusch	25
1955	Children, Mother, and the GeneralMovie	Soldat, der nicht mehr mitmacht	25
1955	The Plot to Assassinate HitlerMovie	Mitglied des Kreisauer Kreises	25
1953	The OscarsSeries	Self	23
1951	Hallmark Hall of FameSeries	Rose's Father	21
1951	German Film AwardSeries	Self	21
1948	BambiSeries	Self	18