Maria Schell

Maria Schell

January 15, 1926 · 100 years old

Maria Margarethe Anna Schell (15 January 1926, Vienna – 26 April 2005, Preitenegg, Carinthia) was an Austrian/Swiss actress, who won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress at the Venice Film Festival in 1956 for Gervaise. The daughter of a Swiss author and an Austrian actress, she was the older sister of a…

Known For

14 titles
1
Superman

Superman

1978 · 2h 23m · Movie

An alien orphan is sent from his dying planet to Earth, where he grows up to become his adoptive home's first and greatest superhero.

7.4
2
The Odessa File

The Odessa File

1974 · 2h 10m · Movie

Following the suicide of an elderly Jewish man, a journalist in possession of the man's diary investigates the alleged sighting of a former S.S. Captain, who commanded a concentration camp during World War II.

7.0
3
White Nights

White Nights

1957 · 1h 37m · Movie

A humble clerk courts a woman who awaits her lover's return night after night.

7.8
4
Voyage of the Damned

Voyage of the Damned

1976 · 2h 35m · Movie

The tragic 1939 voyage of SS St. Louis carrying hundreds of German Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany that seemingly no nation is willing to save from certain doom.

6.4
5
Cimarron

Cimarron

1960 · 2h 27m · Movie

The Oklahoma Land Run of April 1889 sets the stage for an epic saga of a frontier adventurer, his wife and family and their friends.

6.4
6
Gervaise

Gervaise

1956 · 1h 56m · Movie

A poor laundrywoman tries to cope with a depressing burden of society.

7.4
7
99 Women

99 Women

1969 · 1h 26m · Movie

A new female inmate at an island prison is abused by fellow convicts and staff, and her disillusionment with the new warden prompts her to join in an attempted breakout and mutiny.

4.6
8
Night of the Blood Monster

Night of the Blood Monster

1970 · 1h 24m · Movie

In 1685 England, an overzealous Lord Chancellor condemns various rebels and "witches" to satisfy his political and sexual whims, ignorant of the true consequences of his actions.

5.2
9
Just a Gigolo

Just a Gigolo

1978 · 2h 27m · Movie

After World War I, a war hero returns to Berlin to find that there's no place for him--he has no skills other than what he learned in the army, and can only find menial, low-paying jobs. He decides to become a gigolo to lonely ric...

5.4
10
The Devil by the Tail

The Devil by the Tail

1969 · 1h 30m · Movie

A Marquise who lures motorists to her hotel by sabotaging their cars gets more than she bargains for when one guest turns out to be a bank robber on the run.

6.7
11
The Mark

The Mark

1961 · 2h 7m · Movie

A man who served prison time for intent to molest a child tries to build a new life with the help of a sympathetic psychiatrist.

7.2
12
The Heart of the Matter

The Heart of the Matter

1953 · 1h 40m · Movie

An unhappily married British security officer stationed in Sierra Leone during World War II falls in love with a young Austrian woman and starts an affair. He soon starts feeling guilty.

6.6
13
The Angel with the Trumpet

The Angel with the Trumpet

1950 · 1h 38m · Movie

In the nineteenth century, a young Austrian woman marries into a wealthy family and witnesses the country change through the course of four decades.

6.2
14
L'assassin connaît la musique...

L'assassin connaît la musique...

1963 · 1h 20m · Movie

Lionel Fribourg, a great composer (at least that's what HE thinks) has a problem with his noisy environment: he can't complete his unfinished symphony. Of course there is a market for unfinished symphonies but, for all he knows, o...

6.6