Maria Schell

Acting

Maria Schell

Born January 15, 1926 · Vienna, Austria

Died April 26, 2005 · aged 79

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 actor Maximilian Schell, and lesser-known actors Carl Schell and Immy (Immaculata) Schell. Descripti…

Known For

SupermanSuperman · 1978
Superman
7.21978
MovieScience FictionAction
Mild-mannered Clark Kent works as a reporter at the Daily Planet alongside his crush, Lois Lane. Clark must summon his superhero alter-ego when the nefarious Lex Luthor launches a plan to take over the world.
The TwistThe Twist · 1976
The Twist
4.21976
MovieComedy
Claire de La Tour Picquet shares her life between her husband, the successful novelist William Brandeis, and her lover, Jacques Lalouet, William's publisher. Then she discovers that her lover has a mistress, Charlie, who is also that of her husband...
Voyage of the DamnedVoyage of the Damned · 1976
Voyage of the Damned
6.01976
MovieDramaWar
A luxury liner carries Jewish refugees from Hitler's Germany in a desperate fight for survival.
NapoleonNapoleon · 1955
Napoleon
6.31955
MovieDramaHistory
The film follows the life of Napoleon from his early life in Corsica to his death at Saint Helena. The film is notable for its use of location shooting for numerous scenes, especially at the French estates of Malmaison and Fontainebleau, the Palace of Versailles, and sites of Napoleonic battles including Austerlitz and Waterloo.
White NightsWhite Nights · 1957
White Nights
7.41957
MovieDramaRomance
A middle-aged man meets a young woman who is waiting on a canal bridge for her lover's return.
The Brothers KaramazovThe Brothers Karamazov · 1958
The Brothers Karamazov
6.51958
MovieDramaHistory
Ryevsk, Russia, 1870. Tensions abound in the Karamazov family. Fyodor is a wealthy libertine who holds his purse strings tightly. His four grown sons include Dmitri, the eldest, an elegant officer, always broke and at odds with his father, betrothed to Katya, herself lovely and rich. The other brothers include a sterile aesthete, a factotum who is a bastard, and a monk. Family tensions erupt when Dmitri falls in love with one of his father's mistresses, the coquette Grushenka. Two brothers see Dmitri's jealousy of their father as an opportunity to inherit sooner. Acts of violence lead to the story's conclusion: trials of honor, conscience, forgiveness, and redemption.
Die PfarrhauskomödieDie Pfarrhauskomödie · 1972
Die Pfarrhauskomödie
7.01972
MovieComedy
When Ambrosia, the pastor's cook, leaves the village for a while to give birth to the child she is expecting from the pastor in a secluded place, the buxom and love-struck Irma takes her place in the parish. And soon she too is looking forward to the joys of motherhood. But who is the father of the child? The curate she seduced, or even the pastor himself...?
The PasserbyThe Passerby · 1982
The Passerby
6.21982
MovieDrama
Max Baumstein is a reputable businessman who founded an international organization fighting against violations of human rights. Why would he commit an act that apparently negates the principles he has striven for so long to uphold? As he is tried for first-degree murder for killing a Paraguayan ambassador in cold blood, he reveals a secret about himself that he kept hidden from his wife Lina. His act is the conclusion of a struggle that started many decades earlier in his childhood...

Movies

SupermanSuperman · 1978
Superman
7.21978
MovieScience FictionAction
Mild-mannered Clark Kent works as a reporter at the Daily Planet alongside his crush, Lois Lane. Clark must summon his superhero alter-ego when the nefarious Lex Luthor launches a plan to take over the world.
The TwistThe Twist · 1976
The Twist
4.21976
MovieComedy
Claire de La Tour Picquet shares her life between her husband, the successful novelist William Brandeis, and her lover, Jacques Lalouet, William's publisher. Then she discovers that her lover has a mistress, Charlie, who is also that of her husband...
Voyage of the DamnedVoyage of the Damned · 1976
Voyage of the Damned
6.01976
MovieDramaWar
A luxury liner carries Jewish refugees from Hitler's Germany in a desperate fight for survival.
NapoleonNapoleon · 1955
Napoleon
6.31955
MovieDramaHistory
The film follows the life of Napoleon from his early life in Corsica to his death at Saint Helena. The film is notable for its use of location shooting for numerous scenes, especially at the French estates of Malmaison and Fontainebleau, the Palace of Versailles, and sites of Napoleonic battles including Austerlitz and Waterloo.
White NightsWhite Nights · 1957
White Nights
7.41957
MovieDramaRomance
A middle-aged man meets a young woman who is waiting on a canal bridge for her lover's return.
The Brothers KaramazovThe Brothers Karamazov · 1958
The Brothers Karamazov
6.51958
MovieDramaHistory
Ryevsk, Russia, 1870. Tensions abound in the Karamazov family. Fyodor is a wealthy libertine who holds his purse strings tightly. His four grown sons include Dmitri, the eldest, an elegant officer, always broke and at odds with his father, betrothed to Katya, herself lovely and rich. The other brothers include a sterile aesthete, a factotum who is a bastard, and a monk. Family tensions erupt when Dmitri falls in love with one of his father's mistresses, the coquette Grushenka. Two brothers see Dmitri's jealousy of their father as an opportunity to inherit sooner. Acts of violence lead to the story's conclusion: trials of honor, conscience, forgiveness, and redemption.
Die PfarrhauskomödieDie Pfarrhauskomödie · 1972
Die Pfarrhauskomödie
7.01972
MovieComedy
When Ambrosia, the pastor's cook, leaves the village for a while to give birth to the child she is expecting from the pastor in a secluded place, the buxom and love-struck Irma takes her place in the parish. And soon she too is looking forward to the joys of motherhood. But who is the father of the child? The curate she seduced, or even the pastor himself...?
The PasserbyThe Passerby · 1982
The Passerby
6.21982
MovieDrama
Max Baumstein is a reputable businessman who founded an international organization fighting against violations of human rights. Why would he commit an act that apparently negates the principles he has striven for so long to uphold? As he is tried for first-degree murder for killing a Paraguayan ambassador in cold blood, he reveals a secret about himself that he kept hidden from his wife Lina. His act is the conclusion of a struggle that started many decades earlier in his childhood...
GervaiseGervaise · 1956
Gervaise
6.71956
MovieRomanceDrama
Gervaise Macquart is a beautiful Parisian laundress and mother whose lover, Lantier, walks out on her. She eventually marries Henri Coupeau, a roofer who has an unfortunate accident. As her now crippled husband descends into alcoholism, Gervaise tries to make ends meet on her own. Life becomes even more complicated when Lantier returns and befriends Henri. Meanwhile, the man she really loves is sent to prison.
The Hanging TreeThe Hanging Tree · 1959
The Hanging Tree
6.71959
MovieWestern
Joseph "Doc" Frail is a doctor with a past he's trying to outrun. While in Montana, he comes across a mining camp with a hanging tree and rescues a man named Rune from the noose. With Rune as his servant, Frail decides to settle down, and he takes over as town doctor. He meets Elizabeth, who is suffering from shock, and the two soon fall in love. But when Elizabeth is attacked, Frail's attempt to help her lands them both in trouble.
The Odessa FileThe Odessa File · 1974
The Odessa File
6.61974
MovieThriller
Following the suicide of an elderly Jewish man, investigative journalist Peter Miller sets out to hunt down an SS Captain and former concentration camp commander. In doing so he discovers that, despite allegations of war crimes, the former commander has become a man of importance in industry in post-war Germany, protected from prosecution by a powerful organisation of former SS members called Odessa.
99 Women99 Women · 1969
99 Women
5.41969
MovieThrillerDrama
Female prisoners endure the horrors of drug abuse, prostitution and rampant sadism at an island prison. When an escape attempt goes awry, the fugitives discover that escaping can be as dangerous as remaining in the prison.
King ThrushbeardKing Thrushbeard · 1984
King Thrushbeard
6.71984
MovieFamilyFantasy
When a selfless king learns of a beautiful princess in a neighboring kingdom who callously turns down every suitor with an insult, he tries his luck to no avail. So, he hatches a plot with her father in which the princess is married to him, in disguise as a beggar, so he can teach her lessons about humility and compassion.
LiebeLiebe · 1956
Liebe
10.01956
MovieRomanceDrama
Anna falls madly in love with an Italian violinist, who instead marries her sister Monika.
Dr. HollDr. Holl · 1951
Dr. Holl
9.01951
MovieDrama
A doctor marries his seemingly incurable patient to fulfill her last wish. A serum he develops saves her, and the union born of compassion develops into a loving marriage.
ChamsinChamsin · 1972
Chamsin
3.31972
Movie
Miriam, the wife of the Israeli plantation holder David, is the mother of Jack and Emanuel. She also has a daughter, but she was not recognized by her husband and sent to Switzerland. After the death of David the daughter returns from Switzerland and she has to choose between two lovers; Jack and Emanuel. However, none of them knows that they are brothers and sister. Then it comes to a conflict between the two brothers. Soundtrack by Amon Düül II.
Just a GigoloJust a Gigolo · 1978
Just a Gigolo
5.01978
MovieDrama
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 rich women.
The ProvocationThe Provocation · 1970
The Provocation
9.01970
MovieDrama
An expedition of archaeology students in Israel.
The Bloody JudgeThe Bloody Judge · 1970
The Bloody Judge
5.01970
MovieHorror
In 1685 England, an overzealous Lord Chancellor condemns various rebels and "witches" to satisfy his political whims, ignorant of the true consequences of his actions.
CimarronCimarron · 1960
Cimarron
6.21960
MovieWestern
The epic story of a family involved in the Oklahoma Land Rush of April 22, 1889.
Der SchinderhannesDer Schinderhannes · 1958
Der Schinderhannes
7.31958
MovieHistoryRomance
1802: The adventurous life story of Hans Bückler, known as “Schinderhannes”, who fights against the French occupying forces and large landowners who exploit poor farmers in the Hunsrück region during the Napoleonic Wars.
Magyarország lángokbanMagyarország lángokban · 1957
Magyarország lángokban
10.01957
MovieDocumentary
So Little TimeSo Little Time · 1952
So Little Time
7.41952
MovieDramaRomance
During World War II, German soldiers occupy the home of a beautiful Belgian girl and her mother.
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'The Making of 'Superman: The Movie' · 1982
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
6.81982
MovieDocumentary
Ernie Anderson narrates this look at the making of Richard Donner's blockbuster 1978 film. Behind-the-scenes footage, as well as scenes from the film, reveal just how audiences were able to "believe a man can fly." This program features interviews with key cast and crew.

TV Shows

The Mike Douglas ShowThe Mike Douglas Show · 1961
The Mike Douglas Show
5.81961
SeriesComedy
The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that originally aired only in the Cleveland area during much of its first two years on the air. It then went into syndication in 1963 and remained on television until 1982. It was distributed by Westinghouse Broadcasting and for much of its run, originated from studios of two of the company's TV stations in Cleveland and Philadelphia.
Scene of the CrimeScene of the Crime · 1970
Scene of the Crime
6.21970
SeriesDramaCrime
Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss crime television series set in various parts of these countries. The show is broadcast on the channels of ARD in Germany, ORF in Austria and SF1 in Switzerland.
Wetten, dass..?Wetten, dass..? · 1981
Wetten, dass..?
5.41981
SeriesDrama
A long-running German-language entertainment television show based on the format of the British show You Bet! and the American show Wanna Bet?.
BambiBambi · 1948
Bambi
9.01948
Series
The Bambi, often called the Bambi Award and stylised as BAMBI, is a German award presented annually by Hubert Burda Media to recognize excellence in international media and television to personalities in the media, arts, culture, sports, and other fields "with vision and creativity who affected and inspired the German public that year", both domestic and foreign. First held in 1948, it is the oldest media award in Germany. The trophy is named after Felix Salten's book Bambi, A Life in the Woods and its statuettes are in the shape of the novel's titular fawn character. They were originally made of porcelain until 1958, when the organizers switched to using gold, with the casting done by the art casting workshop of Ernst Strassacker in Süßen.
DerrickDerrick · 1974
Derrick
6.11974
SeriesDramaCrime
Derrick was a German TV series produced by Telenova Film und Fernsehproduktion in association with ZDF, ORF and SRG between 1974 and 1998 about Detective Chief Inspector Stephan Derrick and his loyal assistant Inspector Harry Klein, who solve murder cases in Munich and surroundings.
Die Harald Schmidt ShowDie Harald Schmidt Show · 1995
Die Harald Schmidt Show
7.21995
Series
The Harald Schmidt Show is a German late night talk show hosted on Sky Deutschland by comedian Harald Schmidt. The show first aired from 5 December 1995 to 23 December 2003 on Sat.1. Schmidt then moved his show to Das Erste as Harald Schmidt and Schmidt & Pocher, but he returned to Sat.1 on 13 September 2011. After cancellation on Sat.1, the show continued on Sky Deutschland in September 2012.
KojakKojak · 1973
Kojak
7.21973
SeriesCrime
A bald, lollipop sucking police detective with a fiery righteous attitude battles crime in New York City.
What's My Line?What's My Line? · 1950
What's My Line?
7.01950
SeriesFamilyComedy
Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while blindfolded, their identity - by asking only "yes" or "no" questions.
Das TraumschiffDas Traumschiff · 1981
Das Traumschiff
5.01981
SeriesComedyFamily
The series is about a cruise ship that travels to places around the world.
The CommissionerThe Commissioner · 1969
The Commissioner
8.01969
SeriesDramaCrime
Der Kommissar is a German television series about a group of detectives of the Munich homicide squad. All 97 episodes, which were shot in black-and-white and first broadcast between 1969 and 1976, were written by Herbert Reinecker and starred Erik Ode as Kommissar Herbert Keller. Keller's assistants were Walter Grabert, Robert Heines, and Harry Klein who, in 1974, was replaced by his younger brother Erwin Klein.
Dalli DalliDalli Dalli · 1971
Dalli Dalli
9.31971
Series
alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bioalfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio · 1994
alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio
6.01994
Series
CinépanoramaCinépanorama · 1956
Cinépanorama
8.71956
SeriesDocumentaryFamily
Playhouse 90Playhouse 90 · 1956
Playhouse 90
7.61956
SeriesDrama
Playhouse 90 is an American television anthology series that was telecast on CBS from 1956 to 1960 for a total of 133 episodes. It originated from CBS Television City in Los Angeles, California. Since live anthology drama series of the mid-1950s were usually hour-long shows, the title highlighted the network's intention to present something unusual, a weekly series of hour-and-a-half dramas rather than 60-minute plays. Playhouse 90 began as a pitch by Frank Stanton—the formidable, forward-thinking right-hand man to CBS chairman William S. Paley—during a brainstorming session for program ideas. The project was ultimately developed by Hubbell Robinson, a CBS vice president who received no screen credit on Playhouse 90 but is often described as its creator.
Heut' abendHeut' abend · 1980
Heut' abend
7.01980
Series
Auf los geht's losAuf los geht's los · 1977
Auf los geht's los
8.01977
Series
The Martian ChroniclesThe Martian Chronicles · 1980
The Martian Chronicles
6.91980
SeriesSci-Fi & Fantasy
The Martian Chronicles deals with the exploration of Mars and the inhabitants there.
KlimbimKlimbim · 1973
Klimbim
6.11973
SeriesComedy
A German sketch comedy show that prioritises provocative absurdity above all else.
Die glückliche FamilieDie glückliche Familie · 1987
Die glückliche Familie
8.01987
SeriesDramaFamily
The story of the Behringer family and their typical everyday problems.
Inside the Third ReichInside the Third Reich · 1982
Inside the Third Reich
8.01982
SeriesDrama
A dramatization of the life of Albert Speer, Hitler’s young architect and onetime confidant, and his meteoric rise into the Nazi hierarchy. Based upon Speer’s own monograph of the same title.
Assignment: ViennaAssignment: Vienna · 1972
Assignment: Vienna
9.01972
SeriesDrama
The story of Jake Webster, an American expatriate in Vienna who was the operator of Jake's Bar & Grill, an American-style establishment near the scenic heart of the city. In fact, the business was a cover for Jake's actual reason for being in Vienna. He was involved in tracking down various spies and international criminals at the behest of U.S. intelligence, which apparently held something against him which, if disclosed, would have resulted in his being deported from Austria and apparently then incarcerated in the United States. Jake's liaison with U.S. intelligence was a Major Caldwell.
Maria des Eaux-VivesMaria des Eaux-Vives · 1993
Maria des Eaux-Vives
1993
SeriesDramaFamily
Der Clan der Anna VossDer Clan der Anna Voss · 1995
Der Clan der Anna Voss
4.01995
SeriesFamily