Liebelei

Liebelei is a 1933 German film directed by Max Ophüls. The film, based on a play by Arthur Schnitzler, describes an ill-fated love affair. A love affair between a young lieutenant and a musician's daughter ends tragically when the lieutenant is killed in a duel, and the girl commits suicide. Ophüls later remade the film in France as Une histoire d'amour, using most of the original cast.

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Max Ophüls

Max Ophüls (born Maximillian Oppenheimer, 6 May 1902, Saarbrücken, Germany - 25 March 1957, Hamburg, Germany) was an influential German-born film director who worked in Germany, the United States and France. He made nearly thirty films. He started his career as a stage actor in 1919 but moved into...

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