Maria Schell, Maximilian Schell

In an intimate documentary dedicated to the Austrian actress Maria Schell, her brother, filmmaker Maximilian Schell, chronicles her five-decade career as well as his personal relationship with the pro...( read more  read more... )lific performer. A poignant study of celebrity and family, the film follows the actress from the height of her fame in the 1950s, when she became a symbol of hope for postwar Germany, to her decline into a reclusive, debt-ridden old age.

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Directed by: Maximilian Schell

Release Date: December 31, 2002

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DVD Release Date: September 12, 2006

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August 20, 2004
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times

It's not easy to classify Maximilian Schell's occasionally clumsy but always touching tribute to his actress sister, and it's equally difficult not to be moved by it. full review

July 9, 2004
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

Bbrave, heartless, and exceedingly strange. full review

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