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Maximilian Schell, 1930-2014, R.I.P.

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Maximilian Schell - obituary

Maximilian Schell was an Oscar-winning actor whose Teutonic intellect made him one of Hollywood’s best-loved foreign stars


Maximilian Schell, the actor, who has died aged 83, was – with Maurice Chevalier and Marcello Mastroianni – widely recognised as one of the most successful non-anglophone foreign actors in the history of American cinema.


Comparatively unknown when he won an Oscar for his role as a German lawyer in Judgment at Nuremberg (1961), he went on to co-star in many other acclaimed films, including Richard Attenborough’s A Bridge Too Far (1977).


With a screenplay by Abby Mann, Judgment at Nuremberg was set in 1948 at the time of the Nazi war crimes trials. But rather than dealing with the trials of the better-known Nazi leaders, the film turned the spotlight on members of the German judiciary who had served in Hitler’s regime.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10612803/Maximilian-Schell-obituary.html
 
R.I.P.
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From the bumbling and conceited Captain Strannsky in Cross of Iron to the apt and confident Grüppenführer Bittrich in A Bridge too Far, he was quite the actor.  He was also in Deep Impact.  Most of his acting was in German.

RIP Mr. Schell.
 
Didn't die with a needle in his arm, so not much about it in the news.  RIP to a stellar actor.
 
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