My Sister Maria
Maximilian Schell
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Plot Summary
Maria Schell - a beautiful and talented girl born to an exceptional family of artists, a renowned actress and darling of the public - enjoyed an unparalleled career for a German-speaking actress. Despite a glamorous acting career with over seventy feature film appearances alongside such legends as Oskar Werner, Gary Cooper and Marcello Mastroianni, and numerous awards and nominations, Maria Schell's life was filled with romances, loneliness, unrequited love, disappointments, debt, depression, suicide attempts, and an unwillingness to grow old gracefully. Her brother and confidant, actor/director/co-writer Maximilian Schell, blends interviews with staged scenes in this examination of their personal relationship, expressing his great respect for her lifework and the regret he felt at her later failures.
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An Act of Love
This is a truly unusual film. It is impossible to classify. It is not a documentary. It is not a docudrama. The scenes are staged, but they are played out in a naturalistic fashion by the actual people involved. Maria Schell was one of the great stars of European cinema in the 1950's and early '60's. In her later years, she faded into illness and obscurity, living a hermit's life near her birthplace in Austria. Her old films were her constant companions. This film, produced and directed by her younger brother, Maximilian Schell (Academy Award winner, Best Actor for 1961's "Judgment at Nuremburg") is a portrait of Ms. Schell and of the love and support (and patience) that her family showed her in her final years. Mr. Schell is very generous with scenes from his sister's films. Her talent and her haunting beauty are very much in evidence. I rented this film out of curiosity and found it to be a most rewarding experience. I highly recommend a look.
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