Marthe Keller Articles

Veteran actress Marthe Keller, among whose credits are Claude Lelouch's And Now My Love and John Schlesinger's Marathon Man, will be inducted as a chevalier ("knight") in the French Legion of Honor, a civilian distinction that has been around since the early 1800s. Born in Basel, Switzerland, Keller will turn 67 next Jan. 28. In the last 45 years, she has appeared in more than [...]

MARATHON MAN (1976) Direction: John Schlesinger Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Laurence Olivier, Roy Scheider, William Devane, Marthe Keller, Fritz Weaver, Richard Bright, Marc Lawrence Screenplay: William Goldman; from his own novel Oscar Movies Laurence Olivier, Marathon Man The deadliest sin a good-guy-vs.-bad-guy movie can commit is to — unintentionally — have us root for the evildoer. That is exactly what director John Schlesinger (Darling; Midnight Cowboy; [...]

Michael Steiner's Swiss-German comedy Mein Name ist Eugen / My Name is Eugen, adapted by Steiner, Christopher Frey, and Michael Sauter from Klaus Schädelin's 1950s children's novel, has won the 2006 Swiss Film Award for best narrative film at Switzerland's Solothurn Film Festival. Starring Manuel Häberli in the title role, My Name is Eugen follows four teenagers in their quest for adventure and mythical hidden [...]

2006 Swiss Film Awards 2006 Swiss Film Awards: January 18, 2006   Manuel Häberli in My Name is Eugen   Best Film: Mein Name ist Eugen / My Name is Eugen, directed by Michael Steiner Best Performer in a Leading Role:Carlos Leal, Snow White Best Performer in a Supporting Role: Marthe Keller, Fragile Best Documentary: Exit, the Right to Die, directed by Fernand Melgar Best [...]