“Romy Schneider, Austrian-Born Screen Actress, Dead At 43.” That’s how Variety, one of America’s leading trade papers, announced the death of actress Romy Schneider on June 2, 1982, after a cardiac arrest in her Paris apartment four days earlier had killed her totally unexpectedly.

Although she passed away more than forty years ago, her name still sounds very familiar—even to people who weren’t even born when she was still making films. And that was her great passion: she made many films, sometimes one after another. They made her a star without her ever striving to be a star. Playing a character never became a routine job; it always remained a challenge, and she never took a new film for granted. Fortunately, she left behind a rich film legacy that stood the test of time and, even more so, continues to appeal to the imagination.

After all, Romy Schneider has always been a trendy and a popular actress, and when people still talk about her with such praise so many years after she passed away, it makes her work and her performances all the more worthwhile and meaningful. She is no longer a popular actress now—those days are over—simply because, during the course of her absence in the past four decades, new actresses came on board and became the next generation’s leading ladies. But now Schneider has simply become a legend in the film world, like Arletty or Simone Signoret, and is now appreciated mainly by a cinephile audience. She can always rely on their continued interest and appreciation. That is, without a doubt, a merit that makes her pretty unique in her own way.

Those are enough reasons for the Cinema Palace in Brussels to pay a heartwarming tribute to this unforgettable actress. Last year, the Cinémathèque française already organized an exhibition about her life and work, and the good news is that now the Cinema Palace is fully committed to it for the next three months. So now you can go to Brussels and get a very clear picture and an accurate impression of the actress that Romy Schneider used to be. An exhibition that is worth (re)discovering her as an actress. Mission accomplished.

In addition to the exhibition, which runs from March 24 to June 25, there is also an extensive retrospective of her films at the Cinema Palace. Some prominent guests will present films with Romy Schneider: on Thursday, March 30, film director and Oscar winner Costa-Gavras will introduce “Clair de femme” (1979), the only film the august filmmaker did with Romy Schneider. On Tuesday, April 4, Sarah Baisini, Romy Schneider’s daughter, will present “César et Rosalie” (1972) to the audience. Two days later, on April 6, the Belgian and international actress Lubna Azabal will explain what makes “Le vieux fusil” (1975) such a precious film, and on April 12, it’s director Joachim Lafosse’s turn as he will present “L’enfer d’Henri-Georges Clouzot” (2009).

Additional guest speakers may be added during the retrospective, depending on availability. It is, therefore, best to check possible updates on the exhibition’s website.

The Cinema Palace exhibition unveils a fascinating portrait of Romy Schneider’s career. It points out that she can be considered the first European actress as she made films in German, French, Italian, and English decades ago; it turned her into an actress avant la lettre who helped put the concept of world cinema on the map. That is why her role as an actress is so relevant, and she was a very passionate actress who lived for her profession and made four to even five films a year. This is all perfectly and very well balanced in the exhibition. It is as if the charming and graceful actress takes you by the hand, shows you her entire body of work, and how she wrote film history in her own personal way.

This is illustrated by numerous photos with captions in Dutch, French, and English. The structure of the exhibition is organized both chronologically and thematically and also highlights her collaboration with directors she worked with, from Luchino Visconti to Orson Welles, from Otto Preminger to Claude Sautet. There is a huge amount of exclusive and personal memorabilia to admire, such as professional correspondence (notes, letters, a telegram…), addressed to director Claude Sautet, among others, and written in her own spontaneous, frank, and frivolous style, which illustrates how strong the bond between those two must have been. There are also dresses from some of her films, and the Césars she won as Best Actress for her roles in “L’important c’est d’aimer” (1975) and “Une histoire simple” (1978).

She made five films with actor Alain Delon: “Christine” (1958), “Plein soleil” (1960), “L’amour à la mer” (1965), “La piscine” (1969), and “The Assassination of Trotsky ” (1972). Their collaboration is also a file rouge that runs through her work and the exhibition.

Born in 1938, Romy Schneider made her name as a teenager—and as the daughter of actress Magda Schneider—with three “Sissi” films (1955-1957), and as her career evolved, she became an international actress in the 1960s who appeared in several English-language films. She also worked in Hollywood alongside Jack Lemmon (“Good Neighbor Sam,” 1964), and later with actors such as Peter Sellers and Peter O’Toole (“What’s New, Pussycat?” from 1965), Richard Burton (“The Assassination of Trotsky,” 1972) and Audrey Hepburn (“Bloodline,” 1979). But the audience will remember her most of all as a leading actress in French cinema. After all, she made most of her films in France, where she worked with her favorite director and screenwriter, Claude Sautet (1924-2000). They made five films together: “Les choses de la vie” (1970), “Max et les ferailleurs” (1971), “César et Rosalie” (1972), “Mado” (1975), and “Une histoire simple” (1978).

Finally, although Romy Schneider died of a cardiac arrest on May 29, 1982, it is believed that her sudden death resulted from the tragedy that happened to her son David Meyen in 1981 when he died in an accident at age 14.

1982 was very tough for the film world as several talented actors died prematurely. Natalie Wood had died unexpectedly six months earlier, in November 1981, at the age of 43; John Belushi died in March 1982, aged 33; German filmmaker Rainer Werner Fassbinder in June 1982 at age 37; the French actor Patrick Dewaere in July of that year, when he turned 35. Grace Kelly was 52 when she died in November 1982 after a car accident.

“Expo Romy Schneider” from March 24 until June 25 at the Cinema Palace in Brussel

FILMS

WENN DER WEIßE FLIEDER WIEDER BLÜHT, a.k.a. LILAS BLANCS  (1953) DIR Hans Deppe PROD Kurt Ulrich SCR Johanna Sibelius, Eberhard Keindorff (story by Fritz Rotter) CAM Kurt Schulz ED Walter Wischnieuwsky MUS Franz Doelle CAST Willy Fritsch, Magda Schneider, Romy Schneider-Albach [Romy Schneider] (Evchen Forster), Hertha Feiler, Paul Klinger, Albert Florath, Trude Wilke-Roßwog

FEUERWERK (1954) DIR Kurt Hoffmann PROD Erik Charell, Conrad Flockner SCR Erik Charell (play by Erik Charell, Jürg Amstein) CAM Günther Anders ED Claus von Boro MUS Paul Burkhardt CAST Lilli Palmer, Karl Schönböck, Romy Schneider (Anna Oberholzer), Claus Biederstaedt, Werner Hinz, Rudolf Vogel, Lina Cartens, Liesl Karlstadt

MÄDCHENJAHRE EINER KÖNIGIN, a.k.a. LES JEUNES ANNÉES D’UNE REINE (1954) DIR Ernst Marischka PROD Karl Ehrlich SCR Ernst Marischka (comedy “Mädchenjahre einer Königin” [1933] by Sil-Vara) CAM Bruno Mondi ED Hermann Leitner MUS Anton Profes CAST Romy Schneider (Princess Victoria / Queen Victoria), Adrian Hoven, Magda Schneider, Karl Ludwig Diehl, Christl Mardayn, Paul Hörbiger, Rudolf Vogel

DIE DEUTSCHMEISTER (1955) DIR Ernst Marischka PROD Ernst Marischka [uncredited] SCR Ernst Marischka (book by Ernst Marischka, Gustav Holm) CAM Bruno Mondi ED Alfred Srp MUS Robert Stolz CAST Romy Schneider (Constanze ‘Stanzi’ Hübner), Magda Schneider, Gretl Schörg, Susi Nicoletti, Adrienne Gessner, Hans Moser, Paul Hörbiger

DER LETZTE MAN, a.k.a. THE LAST MAN (1955) DIR Harald Braun PROD Georg Richter SCR Herbert Witt, Georg Hurdalek CAM Richard Angst ED Hilwa von Boro MUS Werner Eisbrenner CAST Hans Albers, Romy Schneider (Niddy Hoevelmann), Rudolf Forster, Joachim Fuchsberger, Camilla Spira, Michael Heltau, Michael Gebühr

SISSI (1955) DIR – SCR Ernst Marischka PROD Ernst Marischka, Karl Ehrlich CAM Bruno Mondi ED Alfred Srp MUS Anton Profes CAST Romy Schneider (Sissi), Karlheinz Böhm, Magda Schneider, Uta Franz, Gustav Knuth, Josef Meinrad, Vilma Degischer, Josef Meinrad, Peter Weck

KITTY UND DIE GROßE WELT, a.k.a. KITTY À LA CONQUÊTE DU MONDE (1956) DIR Alfred Weidenmann SCR Herbert Reinecker (story by Emil Burri, Johannes Mario Simmel; play by Stefan Donat) CAM Helmut Ashley ED Carl Otto Bartning MUS Hans-Martin Majewski CAST Romy Schneider (Kitty Dupont), Karlheinz Böhm, O.E. Hasse, Ernst Schröder, Paul Dahlke, Alice Treff, Peer Schmidt

SISSI—DIE JUNGE KAISERIN, a.k.a. SISSI: THE YOUNG EMPRESS (1956) DIR – SCR Ernst Marischka PROD Ernst Marischka, Karl Ehrlich CAM Bruno Mondi ED Alfred Srp MUS Anton Profes CAST Romy Schneider (Sissi), Karlheinz Böhm, Magda Schneider, Gustav Knuth, Vilma Degischer, Walther Reyer, Senta Wengraf, Josef Meinrad

ROBINSON SOLL NICHT STERBEN, a.k.a. L’ANGE DES PAUVRES (1957) DIR Josef von Báky PROD Harald Braun, Georg Richter SCR Emil Burri, Johannes Mario Simmel (play by Friedrich Forster [Friedrich Forster-Burggraf]) CAM Günther Anders ED Claus von Boro MUS Georg Haentzschel CAST Romy Schneider (Maud), Horst Buchholz, Erich Ponto, Mathias Wieman, Magda Schneider, Gustav Knuth, Rudolf Vogel, Elisabeth Flickenschildt, Gert Fröbe

MONTPI, a.k.a. LOVE FROM PARIS (1957) DIR Helmut Käutner PROD Harald Braun SCR Gábor Vaszary, Helmut Käutner (novel “Montpi” by Gábor Vaszary) CAM Heinz Pehlke ED Anneliese Schönnebeck MUS Bernhard Eichhorn CAST Romy Schneider (Anne-Claire Jouvain), Horst Buchholz, Mara Lane, Boy Gobert, Olive Moorefield, Bum Krüger, Iska Geri, Bobby Todd

SISSI—SCHICKSALSJAHRE EINER KAISERIN, a.k.a. SISSI: THE FATEFUL YEARS OF AN EMPRESS (1957) DIR Ernst Marischka PROD Ernst Marischka, Karl Ehrlich CAM Bruno Mondi ED Alfred Srp MUS Anton Profes CAST Romy Schneider (Sissi / Empress Elisabeth of Austria), Karlheinz Böhm, Magda Schneider, Gustav Knuth, Uta Franz, Walther Reyer, Vilma Degischer, Josef Meinrad

SCAMPOLO (1958) DIR Alfred Weidenmann PROD Herbert Tischendorf SCR Herbert Reinecker, Ilse Lotz-Dupont, Franz Höllering (play “Scampolo” by Dario Niccodemi) CAM Bruno Mondi ED Carl Otto Bartning MUS Hans-Martin Majewski CAST Romy Schneider (Scampolo), Paul Hubschmid, Viktor de Kowa, Georg Thomolla, Eva Maria Meineke, Franca Parisi, Peter Carsten

MÄDCHEN IN UNIFORM, a.k.a. JEUNES FILLES EN UNIFORME (1958) DIR Geza Radvanyi [Géza von Radványi] PROD Artur Brauner, Joseph Spigler SCR Franz Höllering, F.D. Andam [Friedrich Dammann]; play “Mädchen in Uniform” by Christa Winsloe) CAM Werner Krien ED Ira Oberberg MUS Peter Sandloff CAST Lilli Palmer, Romy Schneider (Manuela von Meinhardis), Therese Giehse, Blandine Ebinger, Adelheid Seeck, Gina Albert, Christine Kaufmann

CHRISTINE (1958) DIR Pierre Gaspard-Huit PROD Angelo Rizzoli, Serge Silberman SCR Pierre Gaspard-Huit, Hans Wilhelm (play “Liebelei” [1895] by Arthur Schnitzler) CAM Christian Matras ED Louisette Hautecoeur MUS Georges Auric CAST Romy Schneider (Christine Weiring), Alain Delon, Jean-Claude Brialy, François Chaumette, Jacques Duby, Sophie Grimaldi, Micheline Presle, Claudine Auger

DIE HALZBARTE, a.k.a. CARNETS SECRETS D’UNE JEUNE FILLE (1959) DIR Rolf Thiele PROD Karl Ehrlich SCR Hans Jacoby (story by Hans Jacoby, Fritz Rotter) CAM Klaus von Rauterfeld ED Henny Brünsch MUS Hans-Martin Majewski CAST Romy Schneider (Nicole), Carlos Thompson, Magda Schneider, Josef Meinrad, Rudolf Forster, Erni Mangold

EIN ENGEL AUF ERDEN, a.k.a. AN ANGEL ON WHEELS (1959) DIR Géza von Radványi PROD René Bonef, Arys Nissotti, Arthur Brauner [Artur Brauner] SCR Géza von Radványi, René Barjavel CAM Roger Hubert ED Mike Leroy, René Le Hénaff MUS Gerhard Becker, Jean Wiener CAST Romy Schneider (Line), Henri Vidal, Michèle Mercier, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Erika von Thellman, Margarete Haagen, Jean Brochard, Paulette Dubost

DIE SCHÖNE LÜNGERIN (1959) DIR Axel von Ambesser PROD Arys Nissotti, Gyula Trebitsch SCR Answald Krüger, Maria Matray (play by Ernst Nebhut; adaptation by Jean Bernard-Luc, Pierre O’Connell) CAM Christian Matras ED Alice Ludwig MUS Martin Böttcher CAST Romy Schneider (Fanny Emmetsrieder), Jean-Pierre Cassel, Helmuth Lohner, Charles Regnier, Paul Guers, Hans Moser, Jacqueline Marbaux, Josef Meinrad, Helmut Qualtinger, Marcel Marceau

KATIA (1959) DIR Robert Siodmak PROD Michel Safra SCR Charles Spaak, Georges Neveux (novel by Princesse Marthe Bibesco) CAM Michel Kelber ED Louisette Hautecoeur, Henri Taverna MUS Joseph Kosma CAST Romy Schneider (Katia), Curd Jürgens, Pierre Blanchar, Antoine Balpêtré, Françoise Brion, Monique Mélinand, Senta Berger

PLEIN SOLEIL, a.k.a. FULL SUN (1960) DIR René Clément PROD Raymond Hakim, Robert Hakim, Goffredo Lombardo SCR René Clément, Paul Gégauff (novel “The Talented Mr. Ripley” by Patricia Higsmith; adaptation by René Clément, Paul Gégauff) CAM Henri Decaë ED Françoise Javet MUS Nino Rota CAST Alain Delon, Marie Laforêt, Maurice Ronet, Erno Crisa, Frank Latimore, Billy Kearns, René Clément, Romy Schneider (Freddy’s Companion)

BOCCACCIO ‘70 (1962) DIR Vittorio De Sica, Federico Fellini, Mario Monicelli, Luchino Visconti PROD Carlo Ponti, Tonino Cervi CAM Otello Martelli, Armando Nannuzzi, Giuseppe Rotunno ED Leo Catozzo, Adriana Novelli, Mario Serandrei MUS Nino Rota, Armando Trovajoli, Piero Umiliani CAST Anita Ekberg, Peppino De Filippo, Romy Schneider (Pupe), Tomas Milian, Romolo Valli, Sophia Loren, Alfio Vita

LE COMBAT D’ÎLE (1962) DIR Alain Cavalier PROD Louis Malle SCR Alain Cavalier, Jean-Paul Rappeneau CAM Pierre Lhomme ED Pierre Gillette MUS Serge Nigg CAST Romy Schneider (Anne), Jean-Louis Trintignant, Henri Serre, Diane Lepvrier, Robert Bousquet, Jacques Berlioz, Armand Meffre

LE PROCÈS, a.k.a. THE TRIAL (1962) DIR Orson Welles PROD Alexander Salkind, Michael Salkind SCR Orson Welles (novel “The Trial” [1925] by Franz Kafka; adaptation by Pierre Cholot) CAM Edmund Richard ED Yvonne Martin, Fritz H. Muller [Frederick Muller] MUS Jean Ledrut CAST Anthony Perkins, Jeanne Moreau, Elsa Martinelli, Suzanne Flon, Madeline Robinson, Romy Schneider (Leni), Orson Welles, Akim Tamiroff, Michael Lonsdale

THE VICTORS (1963) DIR – PROD Carl Forman SCR Carl Forman (novel “The Human Kind” [1953] by Alexander Baron) CAM Christopher Challis ED Alan Osbiston MUS Sol Kaplan CAST Melina Mercouri, Jeanne Moreau, Rosanna Schiaffino, Romy Schneider (Regine), Elke Sommer, Senta Berger, Albert Finney, Vince Edwards, George Hamilton, George Peppard, Maurice Ronet, Eli Wallach, Peter Fonda, James Mitchum

THE CARDINAL (1963) DIR – PROD Otto Preminger SCR Robert Dozier (novel “The Cardinal” [1950] by Henry Morton Robinson) CAM Leon Shamroy ED Louis R. Loeffler MUS Jerome Moross CAST Tom Tryon, Romy Schneider (Annemarie), Carol Lynley, Jill Haworth, Raf Vallone, John Saxon, Josef Meinrad, Burgess Meredith, Ossie Davis, Dorothy Gish, Tullio Carminati, Cecil Kellaway, John Huston, Murray Hamilton

GOOD NEIGHBOR SAM (1964) DIR – PROD David Swift SCR David Swift, Everett Greenbaum, James Fritzell (novel “Good Neighbor Sam” [1963] by Jack Finney) CAM Burnett Guffey ED Charles Nelson MUS Frank De Vol CAST Jack Lemmon, Romy Schneider (Janet Lagerlof), Dorothy Provine, Michael Connors, Edward Andrews, Louis Nye, Robert Q. Lewis, Edward G. Robinson

L’ENFER, a.k.a. INFERNO (1964) DIR Henri-Georges Clouzot SCR Henri-Georges Clouzot, Jean Ferry, José-André Lacour CAM Andréas Winding CAST Romy Schneider (Odette), Serge Regianni, Claude Brasseur, Jean-Claude Bercq, Catherine Allégret, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Barbara Sommers

L’AMOUR À LA MER, a.k.a. LOVE AT SEA (1965) DIR – SCR Guy Gilles CAM Jean-Marc Ripert ED Noun Serra MUS Jean-Pierre Stora CAST Daniel Moorsman, Geneviève Thénier, Josette Krief, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Jean-Claude Brialy, Alain Delon, Juliette Gréco, Romy Schneider (The Star)

WHAT’S NEW, PUSSYCAT? (1965) DIR Clive Donner PROD Charles K. Feldman SCR Woody Allen CAM Jean Badal ED Fergus McDonell MUS Burt Bacharach CAST Peter Sellers, Peter O’Toole, Romy Schneider (Carole Werner), Capucine, Paula Prentiss, Woody Allen, Ursula Andress, Richard Burton, Françoise Hardy, Louise Lasser

LA VOLEUSE, a.k.a. THE THIEF (1966) DIR Jean Chapot PROD Hans Oppenheimer, Claude Jaeger SCR Jean Chapot (original idea by Jean Chapot, Alain Fatou) CAM Jean Penzer ED Ginette Boudet MUS Antoine Duhamel CAST Romy Schneider (Julia Kreuz), Michel Piccoli, Hans Christian Blech, Sonja Schwarz, Mario Huth

10:30 P.M. SUMMER (1966) DIR Jules Dassin PROD Jules Dassin, Anatole Litvak SCR Jules Dassin, Marguerite Duras (novel “Dix heures et demie du soir en été” [1960] by Marguerite Duras) CAM Gábor Pogány ED Roger Dwyre MUS Cristóbal Halffter CAST Melina Mercouri, Romy Schneider (Claire), Peter Finch, Julián Mateos, Isabel María Pérez, Juan Estelrich, Beatriz Savón

TRIPLE CROSS (1966) DIR Terence Young PROD Jacques-Paul Bertrand SCR René Hardy (book by Frank Owen) CAM Henri Alekan ED Roger Dwyre MUS Georges Garvarentz CAST Christopher Plummer, Romy Schneider (Helga Lindstrom, a.k.a. The Countess), Trevor Howard, Gert Fröbe, Claudine Auger, Yul Brynner, Harry Meyen, Georges Lycan, Jess Hahn

LA PISCINE, a.k.a. THE SWIMMING POOL (1969) DIR Jacques Deray PROD Gérard Beytout SCR (story by Alain Page [Jean-Emmanuel Conil]; adaptation by Jacques Deray, Jean-Claude Carrière) CAM Jean-Jacques Tarbès ED Paul Cayatte MUS Michel Legrand CAST Alain Delon, Romy Schneider (Marianne), Maurice Ronet, Jane Birkin, Paul Crauchet, Suzie Jaspard, Maddly Bamy

OTLEY (1969) DIR Dick Clement PROD Bruce Cohn Curtis SCR Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais (novel by Martin Waddell) CAM Austin Dempster ED Richard Best MUS Stanley Myers CAST Tom Courtenay, Romy Schneider (Imogen), Alan Badel, James Villiers, Leonard Rossiter, James Bolam, Fiona Lewis, Freddie Jones

LES CHOSES DE LA VIE, a.k.a. THE THINGS OF LIFE (1970) DIR Claude Sautet PROD Raymond Danon, Roland Girard, Jean Bolvary SCR Paul Guimard (novel “Les choses de la vie” [1967] by Paul Guimard; adaptation by Claude Sautet, Jean-Loup Dabadie) CAM Jean Boffety ED Jacqueline Thiédot MUS Philippe Sarde CAST Michel Piccoli, Romy Schneider (Hélène), Gérard Lartigau, Jean Bouise, Boby Lapointe, Hervé Sand, Jacques Richard, Betty Beckers

MY LOVER, MY SON (1970) DIR John Newland PROD Wilbur Stark SCR Jeni Hall, William Marchant (story “Second Level” by Wilbur Stark; novel “Reputation for a Song” [1952] by Edward Grierson) CAM David Muir ED Peter Musgrave MUS Norrie Paramor, Michael Vickers CAST Romy Schneider (Francesca), Donald Houston, Dennis Waterman, Patricia Brake, Peter Sallis, William Dexter, Alexandra Bastedo

QUI? (1970) DIR – SCR Léonard Kiegel PROD Raymond Danon, Edmondo Amati CAM Jean Bourgoin ED André Delage MUS Claude Bolling CAST Romy Schneider (Marina), Maurice Ronet, Léonard Keigel, Simone Bach, Jacques Duby, Jean-Jacques Bourgeois, Anne-Marie Coffinet, Suzy Hannier

LA CALIFFA (1970) DIR Alberto Bevilacqua PROD Mario Cecchi Gori SCR Alberto Bevilacqua (also novel “Caliph” [1964]) CAM Roberto Gerardi ED Sergio Montanari MUS Ennio Morricone CAST Ugo Tognazzi, Romy Schneider (Irene Corsini), Marina Berti, Roberto Bisacco, Guido Alberti, Gigi Ballista

BLOOMFIELD (1970) DIR Richard Harris, Uri Zohar PROD Wolf Mankowitz, John Heyman SCR Wolf Mankowitz (novel by Joseph Gross) CAM Otto Heller ED Kevin Connor MUS Johnny Harris CAST Richard Harris, Romy Schneider (Nira), Kim Burfield, Maurice Kaufmann, Yossi Yadin, Shraga Friedman, Aviva Marks, Yossi Graber

MAX ET LES FERAILLEURS (1971) DIR Claude Sautet PROD Jean Bolvary, Roland Girard, Raymond Danon SCR Claude Sautet, Jean-Loup Dadabie, Claude Néron (novel by Claude Néron) CAM René Mathelin ED Jacqueline Thiédot MUS Philippe Sarde CAST Michel Piccoli, Romy Schneider (Julia Anna ‘Lili’ Ackermann), François Périer, Georges Wilson, Boby Lapointe, Philippe Léotard, Michel Creton, Bernard Fresson

THE ASSASSINATION OF TROTSKY (1972) DIR Joseph Losey PROD Norman Shaftel SCR Nicholas Mosley CAM Pasqualino De Santis ED Reginald Beck MUS Egisto Macchi CAST Richard Burton, Alain Delon, Romy Schneider (Gita Samuels), Valentina Cortese, Luigi Vannucchi, Jean Desailly, Simone Valère, Duilio Del Prete, Peter Chatel, Giorgio Albertazzi

CÉSAR ET ROSALIE (1972) DIR Claude Sautet PROD Michelle de Broca SCR Claude Sautet, Jean-Loup Dabadie CAM Jean Boffety ED Jacqueline Thiédot MUS Philippe Sarde CAST Yves Montand, Romy Schneider (Rosalie), Sami Frey, Bernard Le Coq, Eva Marie Meineke, Henri-Jacques Huet, Isabelle Huppert, Gisela Hahn, Betty Beckers

LUDWIG (1973) DIR Luchino Visconti PROD Ugo Santalucia SCR Luchino Visconti, Enrico Madioli (story by Luchino Visconti, Enrico Madioli) CAM Armando Nannuzzi ED Ruggero Mastroianni CAST Helmut Berger, Romy Schneider (Elisabeth of Austria), Trevor Howard, Silvana Mangano, Gert Fröbe, Helmut Griem, Izabella Telezynska, Umberto Orsini, John Moulder-Brown

LE TRAIN (1973) DIR Pierre Granier-Deferre PROD Raymond Danon SCR (novel “Le train” [1961] by Georges Simenon; adaptation by Pierre Granier-Deferre, Pascal Jardin) CAM Walter Wottitz ED Jean Ravel MUS Philippe Sarde CAST Jean-Louis Trintignant, Romy Schneider (Anna Kupfer), Maurice Biraud, Serge Marquand, Nike Arrighi, Paul Le Person, Anne Wiazemsky, Régine

LE MOUTON ENRAGÉ, a.k.a. LOVE AT THE TOP and THE FRENCH WAY IS (1974) DIR Michel Deville PROD Léo L. Fuchs SCR Christopher Frank (novel “Le mouton enragé” [1956] by Roger Blondel) CAM Claude Lecomte ED Raymonde Guyot CAST Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Romy Schneider (Roberte), Jane Birkin, Henri Garcin, Georges Wilson, Florinda Bolkan, Jean-François Balmer

LE TRIO INFERNAL, a.k.a. THE INFERNAL TRIO (1974) DIR Francis Girod PROD Raymond Danon, Jacques Dorfmann, Wolfdieter von Stein SCR Francis Girod, Jacques Rouffio (novel “Le trio infernal” by Solange Fasquelle) CAM Andréas Winding ED Claude Barrois MUS Ennio Morricone CAST Michel Piccoli, Romy Schneider (Philomena Schmidt), Maschka Gonska, Philippe Brizard, Jean Rigaux, Monica Fiorentini, Andréa Ferréol

L’IMPORTANT C’EST D’AIMER, a.k.a. THAT MOST IMPORTANT THING: LOVE (1975) DIR Andrzej Zulawski PROD Albina du Boisrouvray SCR Andrzej Zulawski, Christopher Frank (novel “La nuit américaine” by Christopher Frank) CAM Ricardo Aronovich ED Christiane Lack MUS Georges Delerue CAST Romy Schneider (Nadine Chevalier), Fabio Testi, Jacques Dutronc, Claude Dauphin, Roger Blin, Gabrielle Doulcet, Michel Robin, Guy Mairesse, Klaus Kinski

LES INNOCENTS AUX MAINS SALES, a.k.a. INNOCENTS WITH DIRTY HANDS and DIRTY HANDS (1975) DIR Claude Chabrol PROD André Génovès SCR (novel “The Damned Innocents” by Rchard Neely; adaptation by Claude Chabrol) CAM Jean Rabier ED Jacques Gaillard MUS Pierre Jansen CAST Romy Schneider (Julie), Rod Steiger, François Maistre, Paolo Giusti, François Perrot, Hans Christian Biech, Pierre Santini, Jean Rochefort

LE VIEUX FUSIL, a.k.a. THE OLD GUN and VENGEANCE ONE BY ONE (1975) DIR Robert Enrico PROD Pierre Caro SCR Robert Enrico, Pascal Jardin, Claude Veillot CAM Étienne Becker ED Ava Zora [Eva Zora] MUS François de Roubaix CAST Philippe Noiret, Romy Schneider (Clara Dandieu), Jean Bouise, Joachim Hansen, Robert Hoffman, Karl Michael Vogler, Caroline Bonhomme, Catherine Ozeray

MADO (1975) DIR Claude Sautet PROD André Génovès SCR Claude Sautet, Claude Néron CAM Jean Boffety ED Jacqueline Thiédot MUS Philippe Sarde CAST Michel Piccoli, Ottavia Piccoli, Jacques Dutronc, Charles Denner, Romy Schneider (Hélène), Julien Guiomar, Claude Dauphin, Michel Aumont, Jean Bouise

UNE FEMME À SA FENÊTRE, a.k.a. A WOMAN AT HER WINDOW (1976) DIR Pierre Granier-Deferre PROD Albina du Boisrouvray, Hans Pflüger SCR Pierre Granier-Deferre, Jorge Semprún (novel “Hotel Acropolis” [1929] by Pierre Drieu La Rochelle) CAM Aldo Tonti ED Jean Ravel MUS Carlo Rustichelli CAST Romy Schneider (Margot), Philippe Noiret, Victor Lanoux, Umberto Orsini, Gastone Moschin, Delia Boccardo, Martine Brochard

GRUPPENBILD MIT DAME, a.k.a. GROUP PORTRAIT WITH LADY (1977) DIR Aleksander Petrovic PROD Martin Hellstern SCR Aleksander Petrovic, Jürgen Kolbe (novel “Gruppenbild mit Dame” [1971] by Heinrich Böll) CAM Pierre-William Glenn ED Marika Radvanyi, Agape Dorstewitz [Agape von Dorstewitz] CAST Romy Schneider (Leni Gruyten), Brad Dourif, Michel Galabru, Vadim Glowna, Richard Münch, Vitus Zeplichal, Milena Dravic, Rüdiger Vogler, Fritz Lichtenhahn

UNE HISTOIRE SIMPLE, a.k.a. A SIMPLE STORY (1978) DIR – SCR Claude Sautet PROD Claude Berri, Alain Sarde, Claude Contamine, Jean-Charles Edeline, Horst Wendlandt CAM Jean Boffety ED Jacqueline Thiédot MUS Philippe Sarde CAST Romy Schneider (Marie), Bruno Cremer, Claude Brasseur, Roger Pigaut, Arlette Bonnard, Francine Bergé, Sophie Daumier, Éva Darlan, Nadine Alari

CLAIR DE FEMME, a.k.a. WOMANLIGHT (1979) DIR Costa-Gavras PROD Georges Alain-Vuille, Mauro Berardi SCR Costa-Gavras (novel “Clair de femme” [1977] by Romain Gary) CAM Ricardo Aronovich ED Françoise Bonnot MUS Jean Musy CAST Romy Schneider (Lydia Tovalski), Yves Montand, Romolo Valli, Lila Kedrova, Heinz Bennent, Roberto Begnini, Catherine Allégret, Jean Reno

BLOODLINE (1979) DIR Terence Young PROD Sidney Beckerman, David V. Picker SCR Laird Koenig (novel by Sidney Sheldon) CAM Freddie Young ED Bud Molin MUS Ennio Morricone CAST Audrey Hepburn, Ben Gazzara, James Mason, Romy Schneider (Hélène Roffe-Martin), Omar Sharif, Claudia Mori, Irene Papas, Michelle Philips, Maurice Ronet, Gert Fröbe, Gabrielle Ferzetti

LA MORT EN DIRECT, a.k.a. DEATH WATCH (1980) DIR Bertrand Tavernier PROD Elie Kfouri SCR Bertrand Tavernier, David Rayfiel (novel “The Unsleeping Eye” [1973] by David G. Compton) CAM Pierre-William Glenn ED Michael Ellis, Armand Psenny MUS Antoine Duhamel CAST Romy Schneider (Katherine Mortenhoe), Harvey Keitel, Harry Dean Stanton, Thérèse Liotard, Max von Sydow, Caroline Langrishe, William Russell, Vadim Glowna, Eva Maria Meineke, Bernhard Wicki, Bill Nighy

LA BANQUIÈRE, a.k.a. THE LADY BANKER (1980) DIR Francis Girod PROD Ariel Zeitoun SCR Francis Girod, Georges Conchon CAM Bernhard Zitzermann ED Geneviève Winding MUS Ennio Morricone CAST Romy Schneider (Emma Eckhert), Marie-France Pisier, Claude Brasseur, Jean-Claude Brialy, Jean Carmet, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jacques Fabbri, Daniel Mesguich, Daniel Auteuil, Thierry Lhermitte

FANTASMA D’AMORE (1981) DIR Dino Risi PROD Pio Angeletti, Adriano De Micheli SCR Dino Risi, Bernardino Zapponi (novel “Fantasma d’amore” by Mino Milani) CAM Tonino Delli Colli ED Alberto Gallitti MUS Riz Ortolani CAST Marcello Mastroianni, Romy Schneider (Anna Brigatti Zighi), Eva Maria Meineke, Wolfgang Preiss, Michael Kroecher, Paolo Baroni, Victoria Zinny, Giampiero Becherelli

GARDE À VUE, a.k.a. THE INQUISITOR (1981) DIR Claude Miller PROD Georges Dancigers, Alexandre Mnouchkine SCR Claude Miller (novel “Brainwash” [1979] by John Wainwright; adaptation by Jean Herman) CAM Bruno Nuytten ED Albert Jurgenson MUS Georges Delerue CAST Lino Ventura, Michel Serrault, Romy Schneider (Chantal Martinaud), Guy Marchand, Didier Agostini, Patrick Depeyrrat, Pierre Maguelon, Annie Miller

LA PASSANTE DU SANS-SOUCI, a.k.a. THE PASSERBY (1982) DIR Jacques Rouffio PROD Raymond Danon, Artur Brauner SCR Jacques Rouffio, Jacques Kirsner (novel “La passante du Sans-Souci” [1936] by Joseph Kessel [Joseph Kessel de l’Académie Française]; adaptation by Jacques Rouffio, Jacques Kirsner) CAM Jean-Bernard Penzer [Jean Penzer] ED Anna Ruiz MUS Georges Delerue CAST Romy Schneider (Elsa Wiener/Lina Baumstein), Michel Piccoli, Helmut Griem, Dominique Labourier, Gérard Klein, Mathieu Carrière, Maria Schell, Jean Reno

TV MOVIES

DIE SENDUNG DER LYSISTRATA (1961) DIR Fritz Kortner PROD Gyula Trebitsch SCR Fritz Kortner (play by Aristophanes) CAM Wolfgang Zeh, Frank A. Banuscher ED Klaus Dudenhöfer, Ingeborg Taschner MUS Herbert Brün CAST Romy Schneider (Myrrhine/Uschi Hellwig), Barbara Rütting, Ruth-Maria Kubitschek, Karin Kernke, Herta Worell, Ursula Graeff, Peter Arens

DOMMAGE QU’ELLE SOIT UNE PUTAIN (1961) DIR Luchino Visconti SCR (play “’Tis Pity She’s a Whore” [c. 1626] by John Ford; adaptation by Georges Beaume) CAST Alain Delon, Romy Schneider (Annabella/Sister), Silvia Monfort

TAUSEND LIEDER OHNE TON (1977) DIR Claudia Holldack SCR Christiane Höllger CAST Eva Mattes, Michael Tregor, Dorothea Moritz, Jo Herbst, Christine Gerlach, Ralph Lothar, Franz-Otto Krüger, Romy Schneider ([uncredited])