1902年5月6日,出生在德国萨尔州首府萨尔布吕肯的一个犹太人家庭,父亲是犹太手工纺织工厂厂主,并拥有许多商店。奥菲尔斯原名马克西米利安·奥本海默,从中学时代就开始对戏剧有极高的热情,因为怕自己的戏剧活动对家庭产生影响,故取艺名马克斯·奥菲尔斯。1919年在曾在斯图加特国家剧院担任过导演的老师弗立茨·霍尔的支持与推荐下开始担任舞台剧演员,于1921—1923年间在德 May 6, 1902, was born in Saarland, the capital of Saarbrücken, a Jewish family, the father of the Jewish hand-made textile factory owner, and has many shops. Ophiles, formerly Maximilian Oppenheimer, had a great passion for drama since middle school, and was afraid of his own theater activities affecting the family. Therefore, the artist name Max Ophiles was named. In 1919 in the Stuttgart National Theater director served as teacher Fritz Hall’s support and recommendation began as a stage actor, in 1921-1923 in Germany