 "Caught" (1949), and "The Reckless Moment" (1949) followed, before his return to Europe in 1950.Back in France, he directed and collaborated on the adaptation of Schnitzler's "La Ronde" (1950), which won the 1951 BAFTA Award for Best Film, and "Lola Montès" (1955) starring Martine Carol and Peter Ustinov, as well as "Le Plaisir" and "The Earrings of Madame de..." (1953), the latter with Danielle Darrieux and Charles Boyer, which capped his career.Ophüls died from rheumatic heart disease on 26 March 1957 in Hamburg, while shooting interiors on "The Lovers of Montparnasse", and was buried in Le Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris.