Acting
Harry Baur
Harry Baur (12 April 1880 – 8 April 1943) was a French actor. Initially a stage actor, Baur appeared in about 80 films between 1909 and 1942. He gave an acclaimed performance as the composer Ludwig van Beethoven in the biopic Beethoven's Great Love (Un grand amour de Beethoven, 1936), directed by Abel Gance, and as Jean Valjean in Raymond Bernard's version of Les Misérables (1934). He also acted in Victorin-Hippolyte Jasset's silent film, Beethoven (1909), and in La voyante (1923), Sarah Bernhardt's last film. In 1942, while in Berlin, to star in his last film Symphone eines Lebens, Baur's wife was arrested by the Gestapo and charged with espionage. His effort to secure her release led to his own arrest and torture. He was being falsely labelled as a Jew but confirmed freemason. He was released in April 1943, but died in Paris shortly after in mysterious circumstances. Academy Award-winning American actor Rod Steiger cited Baur as one of his favorite actors who had exerted a major influence on his craft and career.
Filmography
Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma
Series · 1978
Stars Never Die
Film · 1957
Symphonie eines Lebens
Film · 1943
Who Killed Santa Claus?
Film · 1941
Volpone
Film · 1941
Sins of Youth
Film · 1941
African Diary
Film · 1940
President Haudecoeur
Film · 1940
Hatred
Film · 1938
The Rebel Son
Film · 1938
The Postmaster's Daughter
Film · 1938
Rasputin
Film · 1938
The Patriot
Film · 1938
The Secrets of the Red Sea
Film · 1937
Paris
Film · 1937
Life Dances On
Film · 1937
The Life and Loves of Beethoven
Film · 1937
Sarati the Terrible
Film · 1937
Nitchevo
Film · 1936
Samson
Film · 1936
The Golem
Film · 1936
Taras Bulba
Film · 1936
The New Men
Film · 1936
Crime and Punishment
Film · 1935
Golgotha
Film · 1935
Dark Eyes
Film · 1935
Les Misérables
Film · 1934
A Man and His Woman
Film · 1934
Moscow Nights
Film · 1934
Rothchild
Film · 1934
Moscow Nights
Film · 1934
Criminal
Film · 1933
A Man's Head
Film · 1933
The Old Devil
Film · 1933
The Red Head
Film · 1932
The Three Musketeers
Film · 1932
David Golder
Film · 1931
Moon over Morocco
Film · 1931
Polish Jew
Film · 1931
The Lost Course
Film · 1931
The Clairvoyant
Film · 1924
Flower of Paris
Film · 1916
The Gold Chignon
Film · 1916
Monsieur Lecoq
Film · 1914
L'Évasion de Vidocq
Film · 1910
La Jeunesse de Vidocq ou Comment on devient policier
Film · 1909
L'Assommoir
Film · 1908
Le Roman de Carpentier
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