Harry Baur
Encyclopedia
Harry Baur was a French
actor. Baur was Jewish and tortured to death by the Gestapo
during World War II
.
Baur gave an acclaimed performance as the composer Ludwig van Beethoven
in Abel Gance's
1936 biopic Un grand amour de Beethoven
(Beethoven's Great Love), and as Jean Valjean
in Raymond Bernard
's version of Les Misérables
(1934). He also acted in Victorin-Hippolyte Jasset's 1909 silent film, Beethoven, among nearly 80 other films between 1909 and 1942.
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.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
actor. Baur was Jewish and tortured to death by the Gestapo
Gestapo
The Gestapo was the official secret police of Nazi Germany. Beginning on 20 April 1934, it was under the administration of the SS leader Heinrich Himmler in his position as Chief of German Police...
during World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
.
Baur gave an acclaimed performance as the composer Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist. A crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western art music, he remains one of the most famous and influential composers of all time.Born in Bonn, then the capital of the Electorate of Cologne and part of...
in Abel Gance's
Abel Gance
Abel Gance was a French film director and producer, writer and actor. He is best known for three major silent films: J'accuse , La Roue , and the monumental Napoléon .-Early life:...
1936 biopic Un grand amour de Beethoven
Beethoven's Great Love
Beethoven's Great Love is a 1937 French film directed by Abel Gance. It stars Harry Baur, Annie Ducaux, Jany Holt, Jane Marken, Jean-Louis Barrault, and Marcel Dalio....
(Beethoven's Great Love), and as Jean Valjean
Jean Valjean
Jean Valjean is the protagonist of Victor Hugo's 1862 novel Les Misérables...
in Raymond Bernard
Raymond Bernard
Raymond Bernard was a French filmmaker and related to French playwright father Tristan Bernard and brother to Jean-Jacques Bernard...
's version of Les Misérables
Les Misérables (1934 film)
Les Misérables is a 1934 film adaptation of Victor Hugo's novel of the same name. It was written and directed by Raymond Bernard and stars Harry Baur as Jean Valjean and Charles Vanel as Javert...
(1934). He also acted in Victorin-Hippolyte Jasset's 1909 silent film, Beethoven, among nearly 80 other films between 1909 and 1942.
Academy Award
Academy Award for Best Actor
Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance while working within the film industry...
-winning American actor Rod Steiger
Rod Steiger
Rodney Stephen "Rod" Steiger was an Academy Award-winning American actor known for his performances in such films as On the Waterfront, The Big Knife, Oklahoma!, The Harder They Fall, Across the Bridge, The Pawnbroker, Doctor Zhivago, In the Heat of the Night, and Waterloo as well as the...
cited Baur as one of his favorite actors who had exerted a major influence on his craft and career.
Selected filmography
- Les MisérablesLes Misérables (1934 film)Les Misérables is a 1934 film adaptation of Victor Hugo's novel of the same name. It was written and directed by Raymond Bernard and stars Harry Baur as Jean Valjean and Charles Vanel as Javert...
(1934) - Moscow NightsMoscow Nights (film)Moscow Nights is a 1935 British drama film directed by Anthony Asquith and starring Laurence Olivier, Penelope Dudley-Ward and Harry Baur. During the First World War a wounded Russian officer Captain Ignatoff falls in love with his nurse...
(1935) - GolgothaGolgotha (1935 film)Golgotha is a 1935 French film about the death of Jesus Christ. It was directed by Julien Duvivier, and stars Harry Baur as Herod and Jean Gabin as Pontius Pilate. Robert le Vigan plays Christ. It opened in the U.S. in 1937...
(1935) - Les Hommes nouveauxLes Hommes nouveauxLes Hommes nouveaux is a French drama film from 1936, directed by Marcel L'Herbier, written by Marcel L'Herbier, starring Harry Baur and Jean Marais...
(1936) - Un grand amour de BeethovenBeethoven's Great LoveBeethoven's Great Love is a 1937 French film directed by Abel Gance. It stars Harry Baur, Annie Ducaux, Jany Holt, Jane Marken, Jean-Louis Barrault, and Marcel Dalio....
(1936) - MollenardMollenardMollenard is a 1938 French drama film directed by Robert Siodmak and starring Harry Baur, Gabrielle Dorziat and Pierre Renoir. It was also known as Capitaine Corsaire.-Cast:* Harry Baur as Captain Mollenard...
(1938)