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Harry Baur

Harry Baur

Actor · 1880 – 1943 · Montrouge, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], Île-de-France, France

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.

Movies24

  • Movie8.0

    Rothchild

    1934 · 2 votes

  • Movie7.3

    Mollenard

    Hatred

    1938 · 10 votes

  • Movie7.9

    Les Misérables

    1934 · 54 votes

  • Movie7.4

    Golgotha

    1935 · 8 votes

  • Movie7.0

    Un carnet de bal

    Life Dances On

    1937 · 36 votes

  • Movie6.8

    L'Assassinat du Père Noël

    Who Killed Santa Claus?

    1941 · 24 votes

  • Movie7.0

    Crime et Châtiment

    Crime and Punishment

    1935 · 5 votes

  • Movie7.0

    Nostalgie

    The Postmaster's Daughter

    1938 · 1 votes

  • Movie5.8

    Samson

    1936 · 4 votes

  • Movie6.8

    Un grand amour de Beethoven

    The Life and Loves of Beethoven

    1937 · 12 votes

  • Movie5.9

    L'Assommoir

    1908 · 9 votes

  • Movie6.8

    Volpone

    1941 · 11 votes

  • Movie6.4

    Les Hommes nouveaux

    The New Men

    1936 · 5 votes

  • Movie5.8

    La Tragédie impériale

    Rasputin

    1938 · 6 votes

  • Movie6.1

    La Tête d'un homme

    A Man's Head

    1933 · 29 votes

  • Movie9.0

    L'Évasion de Vidocq

    1910 · 1 votes

  • Movie9.0

    Fleur de Paris

    Flower of Paris

    1916 · 1 votes

  • Movie4.8

    Les Nuits moscovites

    Moscow Nights

    1934 · 5 votes

  • Movie7.0

    Le Patriote

    The Patriot

    1938 · 1 votes

  • Movie5.9

    Moscow Nights

    1934 · 4 votes

  • Movie7.0

    Sarati, le terrible

    Sarati the Terrible

    1937 · 5 votes

  • Movie10.0

    Nitchevo

    1936 · 1 votes

  • Movie7.5

    Le Président Haudecœur

    President Haudecoeur

    1940 · 2 votes

  • Movie5.2

    Le Golem

    The Golem

    1936 · 14 votes

Series1

  • TV9.0