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.
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 8.382 |
Birthday | 1880-04-12 |
Place of Birth | Montrouge, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], Île-de-France, France |
Also Known As | Henri-Marie Baur, Henri Marie Rodolphe Baur, |
1941
Who Killed Santa Claus?
6.684/19
A village in the French Alps is rocked by a series of crimes, including the theft of a sacred ring and the murder of a man dressed as Père Noël (Fathe...
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Who Killed Santa Claus?
1941
Volpone
6.7/10
Volpone, an elderly Venetian, connives with his money-crazed servant to convince his greedy friends that he is dying, knowing that each will try to cu...
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Volpone
1935
Crime and Punishment
7/3
Pierre Chenal's adaptation of Dostoyevsky's novel, starring Pierre Blanchar and Harry Baur. Bears the influence of German Expressionism and serves as...
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Crime and Punishment
1934
Les Misérables
7.9/44
In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both me...
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Les Misérables
1935
Behold the Man
7.3/6
The final days of Jesus from the time he enters the city of Jerusalem. Viewed as a threat, it is decided that he must be captured, tried, and executed...
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Behold the Man
1936
Samson
5/3
An aristocratic woman is coerced by her impoverished family into marrying a wealthy business tycoon.
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Samson
1938
Hatred
7.375/8
Captain Justin Mollenard works for a company that sells armaments to the Far East. After an eventful stay in Shanghai, where he and his cargo are the...
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Hatred
1933
A Man's Neck
6.1/22
Willy Ferrière is a gambler living beyond his means, and his mistress is as greedy as he's dead broke. One day, he says out of loud in a a Montparnass...
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A Man's Neck
1937
Life Dances On
6.9/28
After the death of her husband, Christine realizes she has possibly wasted her life by marrying him instead of the man towards whom, in her youth, she...
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Life Dances On
1932
The Red Head
6.9/15
A red-haired boy is his mother's punching bag; only his father's presence is a great comfort to him, but this weak man is under the shrew's thumb. His...
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The Red Head
1931
David Golder
6.214/14
David is a poor but ambitious Polish Jew who reinvents himself as a powerful New York business magnate. After gaining wealth, he relocates to Paris, o...
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David Golder
1931
Moon over Morocco
5.7/3
When one of their number tries to tear away the veil from the face of a woman of Morocco, five French tourists find themselves cursed by an Arabic sor...
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Moon over Morocco
1935
Moscow Nights
5.2/3
During the First World War, Russian officer Ignatoff, wounded, falls in love with his nurse, Natasha. But she is subject to an upcoming marriage of fa...
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Moscow Nights
1936
The Golem
4.833/12
The Golem, a giant creature created out of clay by a rabbi, comes to life in a time of trouble to protect the Jews of Prague from persecution.
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The Golem
1938
The Rebel Son
0/0
During the 16th century the Cossacks and their Ukraine homeland is ruled by Poland. This is the story of the leader of the Cossacks and how his son wa...
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The Rebel Son
1937
The Life and Loves of Beethoven
6.8/8
Lyrical biography of the classical composer, depicted as a romantic hero, an accursed artist.
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The Life and Loves of Beethoven
1940
African Diary
5.8/4
During a French construction project in the Sudan, a military doctor fights against leprosy and the natives seek protection against witch doctors.
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African Diary
1943
Symphonie eines Lebens
0/0
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Symphonie eines Lebens
1916
Flower of Paris
0/0
Directed by André Hugon.
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Flower of Paris
1938
The Postmaster's Daughter
0/0
A small town postal official allows a military officer to sweep his lovely daughter away to St. Petersburg, assuming the man will do the right thing a...
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The Postmaster's Daughter
1908
L'Assommoir
5.5/6
Everyman Coupeau's attempts to stop drinking are routinely thwarted by the wicked and vengeful Virginie. Based on Zola's novel, Capellani's film is ab...
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L'Assommoir
1957
Stars Never Die
0/0
For Les étoiles ne meurent jamais, director/archivist Max De Vaucorbeil has assembled precious film clips of such Gallic greats as Louis Jouvet, Raimu...
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Stars Never Die
1938
Rasputin
5/5
Story of the Siberian monk Gregory Rasputin and the hold he exerted over the court of the last Russian czar, Nicholas.
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Rasputin
1937
Sarati the Terrible
7/3
In Algiers, Cesar Sarati who grudges the dockers, is, without realizing it, in love with his niece. But Rose loves Gilbert, a former gambler and debau...
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Sarati the Terrible
1941
Sins of Youth
5.5/6
A rich businessman living alone is deprived of the nephew he was to have brought up decides on his doctor's advice to search for the four illegitimate...
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Sins of Youth
1936
Taras Bulba
0/0
In war against the Poles, the leader Cossack sees itself betrayed by one of his threads, been in love the girl of an enemy.
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Taras Bulba
1933
The Old Devil
5.2/4
Vautier, a wealthy surgeon in his fifties, falls in love with Hélène, a young woman from a modest background. He allows her to have a string of short-...
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The Old Devil
1932
The Three Musketeers
6/1
Young d'Artagnan leaves Gascony for Paris where he hopes to become a Musketeer of the Guard. He does meet three Musketeers, Athos, Porthos and Aramis,...
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The Three Musketeers
1938
Le Patriote
0/0
The reign of Tsar Paul I and the intrigues of his friend, Governor Pahlen, to rid the country of the mad despot by plotting to have him murdered.
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Le Patriote
1936
The New Men
6/4
Dedicated to men, natives and French, which under the leadership of General Lyautey, made modern Morocco. After a historical prologue where we see Cle...
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The New Men
1935
Dark Eyes
10/1
In 1913, in Russia, a widower hides from his daughter that he is a butler in a meeting restaurant. She meets a banker who is trying to seduce her and...
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Dark Eyes
1940
President Haudecoeur
6/1
A public prosecutor wants his son to marry an ugly girl(who has a squint) because her mom is very rich.But it's too late for the boy has already falle...
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President Haudecoeur
1914
Monsieur Lecoq
0/0
Adaptation of the Émile Gaboriau novel.
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Monsieur Lecoq
1916
The Gold Chignon
0/0
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The Gold Chignon
1934
Rothchild
6/1
An ex-businessman, ruined and reduced to living under bridges, uses the name of one of his companions in misfortune, Rothchild, to organize a vast sca...
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Rothchild
1931
Polish Jew
0/0
The story recounts the murder of an itinerant Jew (Jules Maurice)by the village Burgomaster (Harry Baur.) Years go by and Baur's crime does not weigh...
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Polish Jew
1934
Moscow Nights
4/4
During the First World War, the Russian officer Captain Ivan Ignatoff falls in love with his nurse, Natasha Kovrin. But she is subject to an upcoming...
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Moscow Nights
1931
The Lost Course
0/0
Bored with her life with her husband the lighthouse keeper, Hélène sleeps with two other men who fight for her.
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The Lost Course
1909
La Jeunesse de Vidocq ou Comment on devient policier
0/0
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La Jeunesse de Vidocq ou Comment on devient policier
1910
L'Évasion de Vidocq
0/0
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L'Évasion de Vidocq
1936
Nitchevo
0/0
A commander suspects his wife of infidelity, when she turns to a subordinate officer to help her against someone threatening to blackmail her about he...
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Nitchevo
1933
Criminal
0/0
A wrongfully convicted man finds himself suspected of a crime committed in his prison.
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Criminal
1934
A Man and His Woman
0/0
An honest civil servant learns about his wife’s infidelity. He pretends not to be aware of it and decides to start a businessman career. He soon becom...
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A Man and His Woman
1937
Paris
0/0
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Paris
1937
The Secrets of the Red Sea
0/0
Said Ali, an old and sick noble Arab, living on an island in the Red Sea, has no other occupation than collecting pearls. The spiteful Nadir tries to...
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The Secrets of the Red Sea
1924
The Clairvoyant
0/0
Jean is thrown out of the house by his father, a remarried politician, out of jealousy for his friendship with his mother-in-law. He finds refuge at a...
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The Clairvoyant
Le Roman de Carpentier
0/0
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