Harry Baur

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.

  • Popularity : 1.533
  • Known For : Acting
  • Birthday : 1880-04-12
  • Place of Birth : Montrouge, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], Île-de-France, France
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Harry Baur Movies

  • 1936
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    Nitchevo

    Nitchevo

    1 1936 HD

    A commander suspects his wife of infidelity, when she turns to a subordinate officer to help her against someone threatening to blackmail her about...

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  • 1941
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    Who Killed Santa Claus?

    Who Killed Santa Claus?

    6.6 1941 HD

    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...

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  • 1941
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    Volpone

    Volpone

    6.7 1941 HD

    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...

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  • 1935
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    Crime and Punishment

    Crime and Punishment

    7 1935 HD

    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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  • 1934
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    Les Misérables

    Les Misérables

    7.9 1934 HD

    In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both...

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  • 1935
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    Behold the Man

    Behold the Man

    7.3 1935 HD

    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...

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  • 1936
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    Samson

    Samson

    5 1936 HD

    An aristocratic woman is coerced by her impoverished family into marrying a wealthy business tycoon.

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  • 1933
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    Criminal

    Criminal

    1 1933 HD

    A wrongfully convicted man finds himself suspected of a crime committed in his prison.

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  • 1934
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    A Man and His Woman

    A Man and His Woman

    1 1934 HD

    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...

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  • 1937
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    The Secrets of the Red Sea

    The Secrets of the Red Sea

    1 1937 HD

    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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    Paris

    Paris

    1 1937 HD

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  • 1933
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    A Man's Neck

    A Man's Neck

    6.1 1933 HD

    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...

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  • 1937
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    Life Dances On

    Life Dances On

    7 1937 HD

    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,...

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  • 1938
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    Hatred

    Hatred

    7.4 1938 HD

    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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  • 1932
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    The Red Head

    The Red Head

    6.688 1932 HD

    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....

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  • 1924
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    The Clairvoyant

    The Clairvoyant

    1 1924 HD

    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...

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  • 1931
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    David Golder

    David Golder

    6.2 1931 HD

    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,...

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  • 1931
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    Moon over Morocco

    Moon over Morocco

    5.7 1931 HD

    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...

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  • 1935
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    Moscow Nights

    Moscow Nights

    5.2 1935 HD

    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...

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  • 1936
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    The Golem

    The Golem

    4.8 1936 HD

    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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  • 1938
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    The Rebel Son

    The Rebel Son

    1 1938 HD

    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...

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  • 1937
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    The Life and Loves of Beethoven

    The Life and Loves of Beethoven

    6.8 1937 HD

    Lyrical biography of the classical composer, depicted as a romantic hero, an accursed artist.

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  • 1940
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    African Diary

    African Diary

    5.8 1940 HD

    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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  • 1943
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    Symphonie eines Lebens

    Symphonie eines Lebens

    1 1943 HD

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  • 1916
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    Flower of Paris

    Flower of Paris

    1 1916 HD

    Fleur de Paris has Mistinguett playing herself in a double role as two very different characters. One role has her performing as a music hall star,...

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  • 1938
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    The Postmaster's Daughter

    The Postmaster's Daughter

    1 1938 HD

    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...

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  • 1908
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    L'Assommoir

    L'Assommoir

    5.5 1908 HD

    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...

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  • 1957
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    Stars Never Die

    Stars Never Die

    1 1957 HD

    For Les étoiles ne meurent jamais, director/archivist Max De Vaucorbeil has assembled precious film clips of such Gallic greats as Louis...

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  • 1938
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    Rasputin

    Rasputin

    5 1938 HD

    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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  • 1937
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    Sarati the Terrible

    Sarati the Terrible

    7 1937 HD

    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...

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  • 1936
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    Taras Bulba

    Taras Bulba

    1 1936 HD

    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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  • 1941
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    Sins of Youth

    Sins of Youth

    5.5 1941 HD

    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...

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  • 1970
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    Le Roman de Carpentier

    Le Roman de Carpentier

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1933
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    The Old Devil

    The Old Devil

    5.2 1933 HD

    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...

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  • 1932
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    The Three Musketeers

    The Three Musketeers

    6 1932 HD

    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...

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  • 1936
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    The New Men

    The New Men

    6 1936 HD

    Dedicated to men, natives and French, which under the leadership of General Lyautey, made modern Morocco. After a historical prologue where we see...

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  • 1938
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    Le Patriote

    Le Patriote

    1 1938 HD

    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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  • 1935
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    Dark Eyes

    Dark Eyes

    10 1935 HD

    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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  • 1940
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    President Haudecoeur

    President Haudecoeur

    6 1940 HD

    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...

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  • 1914
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    Monsieur Lecoq

    Monsieur Lecoq

    1 1914 HD

    Adaptation of the Émile Gaboriau novel.

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  • 1916
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    The Gold Chignon

    The Gold Chignon

    1 1916 HD

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  • 1934
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    Rothchild

    Rothchild

    6 1934 HD

    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...

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  • 1931
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    Polish Jew

    Polish Jew

    1 1931 HD

    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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  • 1934
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    Moscow Nights

    Moscow Nights

    4 1934 HD

    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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  • 1931
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    The Lost Course

    The Lost Course

    1 1931 HD

    Bored with her life with her husband the lighthouse keeper, Hélène sleeps with two other men who fight for her.

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  • 1909
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    La Jeunesse de Vidocq ou Comment on devient policier

    La Jeunesse de Vidocq ou Comment on devient policier

    1 1909 HD

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  • 1910
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    L'Évasion de Vidocq

    L'Évasion de Vidocq

    1 1910 HD

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  • 1978
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    Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma

    Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma

    1 1978 HD

    Produced for television by Claude-Jean Philippe, the « Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma », recounts the history of...

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