Harry BaurFilmography

Peches De Jeunesse

Actors: Lise Delamare, Harry Baur

L'Assassinat Du Pere Noel

Actors: Renée Faure, Marie-Helene Daste, Harry Baur, Raymond Rouleau

Synopsis: Originally released in 1941 as L'Assasinat du Pere Noel, this labyrinthine thriller was finally distributed in the U.S. in 1948, five years after its star, Harry Baur, died while in the custody of the Gestapo. Per the title, the film takes place at Christmastime in a small French village where the Read More

Volpone

Actors: Louis Jouvet, Harry Baur, Charles Dullin, Marlon Dorian, Fernand Ledoux, Jean Temerson

Synopsis: Though he died in 1943 at the hands of his Gestapo persecutors, the great French stage and screen actor Harry Baur was represented onscreen in 1947 by the first American release of his 1940 vehicle Volpone. Adapted from the Ben Jonson play of the same name, the story concerns a cynical Read More

The Mad Empress

Actors: Lionel Atwill, Conrad Nagel, Guy Bates Post, Evelyn Brent

Synopsis: In this melodramatic historical drama, the lives of Mexico's Maximilian and Carlotta are chronicled. The story follows their brief reign as figureheads for Napoleon III. The two doomed rulers were terribly naive and had no idea that they were universally despised by the native population. Upon her Read More

Rasputin

Actors: Harry Baur, Marcelle Chantal, Pierre Richard-Willm, Jean Worms

Synopsis: The same year that the great European actor Harry Baur played mad Czar Paul I in Le Patriote, he also played another celebrated Russian looney in Rasputin (original title: La Tragedie Imperiale). Unlike most interpretations of the infamous peasant-monk, Baur's Rasputin is a multifaceted character Read More

Le President Haudecoeur

Actors: Betty Stockfeld, Harry Baur, Robert Pizani

Synopsis: Le President Haudecoeur stars Harry Baur as a stern and merciless district attorney who undergoes a "humanizing" process in the course of the film's 107 minutes. Making the acquaintance of attractive young Canadian widow Betty Stockfield, Baur lets himself go and falls in love for the first time Read More

Un Homme et sa Femme

Actors: Harry Baur, Suzy Vernon, Pierre Larquey, Christiane Dor, Josseline Gael

Synopsis: The man and his wife in this anecdotal French seriocomedy are Papon and Janette, played by Harry Baur and Suzy Vernon. Bored with her marriage to civil-servant Papon, Janette wanders off to have a brief fling with her casual lover. Upon her return, she finds out that her husband has become quite Read More

Le Patriote

Actors: Josette Day, Suzy Prim, Harry Baur, Pierre Renoir

Synopsis: Le Patriote (The Patriot) was the first of director Maurice Tourneur's two 1938 productions. The incomparable Harry Baur heads the cast as the demented Czar Paul I of Russia. Drunk with power, Paul becomes not only a detriment to his countrymen, but also a clear and present danger. Pahlen (Pierre Renoir Read More

Rothschild

Actors: Pasquali, Germaine Michel, Paul Pauley, Harry Baur

Synopsis: Adapted from the novel by Paul Lafitte, Rothchild is not, as might be assumed, the story of the famed European banking family. Harry Baur stars as a hobo who happens to share the same name as the eminent Rothchilds. By claiming a familial relationship to the legendary financiers, Baur is able to Read More

The Rebel Son

Synopsis: Harry Baur, who in the 1930s was the most distinguished character actor in Europe, was the star of the 1936 French historical epic Tarass Boulba. Based on a story by Gogol, the film depicted the 16th century struggle between the Poles and the Russian Cossacks, with emphasis on the rift between Read More

Mollenard

Actors: Harry Baur, Gabrielle Dorziat, Pierre Renoir, Albert Prejean, Robert Lynen

Synopsis: Hatred was originally released in France in 1938 under the title Mollenard. Harry Baur stars as Captain Mollenard, skipper of cargo ship who returns from a trip to China to the "loving" arms of his despicable, castrating wife (Gabrielle Dorziat). During his absence, Mme. Mollenard has raised her Read More

Nostalgie

Actors: Janine Crispin, Gina Manès, Harry Baur, Georges Rigaud

Synopsis: Originally released in 1937 as Nostalgie, The Postmaster's Daughter was one of a handful of French films directed by Russian moviemaker Viktor Tourjansky. The great Harry Baur plays Virine, an aging postmaster who operates a way station in Czarist Russia. Virine's daughter Dounia (Janine Crispin) Read More

Le Juif Polonais

Actors: Mady Berry, Harry Baur

Synopsis: Le Juif Polonais (The Polish Jew) was adapted from the old theatrical warhorse The Bells, previously filmed in 1925 with Lionel Barrymore and Boris Karloff. Harry Baur hams his way through the role of Matthias, a mittel-European burgomeister with a horrible secret. Fifteen year ago, Matthias Read More

Sarati Le Terrible

Actors: Jacqueline Laurent, Harry Baur, Georges Rigaud, Marcel Dalio

Synopsis: Sarati le Terrible is the wealthy and callous absentee landlord (Harry Baur) of a cheap Algiers rooming house near a coal mine. With little money of their own, the local coal-haulers have no choice but to accept Sarati's usurious rental rates. As ruthless at home as he is in business, Sarati Read More

Un Carnet De Bal

Actors: Marie Bell, Françoise Rosay, Harry Baur, Fernandel, Louis Jouvet, Pierre Blanchar, Pierre Richard-Willm

Synopsis: In this episodic French drama, a widow uncovers a 20-year-old dance card from a ball. Just for fun, she decides to find all of her former partners. Her search becomes the framework for the episodes. ~ Iotis Erlewine, All Movie Guide Read More

La Tragedie Imperiale

Actors: Marcelle Chantal, Harry Baur, Jean Worms

Les Secrets De La Mer Rouge

Actors: Gaby Basset, Harry Baur

Tarass Boulba

Actors: Danielle Darrieux, Harry Baur, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Janine Crispin

Paris

Actors: Renée Saint-Cyr, Harry Baur, Camille Bert

Nitchevo

Actors: Marcelle Chantal, Lisette Lanvin, Harry Baur, Georges Rigaud

Abel Gance's Beethoven

Actors: Harry Baur, Annie Ducaux, Jean-Louis Barrault, Jany Holt, Roger Blin, Jean Debucourt

Synopsis: This fascinating biography chronicles the years in which the master composer began to lose his hearing. The director's use of sound to represent Beethoven's affliction is notable. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

I Stand Condemned

Actors: Harry Baur, Laurence Olivier, Penelope Dudley-Ward, Athene Seyler, Kate Cutler, Hay Petrie, Morton Selten, Robert Cochran

Synopsis: Anthony Asquith evokes a vivid impression of Russia in 1916 in I Stand Condemned. The story follows handsome Russian officer Captain Ignatoff (Laurence Olivier), who is carried into a hospital in a delirious condition from severe war wounds. When he comes to his senses, he sees the beautiful Red Read More

Le Golem

Actors: Germaine Aussey, Jany Holt, Harry Baur, Ferdinand Hart, Charles Dorat, Roger Karl, Roger Duchesne, Gaston Jacquet

Synopsis: Filmed in Czechoslovakia, this French-language adaptation of the oft-filmed Jewish folk tale The Golem was one of the most expensive productions ever made in that country. The story, which some have cited as a precursor to Frankenstein, is set in Prague's Jewish Ghetto. Fearing an anti-Semitic Read More

Les Hommes Nouveaux

Actors: Natalie Paley, Harry Baur

Samson

Actors: Gaby Morlay, Gabrielle Dorziat, André Lefaur, Harry Baur, André Luguet, Suzy Prim

Synopsis: Sampson was the second of filmmaker Maurice Tourneur's three cinematic contributions to the calendar year 1936. Based on a play by Henry Bernstein, the film stars Harry Baur as ruthless stock-market manipulator Jacques Branchart. Feared by his enemies and mistrusted by his friends, Branchart hopes Read More

Golgotha

Actors: Harry Baur, Robert Le Vigan, Edwige Feuillère, Jean Gabin, Charles Granval, Juliette Verneuil, André Bacque

Synopsis: Julien Duvivier's most controversial production to date, 1935's Golgotha is an ambitious and expensive retelling of the Last Days of Jesus. Robert le Vigan plays the Son of God, but as often happens in films of this nature he is upstaged by the villains, Herod (Harry Baur), Pontius Pilate (Jean Gabin Read More

Crime and Punishment

Actors: Harry Baur, Pierre Blanchar, Madeleine Ozeray, Marcelle Geniat, Lucienne Lemarchand, Alexandre Rignault

Synopsis: This French filmization of Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment stars Pierre Blanchar as sociopathic student Raskolnikov and Harry Baur as humanist detective Porfiry. Believing himself intellectually above the law, Raskolnikov kills a despicable old shopkeeper. He is certain that he has no Read More

Les Yeux Noirs

Actors: Simone Simon, Harry Baur, Jean Max, Jean-Pierre Aumont

Synopsis: From 1931 to 1934, Russian director Victor Tourjansky made Paris his headquarters. The last of his French productions was 1934's Les Yeux Noirs, released in the U.S. the following year as Dark Eyes. The alluring Simone Simon stars as Tania, the daughter of Moscow headwaiter Ivan Ivanovitch (Harry Baur Read More

Les Misérables

Actors: Harry Baur, Charles Vanel, Charles Dullin, Marguerite Moreno, Jean Servais, Odette Florelle, Josseline Gael, Henry Krauss, Marthe Mellot, Orane Demazis

Synopsis: Les Miserables is perhaps the most frequently filmed novel in screen history. This 1933 French version of the Victor Hugo classic is the most epic in proportion, though the human elements of the story are kept in sharp focus by director Raymond Bernard and star Harry Baur. Baur plays Jean Read More

Les Nuits Moscovites

Actors: Annabella, Harry Baur, Germaine Dermoz, Suzanne Nivette, Harry Bauer

The Red Head

Actors: Bruce Cabot, Grace Bradley, Regis Toomey, Berton Churchill

Synopsis: An above-average Monogram programmer, Red Head stars the gorgeous Grace Bradley as a good-hearted photographer's model. After she is involved in a scandal, Bradley is persona non grata until she meets sympathetic playboy Bruce Cabot. Cabot marries Bradley, hoping that his wealthy father (Berton Churchill Read More

Le Greluchon Delicat

Actors: Alice Cocea, Harry Baur, Paul Bernard, Germaine Lix

Synopsis: Greluchon Delicat (Sensitive Lad) is the story of a starry-eyed Parisian student named Henri, played by Paul Bernard. Henri falls hard for the beautiful Simone (Alice Cocea), but she is the "property" of middle-aged Michel (Harry Baur). Though Simone comes to love Henri, she is averse to giving up Read More

Un Homme En Or

Actors: Suzy Vernon, Christiane Dor, Harry Baur, Pierre Larquey

Cette Vieille Canaille

Actors: Christiane Dor, Alice Field, Harry Baur, Pierre Blanchar

Synopsis: The great Harry Baur plays the title character in Cette Vielle Canaille -- which translates as "That Old Bum"! But he's no bum at the beginning of the picture: In fact, he's a retired doctor/chemist who spends his spare time conducting medical experiments on small lab animals. Looking for new Read More

Les Cinq Gentlemen Maudits

Actors: Rene Lefebvre, Rosine Derean, Mady Berry, Harry Baur, Robert Le Vigan, Georges Péclet

Synopsis: Les Cinq Gentlemen Maudits (The Five Accursed Gentlemen), Julien Duvivier's second talkie, was also the second in a series of five box-office hits for the prolific director. The scene is Morocco, where a local soothsayer predicts the death of five men. After three of the "cursed" quintet die under Read More

Poil de Carotte

Actors: Robert Lynen, Catherine Fontenay, Louis Gauthier, Christiane Dor, Harry Baur, Simone Aubry

Synopsis: Adapted from various stories by Jules Renard, Poil de Carotte (The Red Head) is the poetically related tale of a delicate domestic situation. Robert Lynen plays the young son of Catherine Fourtenay. Fourtenay's husband Harry Baur knows that Lynen is not his son, but remains married for Read More

Les Trois Mousquetaires

Actors: Blanche Montel, Edith Mera, Thomy Bourdelle, Maurice Escande, Samson Fainsilber

Synopsis: Milady is the sequel to director Henri Diamant-Berger's The Three Musketeers and is every bit as lavish as its predecessor. Now that D'Artagnan (Aimee Simon-Girard) and his fellow Musketeers have saved their beloved Queen Anne (Andree Lafayette) from disgrace, they must fend off the Read More

La Tete D'Un Homme

Actors: Gina Manès, Harry Baur, Valery Inkijinoff

Criminel

Actors: Hélène Perdrière, Pauline Carton, Harry Baur, Jean Servais

David Golder

Actors: Jackie Monnier, Paule Andral, Harry Baur, Jean Coquelin

Synopsis: Director Julien Duvivier's first talking picture, David Golder was based on a novel by Irene Nemirowsky. Harry Baur plays the title character, a poor but enterprising Polish Jew who re-invents himself as a powerful New York business magnate. Now a millionaire, Golder relocates to Paris, while his Read More

Le Cap Perdu

Actors: Marcelle Romee, Harry Baur, Jean Max

Fleur De Paris

Actors: Mistinguett, Harry Baur

Strass et Compagnie