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Tag Archives: Harry Baur
I Stand Condemned AKA Moscow Nights (1935) Anthony Asquith, Harry Baur, Penelope Dudley-Ward, Laurence Olivier
During the First World War, Russian officer Ignatoff, wounded, falls in love with his nurse, Natasha. Read More »
The Red Head AKA Poil de carotte (1932) Julien Duvivier, Harry Baur, Robert Lynen, Louis Gauthier
Adapted from various stories by Jules Renard, Poil de Carotte (The Red Head) Read More »
Crime and Punishment AKA Crime et châtiment (1935) Pierre Chenal, Harry Baur, Pierre Blanchar, Madeleine Ozeray
Raskolnikov is a Russian man who follows an unusual moral code. Read More »
Volpone (1941) Maurice Tourneur, Jacques de Baroncelli, Harry Baur, Louis Jouvet, Charles Dullin
Volpone, an elderly Venetian, connives with his money-crazed servant to convince his greedy friends Read More »
Golgotha AKA Behold the Man (1935) Julien Duvivier, Harry Baur, Jean Gabin, Robert Le Vigan
Robert le Vigan plays the Son of God, but as often happens in films of this nature he is upstaged by the villains Read More »
Les misérables (1934) Raymond Bernard, Harry Baur, Charles Vanel, Paul Azaïs
The lives of numerous people over the course of 20 years in 19th century France Read More »
L’assassinat du Père Noël / The Killing of Santa Claus (1941) Roger Chapatte, Christian-Jaque, Harry Baur, Renée Faure, Marie-Hélène Dasté, Comedy, Drama, Mystery
High up in the French Alps, the inhabitants of a small mountain village are busy preparing for Christmas. Read More »
La tête d’un homme / A Man’s Neck (1933) Julien Duvivier, Harry Baur, Valéry Inkijinoff, Alexandre Rignault, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Willy Ferriere is dead broke and his mistress costs a lot. One day, he says in a pub that he would give 100,000 francs to get rid of his wealthy aunt. Read More »
Mollenard / Hatred (1938) Robert Siodmak, Harry Baur, Albert Préjean, Gabrielle Dorziat, Drama
Captain Justin Mollenard works for a company that sells armaments to the Far East. Read More »
Le golem / The Golem (1936) Julien Duvivier, Harry Baur, Roger Karl, Charles Dorat, Fantasy, Horror
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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Un grand amour de Beethoven / Beethoven’s Great Love (1936) Abel Gance, Harry Baur, Annie Ducaux, Jany Holt, Biography, Drama, Music
1801, in Vienna, two young women, his pupils, are in love with him. Thérèse de Brunswick’s love remains unrequited even though she and Beethoven are engaged for years; Juliette Guicciardi, whom Beethoven loves but who marries a count, regrets that decision, but by then he and Thérèse are engaged. Read More »