Background
Harry Baur was born on12 April 1880 in Montrouge, Ile-de-France, France.
Harry Baur was born on12 April 1880 in Montrouge, Ile-de-France, France.
He made some silent pictures, and he was always a force on the stage. But for ten years, he was a dominating figure in French movies, larger than life yet naturalistic: David Golden (30, Julien Duvivier); Les Cinq Gentlemen Maudits (32, Duvivier); Poil de Carotte (32, Duvivier); La Tête d'un Homme (33, Duvivier); as Jean Valjean in Les Misérables (34, Raymond Bernard); Golgotha (35, Duvivier); Moscow Nights (35, Anthony Asquith); Les Hommes Nouveaux (35, Marcel L Herbier); Crime and Punishment (35, Pierre Chenal); Le Golem (36, Duvivier); Samson (36, Maurice Tourneur); as the composer in Un Grand Amour de Beethoven (36, Abel Gance); Nitchevo (37, Jacques de Baroncelli); Un Carnet de Bal (37, Duvivier); as Rasputin in La Tragédie Impériale (38, L Herbier); Mollenard (38, Robert Siodmak); La Patriote (38, Tourneur); L'Homme de Niger (40, de Baroncelli); with Jouvet in Volpone (40, Tourneur); and L’Assassinat de Père Noel (41, Christian-Jaque).
His wife was Jewish, and when Baur went to Germany to make his last film. Symphonie eines Lebens (41, Hans Bertram), he was arrested and tortured. He was released, but shortly thereafter he was found dead.
His wife was Jewish, and when Baur went to Germany to make his last film. Symphonie eines Lebens (41, Hans Bertram), he was arrested and tortured. He was released, but shortly thereafter he was found dead.