Harry Baur
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Harry Baur (born 12 April 1880 as Henri-Marie Baur in Montrouge, Hauts-de-Seine – died 8 April 1943 in Paris) was a French actor. Baur was Jewish and tortured to death by the Gestapo during World War II.[1]
Baur gave an acclaimed performance as the composer Ludwig van Beethoven in Abel Gance's 1936 biopic Un grand amour de Beethoven (Beethoven's Great Love), and as Jean Valjean in Raymond Bernard's version of Les Misérables (1934). He also acted in Victorin-Hippolyte Jasset's 1909 silent film, Beethoven, among nearly 80 other films between 1909 and 1942.
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.[2]
[edit] Selected filmography
- Les Misérables (1934)
- Moscow Nights (1935)
- Golgotha (1935)
- Les Hommes nouveaux (1936)
- Un grand amour de Beethoven (1936)
- Mollenard (1938)
[edit] References
- ^ Gilbert, Martin (2002). The Routledge Atlas of the Holocaust. Psychology Press. p. 10. ISBN 9780415281454. http://books.google.com/books?id=pYs5OSnsrHwC&printsec=frontcover&dq=The+Routledge+atlas+of+the+Holocaust&hl=en&ei=VjZYTf2UO4Sq8AaSr9GABw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCsQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Harry%20Baur&f=false.
- ^ Dennis, Charles. "Remembering Rod Steiger". Paid to Dream. http://www.charlesdennis.com/www.charlesdennis.com/Paid_to_Dream/Entries/2009/3/6_remembering_rod_steiger.html. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
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