Jacques Krauss

Jacques Krauss
Born	21 October 1900 Paris, France
Died	8 June 1957 (aged 56) Paris, France
Occupation	Art director
Years active	1934-1957 (film )

Jacques Krauss (1900–1957) was a French art director. He had a notable influence on the visual look of French poetic realist films before the Second World War due to his work with Julien Duvivier.

He was born in Paris, the son of the actor Henry Krauss.

Selected filmography

• Maria Chapdelaine (1934)
• A Rare Bird (1935)
• La Bandera (1935)
• They Were Five (1936)
• Claudine at School (1937)
• The Man of the Hour (1937)
• Pépé le Moko (1937)
• Woman of Malacca (1937)
• Another World (1937)
• A Woman of No Importance (1937)
• The Courier of Lyon (1937)
• The Curtain Rises (1938)
• The Phantom Baron (1943)
• Captain Blomet (1947)
• Darling Caroline (1951)
• Caroline and the Rebels (1955)

Bibliography

• Dudley Andrew. Mists of Regret: Culture and Sensibility in Classic French Film. Princeton University Press, 1995.

External links

• Jacques Krauss at IMDb