Jacques Krauss

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Jacques Krauss , born as Jacques Lucien Kraus (born October 21, 1900 in Paris ; † June 8, 1957 there ) was a French film architect .

Live and act

The son of the actor Henry Krauss attended the École des Beaux-Arts in his hometown Paris from 1918 to 1923 , where he trained in painting. Subsequently, Krauss was hired as a draftsman by several film companies and assisted the film architect Lucien Aguettand . In 1933 he began working as chief architect.

His designs are important for several important pre-war productions by Julien Duvivier . They were "films of 'poetic realism' that were given a touch of melancholy through Krauss' decorations."

After Duvivier's flight to the USA in 1940, Krauss only designed buildings for films that were rarely of above-average quality. It is worth mentioning, however, productions by Claude Autant-Lara (" Irrwege des Herzens "), Richard Pottier (the revolutionary and love film In the Beginning Was Only Love, which is scandalous because of all kinds of bed and nude scenes ) and various costume fabrics (" Madame Sans-Gêne", " Casanova "," Knight of his King ").

Filmography

  • 1933: Les deux canards
  • 1934: Le paquebot 'Tenacity'
  • 1934: People in the North (Maria Chapdelaine)
  • 1935: Escale
  • 1935: Monsieur Sans-Gêne
  • 1935: The love alley of Morocco (La bandera)
  • 1936: Guild gang (La Belle Équipe)
  • 1936: L'homme du jour
  • 1936: Pépé le Moko - In the dark of Algiers
  • 1936: Can a man be that stupid? (Mademoiselle ma mère)
  • 1937: La dame de Malacca
  • 1937: Claudine à l'école
  • 1937: Altitude 3200
  • 1938: Café de Paris
  • 1938: love of theater (Entrée des artistes)
  • 1939: It should be the tithe (Accord final)
  • 1939: Retirement (La fin du jour)
  • 1939: La charrette fantôme
  • 1941: Madame Sans-Gêne
  • 1941: Le mariage de Chiffon
  • 1942: Lettres d'amour
  • 1942: The secret of the blue limousine (Monsieur la souris)
  • 1943: wrong ways of the heart (Douce)
  • 1943: Le voyageur sans bagages
  • 1944: La fiancée des ténèbres
  • 1945: Sylvia and the ghost (Sylvie et la fantôme)
  • 1946: Fugitive (Le fugitif)
  • 1946: Casanova (Les aventures de Casanova)
  • 1947: Capitaine Blomet
  • 1948: Tous les deux
  • 1948: Knight of his King (Du Guesclin)
  • 1949: Monseigneur
  • 1950: In the beginning there was only love
  • 1951: The Witch of Montmartre (Gibie de Potence)
  • 1952: My life for love (Un caprice de Caroline chérie)
  • 1954: Dark red star of Venus (Le fils de Caroline chérie)
  • 1956: Elisa - a fallen woman (Elisa)

literature

  • Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 4: H - L. Botho Höfer - Richard Lester. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 483.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 4: H - L. Botho Höfer - Richard Lester. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 483.

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personal data
SURNAME Krauss, Jacques
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kraus, Jacques Lucien (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French film architect
DATE OF BIRTH October 21, 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH June 8, 1957
Place of death Paris