Jacques Krauss (1900–1957) was a French

art director Art director is the title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, film industry, film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ...

. 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 Julien Duvivier (; 8 October 1896 – 29 October 1967) was a French film director and screenwriter. He was prominent in French cinema in the years 1930–1960. Amongst his most original films, chiefly notable are ''La Bandera (film), La Bandera'', ...

.Andrew p.186 He was born in Paris, the son of the actor

Henry Krauss Henry Krauss (26 April 1866 – 15 December 1935) was a French actor of stage and screen. He is sometimes credited as Henri Krauss. He was the father of the art director Jacques Krauss. Partial filmography * ''The Hunchback of Notre Dame ...

Selected filmography

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Maria Chapdelaine ''Maria Chapdelaine'' is a romance novel written in 1913 by the Breton writer Louis Hémon, who was then residing in Quebec.Guy Laflèche. Polémiques'. Editions du Singulier; 1992. . p. 126 – 128. Aimed at young French and Quebecois people, ...

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A Rare Bird ''A Rare Bird'' (French: ''Un oiseau rare'') is a 1935 French comedy film directed by Richard Pottier and starring Pierre Brasseur, Max Dearly and Monique Rolland.Parish p.63 The film's sets were designed by the art directors Robert Hubert a ...

'' (1935) * '' La Bandera'' (1935) * ''

They Were Five ''They Were Five'' (French: ''La belle équipe'') is a 1936 French drama film directed by Julien Duvivier and starring Jean Gabin, Charles Vanel, and Viviane Romance. It tells the story of five unemployed workers who win the jackpot in the nat ...

'' (1936) * ''

Claudine at School ''Claudine at School'' (french: Claudine à l'école) is a 1900 novel by the French writer Colette. The narrative recounts the final year of secondary school of 15-year-old Claudine, her brazen confrontations with her headmistress, Mlle Sergent, a ...

'' (1937) * ''

The Man of the Hour ''The Man of the Hour'' (French: ''L'homme du jour'') is a 1937 French musical film directed by Julien Duvivier and starring Maurice Chevalier, Elvire Popesco and Josette Day.Mazdon & Wheatley p.35 The film was shot at the Joinville Studios, w ...

'' (1937) * ''

Pépé le Moko ''Pépé le Moko'' () is a 1937 French film directed by Julien Duvivier starring Jean Gabin, based on a novel of the same name by Henri La Barthe and with sets by Jacques Krauss. An example of the 1930s French movement known as poetic realism, ...

'' (1937) * ''

Woman of Malacca ''Woman of Malacca'' (French: ''La dame de Malacca'') is a 1937 French drama film directed by Marc Allégret and starring Edwige Feuillère, Pierre Richard-Willm and Betty Daussmond. It was based on a 1935 novel by the French writer Francis de C ...

'' (1937) * '' Another World'' (1937) * ''

A Woman of No Importance ''A Woman of No Importance'' by Oscar Wilde is "a new and original play of modern life", in four acts, first given on 19 April 1893 at the Haymarket Theatre, London. Like Wilde's other society plays, it satirises English upper-class society. It ...

'' (1937) * ''

The Courier of Lyon ''The Courier of Lyon'' (French: ''L'affaire du courrier de Lyon'') is a 1937 French historical drama film directed by Claude Autant-Lara and Maurice Lehmann and starring Pierre Blanchar, Dita Parlo and Jacques Copeau.The A to Z of French Cinema p ...

'' (1937) * ''

The Curtain Rises ''The Curtain Rises'' (french: Entrée des artistes) is a 1938 French crime film directed by Marc Allégret and starring Louis Jouvet, Claude Dauphin and Odette Joyeux.Andrew p.144 The film's sets were designed by the art directors Jacques Kr ...

'' (1938) * ''

The End of the Day ''The End of the Day'' (french: La fin du jour) is a 1939 French drama film directed by Julien Duvivier and starring Victor Francen, Michel Simon and Louis Jouvet. It was shot at the Epinay Studios in Paris and on location around the city as w ...

'' (1939) * ''

The Phantom Carriage ''The Phantom Carriage'' ( sv, Körkarlen, literally "The Wagoner") is a 1921 Swedish silent film directed by and starring Victor Sjöström, based on the 1912 novel '' Thy Soul Shall Bear Witness!'' (''Körkarlen'') by Swedish author Selma Lag ...

'' (1939) * ''

The Phantom Baron ''The Phantom Baron'' (French: ''Le Baron fantôme'') is a 1943 French drama film directed by Serge de Poligny and starring Odette Joyeux, Jany Holt, and Alain Cuny.

'' (1943) * ''

Sylvie and the Ghost ''Sylvie and the Ghost'' (French: ''Sylvie et le fantôme'') is a 1946 French comedy film directed by Claude Autant-Lara and starring Odette Joyeux, François Périer and Pierre Larquey. It was shot at the Saint-Maurice Studios in Paris. The fil ...

'' (1946) * ''

Captain Blomet ''Captain Blomet'' (French: ''Capitaine Blomet'') is a 1947 French comedy film directed by Andrée Feix and starring Fernand Gravey, Gaby Sylvia and Jean Meyer.Palmer & Michael p.69 The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacques Krauss ...

'' (1947) * '' The Fugitive'' (1947) * '' Darling Caroline'' (1951) * ''

A Caprice of Darling Caroline ''A Caprice of Darling Caroline'' (French: ''Un caprice de Caroline chérie'') is a 1953 French historical comedy film directed by Jean Devaivre and starring Martine Carol, Jacques Dacqmine and Marthe Mercadier. It is based on the 1950 novel of ...

'' (1953) * ''

Caroline and the Rebels ''Caroline and the Rebels'' (french: Le Fils de Caroline chérie) is a 1955 French historical film, historical adventure film directed by Jean Devaivre and starring Jean-Claude Pascal, Sophie Desmarets and Brigitte Bardot. It is loosely part of t ...

'' (1955)

References

Bibliography

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

External links

* 1900 births 1957 deaths Film people from Paris French art directors {{France-film-bio-stub