Curt Courant

Director Of Photography

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Also Known As
Curtis Courant, Kurt Courant
Birth Place
Germany
Born
May 11, 1899

Biography

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One of Europe's most distinguished cinematograhers who shot films for Marcel Carne, Alfred Hitchcock, Jean Renoir and Charlie Chaplin ("Monsieur Verdoux" 1947). Of Jewish descent, Courant worked with Fritz Lang before leaving Germany in 1933. His son, Willy Kurant, is also a cinematographer and has shot films for Jean-Luc Godard ("Masculin-Feminin" 1966), Orson Welles ("The Immortal Stor...

Filmography

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Le Jour Se Leve (1939)
Director Of Photography
The Passing of the Third Floor Back (1935)
Photography
The Iron Duke (1935)
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The Man Who Knew Too Much (1935)
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Perfect Understanding (1933)
Photography
La Bete Humaine (1938)
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La Bete Humaine (1938) -- (Movie Clip) I Don't Want People Looking At Me!
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La Bete Humaine (1938) -- (Movie Clip) Lantier, Le Havre

Biography

One of Europe's most distinguished cinematograhers who shot films for Marcel Carne, Alfred Hitchcock, Jean Renoir and Charlie Chaplin ("Monsieur Verdoux" 1947). Of Jewish descent, Courant worked with Fritz Lang before leaving Germany in 1933. His son, Willy Kurant, is also a cinematographer and has shot films for Jean-Luc Godard ("Masculin-Feminin" 1966), Orson Welles ("The Immortal Story" 1968) and Maurice Pialat ("Under Satan's Sun" 1987).

Filmography

 

Cinematography (Feature Film)

Le Jour Se Leve (1939)
Director Of Photography
The Passing of the Third Floor Back (1935)
Photography
The Iron Duke (1935)
Camera
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1935)
Camera
Perfect Understanding (1933)
Photography

Film Production - Main (Feature Film)

La Bete Humaine (1938)
Photography
Broken Blossoms (1936)
Photography
Dusty Ermine (1936)
Photography
Le Voleur (1934)
Photography
Ciboulette (1933)
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Die Frau im Mond (1929)
Photography
Peter der Grosse (1922)
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Hilde Warren und der Tod (1917)
Photography

Life Events

1917

Co-shot first film, "Hilde Warren und der Tod" in Germany

1933

Left Germany and worked in France, England and US

Videos

Movie Clip

La Bete Humaine (1938) -- (Movie Clip) I Don't Want People Looking At Me! A train, of all things, interrupts engineer Lantier (Jean Gabin) when he gets carried away, while visiting hometown sweetheart Flore (Blanchette Brunoy), in Jean Renoir's La Bete Humaine, 1938.
La Bete Humaine (1938) -- (Movie Clip) Lantier, Le Havre After a prologue, cribbed from the original Emile Zola novel in his Rougon-Macquare cycle, the headlong opening scene from director Jean Renoir, in La Bete Humaine, 1938, much of it shot by the director's nephew Claude, in which Lantier (Jean Gabin) and Pecqueux (Julien Carette) bring their train into Le Havre.
La Bete Humaine (1938) -- (Movie Clip) You Men Are Disgusting Wild shifts of tone and content as conversation turns to confrontation between corrupt husband Robaud (Fernand Ledoux) and young wife Severine (Simone Simon), after her shopping trip, in Jean Renoir's La Bete Humaine, 1938.
La Bete Humaine (1938) -- (Movie Clip) The Heat Was Unbearable Much tension as Robaud (Fernand Ledoux) and Severine (Simone Simon) commit a quick off-screen murder on a train, then realize off-duty engineer Lantier (Jean Gabin) is a witness, in Jean Renoir's La Bete Humaine, 1938.
Man Who Knew Too Much, The (1935) -- (Movie Clip) My English Isn't Good Enough At St. Moritz, Betty (Nova Pilbeam) loses her dachsund, causing skier Louis Bernard (Pierre Fresnay) to crash and her father (Leslie Banks) to meet Abbott (Peter Lorre, his first scene in his first English-speaking role) opening Alfred Hitchcock's original The Man Who Knew Too Much, 1935.
Man Who Knew Too Much, The (1935) -- (Movie Clip) Is That Mommy's Knitting? Vacationing at St. Moritz, Betty with dad Bob (Nova Pilbeam, Leslie Banks) while mom Jill (Edna Best) dances with their good-humored French friend Louis (Pierre Fresnay), mysterious Abbott (Peter Lorre) nearby, when director Alfred Hitchcock brings mischief, in the original The Man Who Knew Too Much, 1935.
Man Who Knew Too Much, The (1935) -- (Movie Clip) You Will Be Smuggled Hunting for his kidnapped daughter, Bob (Leslie Banks) elects to gas an implicated dentist (Henry Oscar), then incognito observes the arrival of conspirators Abbott (Peter Lorre) and Ramon (Frank Vosper), in Alfred Hitchcock's original The Man Who Knew Too Much, 1935.
Le Jour Se Leve -- (Movie Clip) A Man Has Killed Operatic opening, script by Jacques Viot and poet Jacques Prevert, credits, the victim (Jules Berry) and the blind man (Georges Douking), from Marcel Carne's Le Jour Se Leve, 1939, starring Jean Gabin.
Le Jour Se Leve -- (Movie Clip) Beat It Or I'll Shoot! Police arriving following gunshots, first appearance of the shooter Francois (Jean Gabin) holed up on the top floor, early in Marcel Carne's Le Jour Se Leve, 1939.
Le Jour Se Leve -- (Movie Clip) I Have No Parents The first flashback, Francois (Jean Gabin), having shot a man, recalls being on the job sandblasting, and meeting Francoise (Jacqueline Laurent), discovering together that they're orphans, in Marcel Carne's Le Jour Se Leve, 1939.
Le Jour Se Leve -- (Movie Clip) Your Dirty Laundry Still in flashback, Francois (Jean Gabin) has followed Francoise (Jacqueline Laurent) to the night club, where he sees magician Valentin (Jules Berry) and his assistant Clara (Arletty) for the first time, in Marcel Carne's Le Jour Se Leve, 1939.

Family

Willy Kurant
Son
Director of photography.

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