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Curt Courant(1899-1968)

  • Cinematographer
  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • Director
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Curt Courant
Curt Courant was born on 11 May 1899 in Berlin, Germany. He was a cinematographer and director, known for Woman in the Moon (1929), The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934) and Kameraden (1921). He died on 20 April 1968 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
BornMay 11, 1899
DiedApril 20, 1968(68)
BornMay 11, 1899
DiedApril 20, 1968(68)
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Known for

Woman in the Moon (1929)
Woman in the Moon
7.3
  • Cinematographer
  • 1929
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)
The Man Who Knew Too Much
6.7
  • Cinematographer
  • 1934
Kameraden
  • Director
  • 1921
Brigitte Helm and Jan Kiepura in Die singende Stadt (1930)
Die singende Stadt
6.0
  • Cinematographer
  • 1930

Credits

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Cinematographer



  • Jayne Mansfield in It Happened in Athens (1962)
    It Happened in Athens
    5.4
    • Cinematographer (as Curtis Courant)
    • 1962
  • One Love - Conflicting Faiths (1959)
    One Love - Conflicting Faiths
    Short
    • director of photography
    • 1959
  • Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
    Monsieur Verdoux
    7.8
    • Cinematographer (uncredited)
    • 1947
  • Edwige Feuillère and John Lodge in From Mayerling to Sarajevo (1940)
    From Mayerling to Sarajevo
    6.7
    • Cinematographer
    • 1940
  • Charles Boyer in Le corsaire (1939)
    Le corsaire
    5.9
    • Cinematographer
    • 1939
  • Monsieur Brotonneau (1939)
    Monsieur Brotonneau
    • Cinematographer
    • 1939
  • Jean Gabin in Daybreak (1939)
    Daybreak
    7.6
    • Cinematographer (uncredited)
    • 1939
  • Suzanne Desprès, Grace Moore, André Pernet, and Georges Thill in Louise (1939)
    Louise
    6.4
    • Cinematographer
    • 1939
  • Jean Gabin and Simone Simon in The Human Beast (1938)
    The Human Beast
    7.5
    • Cinematographer
    • 1938
  • Lumières de Paris (1938)
    Lumières de Paris
    6.0
    • Cinematographer
    • 1938
  • Louis Jouvet and Christl Mardayn in The Shanghai Drama (1938)
    The Shanghai Drama
    6.4
    • Cinematographer
    • 1938
  • Louis Jouvet and Viviane Romance in Sirocco (1938)
    Sirocco
    6.7
    • Cinematographer
    • 1938
  • La principessa Tarakanova (1938)
    La principessa Tarakanova
    5.5
    • Cinematographer
    • 1938
  • Le puritain (1938)
    Le puritain
    6.4
    • Cinematographer
    • 1938
  • The Lie of Nina Petrovna (1937)
    The Lie of Nina Petrovna
    6.5
    • Cinematographer
    • 1937

Camera and Electrical Department



  • Edward Everett Horton and Genevieve Tobin in The Man in the Mirror (1936)
    The Man in the Mirror
    6.0
    • lighting
    • 1936
  • Hideout in the Alps (1936)
    Hideout in the Alps
    6.2
    • lighting
    • 1936
  • Francis Lederer and Käthe von Nagy in Her Majesty Love (1931)
    Her Majesty Love
    6.8
    • camera operator
    • 1931

Director



  • Kameraden
    • Director
    • 1921

Personal details

  • Alternative names
    • C. Courant
  • Born
    • May 11, 1899
    • Berlin, Germany
  • Died
    • April 20, 1968
    • Los Angeles, California, USA

Did you know

  • Trivia
    Prolific German cinematographer of Jewish ancestry, a soft focus specialist. In films from 1916, he was forced to leave Germany after the Nazis took power in 1933. He then worked in Britain and France, where he did his best work on The Human Beast (1938) and Daybreak (1939). After the fall of France in 1940, he moved to Hollywood, but found little work.

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