Curt Courant

Curt Courant
Fritz Lang with cameraman Curt Courant (middle) on film Frau im Mond (1929)
Born	11 May 1899 Berlin, Province of Brandenburg, German Empire
Died	20 April 1968 (aged 68) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Cinematographer
Years active	1917–1962

Curt Courant (11 May 1899 – 20 April 1968) was a German cinematographer who worked on over a hundred films during the silent and early sound eras. Courant worked in several European countries, collaborating with figures such as Alfred Hitchcock and Fritz Lang. As he was of Jewish ancestry, Courant was forced to leave Germany in 1933 and go into exile following the Nazi takeover of power. Courant worked at several of the leading British studios during the mid-1930s. He is the father of Willy Kurant who also became a cinematographer.

Selected filmography

• The World Champion (1919)
• The Enchanted Princess (1919)
• The Foolish Heart (1919)
• State Attorney Jordan (1919)
• Only a Servant (1919)
• Irrlicht (1919)
• A Man's Word (1919)
• The Heart of Casanova (1919)
• The Bodega of Los Cuerros (1919)
• The Golden Lie (1919)
• The Commandment of Love (1919)
• Devoted Artists (1919)
• All Souls (1919)
• The Fairy of Saint Ménard (1919)
• The Last Sun Son (1919)
• The Bride of the Incapacitated (1919)
• Black Pearls (1919)
• In the Whirl of Life (1920)
• Forbidden Love (1920)
• President Barrada (1920)
• Hamlet (1921)
• Queen of the Streets (1921)
• The Stranger from Alster Street (1921)
• Alfred von Ingelheim's Dramatic Life (1921)
• A Day on Mars (1921)
• The Secret of Castle Ronay (1922)
• The Blood (1922)
• The Song of Songs (1922)
• Peter the Great (1922)
• Paradise in the Snow (1923)
• Comedians of Life (1924)
• Quo Vadis (1924)
• Fire of Love (1925)
• The Island of Dreams (1925)
• The Brothers Schellenberg (1926)
• The Flight in the Night (1926)
• The Wooing of Eve (1926)
• Family Gathering in the House of Prellstein (1927)
• The Trial of Donald Westhof (1927)
• The Dashing Archduke (1927)
• Secrets of the Orient (1928)
• Woman in the Moon (1929)
• The Woman One Longs For (1929)
• The Burning Heart (1929)
• The Singing City (1930)
• The King of Paris (1930, German)
• The King of Paris (1930, French)
• The White Devil (1930)
• City of Song (1931)
• My Cousin from Warsaw (1931)
• The Man Who Murdered (1931)
• Who Takes Love Seriously? (1931)
• Rasputin, Dämon der Frauen (1932)
• His Highness Love (1931)
• Scampolo (1932)
• A Son from America (1932)
• Thea Roland (1932)
• Ciboulette (1933)
• Perfect Understanding (1933)
• I Marry My Wife (1934)
• The Iron Duke (1934)
• The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)
• Amok (1934)
• The Higher Command (1935)
• Me and Marlborough (1935)
• The Passing of the Third Floor Back (1935)
• She Knew What She Wanted (1936)
• Man in the Mirror (1936)
• Broken Blossoms (1936)
• Spy of Napoleon (1936)
• Cheer Up (1936)
• Dusty Ermine (1936)
• The Lie of Nina Petrovna (1937)
• Clothes and the Woman (1937)
• Princess Tarakanova (1938)
• La Bête Humaine (1938)
• Le Jour Se Lève (1939)
• Louise (1939)
• Monsieur Brotonneau (1939)
• Sarajevo (1940)
• Monsieur Verdoux (1947) uncredited
• It Happened in Athens (1962)

Bibliography

• Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.

External links

• Curt Courant at the Internet Movie Database