Jules Kruger

French cinematographer

Jules Kruger
Born	12 July 1891 Strasbourg, German Empire
Died	13 December 1959 Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine, France
Occupation	Cinematographer
Years active	1908–1952 (film)

Jules Kruger (1891–1959) was a French cinematographer. He is known particularly for films which he photographed in the 1920s and 1930s for Abel Gance, Marcel L'Herbier, Raymond Bernard, and Julien Duvivier. He also worked in Great Britain and in Spain.^[1]^[2]

Selected filmography

Violettes impériales (Imperial Violets, 1924), dir. Henry Roussel
Âme d'artiste (Heart of an Actress, 1924), dir. Germaine Dulac
La Terre promise (The Promised Land, 1925), dir. Henry Roussel
Napoléon (1927), dir. Abel Gance
L'Argent (1928), dir. Marcel L'Herbier
Cagliostro (1929), dir. Richard Oswald
Tarakanova (1930), dir. Raymond Bernard
La Fin du monde (End of the World, 1931), dir. Abel Gance
Les Croix de bois (Wooden Crosses, 1932), dir Raymond Bernard
Der träumende Mund (Dreaming Lips, 1932), dir. Paul Czinner
L'Épervier (1933), dir. Marcel L'Herbier
Lac aux dames (Lake of Ladies, 1934), dir. Marc Allégret
Maria Chapdelaine (1934), dir. Julien Duvivier
Les Misérables (1934), dir. Raymond Bernard
Tartarin de Tarascon (1934), dir. Raymond Bernard
La Bandera (1935), dir. Julien Duvivier
Golgotha (1935), dir. Julien Duvivier
Veille d'armes (1935), dir. Marcel L'Herbier
La Belle Équipe (1936), dir. Julien Duvivier
Anne-Marie (1936), dir. Raymond Bernard
Club de femmes (1936), dir. Jacques Deval
Le Roi (The King, 1936), dir. Pierre Colombier
La Dame de Malacca (Woman of Malacca, 1937), dir. Marc Allégret
Pépé le Moko (1937), dir. Julien Duvivier
Les Perles de la couronne (The Pearls of the Crown, 1937), dir. Sacha Guitry
St Martin's Lane (1938), dir. Tim Whelan
Vessel of Wrath (1938), dir. Erich Pommer
La Charrette fantôme (The Phantom Carriage, 1939), dir. Julien Duvivier
Le Récif de corail (1939), dir. Maurice Gleize
Caprices (1942), dir. Léo Joannon
Les Inconnus dans la maison (The Strangers in the House, 1942), dir. Henri Decoin
Mam'zelle Bonaparte (1942), dir. Maurice Tourneur
Untel père et fils (The Heart of a Nation, 1943), dir. Julien Duvivier
Graine au vent (Sowing the Wind, 1944), dir. Maurice Gleize
Au petit bonheur (Happy Go Lucky, 1946), dir. Marcel L'Herbier
Siempre vuelven de madrugada (They Always Return at Dawn, 1949), dir. Jerónimo Mihura
Mi adorado Juan (My Beloved Juan, 1950), dir. Jerónimo Mihura
La canción de la Malibrán (Malibran's Song, 1951), dir. Luis Escobar Kirkpatrick

References

^ Dictionnaire du cinéma français, sous la direction de Jean-Loup Passek. Paris: Larousse, 1987. p. 258.
^ Phil Powrie & Éric Rebillard. Pierre Batcheff and stardom in 1920s French cinema. Edinburgh University Press, 2009. p. 227.