James Bauer (1884–1940) was a German
film director
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. Following the
Nazi
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takeover of power in 1933, he emigrated first to
Spain
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and later to
Argentina
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, where he directed several films of the
Golden Age of Argentine cinema
The Golden Age of Argentine cinema (Spanish language, Spanish: ''Época de Oro del cine argentino'' or other equivalent names), sometimes known interchangeably as the broader classical or classical-industrial period (Spanish: ''período clásico- ...
until his death in 1940.
Selected filmography
* ''
The Black Star'' (1922)
* ''
The Sleeping Volcano'' (1922)
* ''
Der Mitternachtszug'' (1923)
* ''
Op Hoop van Zegen'' (1924)
* ''
Anne-Liese of Dessau'' (1925)
* ''
Walpurgisnacht'' (1927)
* ''
Did You Fall in Love Along the Beautiful Rhine?'' (1927)
* ''
The Foreign Legionnaire'' (1928)
* ''
The Girl from the Provinces'' (1929)
* ''
Incest
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'' (1929)
* ''
The Third Confession'' (1929)
* ''
Night Convoy'' (1932)
* ''
The Escape to Nice'' (1932)
* ''
Paraguay, tierra de promisión'' (1937)
* ''
Cantando llegó el amor
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* ''
El misterio de la dama gris'' (1939)
* ''
Explosivo 008
''Explosivo 008'' is a 1940 Argentine crime film directed by German exiled filmmaker James Bauer during the Golden Age of Argentine cinema
The Golden Age of Argentine cinema (Spanish language, Spanish: ''Época de Oro del cine argentino'' or ...
'' (1940)
Bibliography
* Bergfelder, Tim & Bock, Hans-Michael. ''The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopedia of German''. Berghahn Books, 2009.
* Prawer, S.S. ''Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910–1933''. Berghahn Books, 2007.
External links
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1884 births
1940 deaths
Film directors from Hamburg
Jewish emigrants from Nazi Germany to Argentina
German silent film directors
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