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Paul Muni is a Actor Autriche-hongrie born on 21 september 1895 at Lviv (Ukraine)

Paul Muni

Paul Muni
Paul Muni participated to 25 films (as actor, director or script writer).
Among those, 4 have good markets following the box office.

Here are the best films classified by number of entries :

Actor

The Good Earth, 2h18
Directed by Victor Fleming, Sam Wood, Sidney Franklin, Gustav Machatý
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical, Romance
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Paul Muni, Luise Rainer, Walter Connolly, Tilly Losch, Charley Grapewin, Keye Luke
Roles Wang
Rating74% 3.7411453.7411453.7411453.7411453.741145
In pre-World War I northern China, a young farmer Wang Lung (Paul Muni) marries O-Lan (Luise Rainer), a lowly servant at the Great House, the residence of the most powerful family in their village. O-Lan proves to be an excellent wife, hard working and uncomplaining. Wang Lung prospers. He buys more land, and O-Lan gives birth to two sons and a daughter. Meanwhile, the Great House begins to decline.
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang, 1h33
Directed by Mervyn LeRoy
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Prison films, Évasion
Actors Paul Muni, Glenda Farrell, Helen Vinson, Preston Foster, Noel Francis, Allen Jenkins
Roles James Allen
Rating81% 4.0961354.0961354.0961354.0961354.096135
Sergeant James Allen (Paul Muni) returns to civilian life after World War I but his war experience makes him restless. His family feels he should be grateful for a tedious job as an office clerk, and when he announces that he wants to become an engineer, they react with outrage. He leaves home to find work on any sort of project, but unskilled labor is plentiful and it's hard for him to find a job. Wandering and sinking into poverty, he accidentally becomes caught up in a robbery and is sentenced to ten years on a brutal Southern chain gang.
The Story of Louis Pasteur, 1h27
Directed by William Dieterle, Irving Rapper
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical
Themes Medical-themed films
Actors Paul Muni, Josephine Hutchinson, Anita Louise, Donald Woods, Fritz Leiber, Akim Tamiroff
Roles Louis Pasteur
Rating72% 3.6439353.6439353.6439353.6439353.643935
In nineteenth century chemist Louis Pasteur (Paul Muni) believes that diseases are caused by unseen microbes. His radical theory is dismissed by most doctors, particularly his most vocal critic, Dr. Charbonnet (Fritz Leiber, Sr.). Nonetheless, Pasteur carries on, with the assistance of a small group of loyal researchers, and finds a cure for anthrax. He also campaigns to have doctors wash their hands and sterilize their instruments before operating.
The Life of Emile Zola, 1h56
Directed by William Dieterle, Irving Rapper
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Comedy-drama, Historical
Themes Films about writers, Spy films, Seafaring films, Prison films, Films about racism, Films about religion, Transport films, Films about capital punishment, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Paul Muni, Gloria Holden, Gale Sondergaard, Joseph Schildkraut, Donald Crisp, Henry O'Neill
Roles Emile Zola
Rating71% 3.595163.595163.595163.595163.59516
Set in the mid through late 19th century, it depicts Zola's friendship with Post-Impressionist painter Paul Cézanne, and his rise to fame through his prolific writing, with particular focus on his involvement late in life in the Dreyfus affair.