Prisoner of Paradise (2003)

ALL 03/07/2003 (en) Documentary 96 Min
  • Release
    03/07/2003
  • Production
    Media Verite, Café Productions, BBC, History Television, PBS, U5 Filmproduktion
  • Rotten tomato
    63%
  • Original title
    Prisoner of Paradise
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

The startling true story of a Jewish director ordered to make a propaganda film for the Nazis.

Overview

The film tells the true story of Kurt Gerron, a German-Jewish cabaret and film actor in the 1920s and 1930s who was sent to the Theresienstadt concentration camp where he was commanded to write and direct a Nazi propaganda film.

  1. Story



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  1. Ian Holm

    Narrator (voice)

  2. Robert Lantz

    Self

  3. Eleonore Hertzberg

    Self

  4. Lone Koppel

    Self

  5. Renée Saint-Cyr

    Self

  6. Kurt Gerron

    Self (archival footage)

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 6 , Crews : 26

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Prisoner of Paradise (2003) 96 Min

ALL 03/07/2003 (en)
Documentary
  • Release 03/07/2003
  • Production
    Media Verite, Café Productions, BBC, History Television, PBS, U5 Filmproduktion
  • Original title Prisoner of Paradise
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

The startling true story of a Jewish director ordered to make a propaganda film for the Nazis.

Overview

The film tells the true story of Kurt Gerron, a German-Jewish cabaret and film actor in the 1920s and 1930s who was sent to the Theresienstadt concentration camp where he was commanded to write and direct a Nazi propaganda film.

  1. Stuart Sender, Malcolm Clarke

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Glenn Berman, Susan Shanks

    Editor

  4. Karl-Eberhard Schäfer, Malcolm Clarke

    Producer