Prisoner of Paradise

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

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Documentary

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.

Details

Status: Released
Release date: March 7, 2003
Original language: English
Spoken languages: English
Countries: Canada, Germany, United Kingdom, United States of America
Production: BBC,PBS,Café Productions,U5 Filmproduktion,HISTORY TELEVISION,Media Verite,History Television
Cast: Lone Koppel,Kurt Gerron,Robert Lantz,Eleonore Hertzberg,Ian Holm,Renée Saint-Cyr
Director: Stuart Sender,Malcolm Clarke
Writer: Malcolm Clarke
Producer: Stuart Sender,Malcolm Clarke,Jake Eberts,Karl-Eberhard Schäfer
Cinematography: Michael Hammon
Music: Luc St. Pierre
Budget: Not recorded
Revenue: Not recorded
Homepage: Official site
IMDb: tt0316013