Film
Prisoner of Paradise
2003 · 1h 36m · Documentary
The startling true story of a Jewish director ordered to make a propaganda film for the Nazis.
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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.
Cast
Ian Holm
Narrator (voice)
Robert Lantz
Self
Eleonore Hertzberg
Self
Lone Koppel
Self
Renée Saint-Cyr
Self
Kurt Gerron
Self (archival footage)
Crew
- Stuart SenderDirector · Executive Producer
- Malcolm ClarkeDirector · Writer · Producer
- Karl-Eberhard SchäferProducer
- Jake EbertsExecutive Producer
- Michael HammonDirector of Photography
- Luc St. PierreOriginal Music Composer
- Glenn BermanEditor
- Susan ShanksEditor
Media
Details
- Release date
- March 7, 2003
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- Genres
- Documentary
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