Prisoner of Paradise

03/07/2003

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1hr 36min

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Documentary

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

STORY

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 & CREW

    Cast

  • Ian Holm
  • Robert Lantz
  • Eleonore Hertzberg
  • Lone Koppel
  • Renée Saint-Cyr

    Directors

  • Malcolm Clarke
  • Stuart Sender
  • Marion Schmidt

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Media Verite
  • Café Productions
  • BBC
  • History Television
  • PBS
  • U5 Filmproduktion

    Production Countries

  • Canada
  • Germany
  • United Kingdom
  • United States of America

LANGUAGES

  • English