Leo Haas: Artist and Witness of His Times

06/25/1971

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0hr 13min

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Documentary

STORY

When the Nazis took power, the Jewish artist Leo Haas (1901-1983) was arrested in his Czechoslovakian hometown. He spent the next six years in different concentration camps and became known for the paintings he did in the Theresienstadt camp. This film presents Haas as a political artist and resistance fighter and celebrates him as a socialist caricaturist dedicated to the GDR.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Leo Haas
  • Thomas Kästner

    INFORMATION

      Production Companies

    • DEFA-Studio für Trickfilme

      Production Countries

    • East Germany
    • Germany

    LANGUAGES

    • German