Prisoner of Paradise

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

2003 ★ 6.8 96 min IMDb English Malcolm Clarke, Stuart Sender
BBC
PBS
U5 Filmproduktion

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.

Documentary

Top Cast

Ian Holm

Ian Holm

Narrator (voice)
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Robert Lantz

Self
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Eleonore Hertzberg

Self
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Lone Koppel

Self
Renée Saint-Cyr

Renée Saint-Cyr

Self
Kurt Gerron

Kurt Gerron

Self (archival footage)

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