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2003
  • Documentary

Prisoner of Paradise

The startling true story of a jewish director ordered to make a propaganda film for the nazis.
Runtime
1h 36m
Countries
  • CA
  • Canada
  • DE
  • Germany
  • GB
  • United Kingdom
  • US
  • United States
Languages
  • en
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.

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Narrator (voice)
Self (archival footage)
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  • Status
    Released
  • Release date
    March 7, 2003
  • Original Language
    English
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  • Production Companies
    • BBC
    • Cafe Productions
    • HISTORY TELEVISION
    • Media Verite
    • Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)
    • U5 Filmproduktion