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.”
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.
2003-03-07
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Key Crew
DirectorMalcolm Clarke
WriterMalcolm Clarke
ProducerKarl-Eberhard Schäfer
Director of PhotographyMichael Hammon
Original Music ComposerLuc St. Pierre
EditorGlenn Berman
Full cast & crew (6 cast · 27 crew)
Details
Released2003-03-07
Runtime1h 36m
StatusReleased
StudiosMedia Verite · Café Productions · BBC
LanguagesEnglish
CountriesCanada · Germany · United Kingdom · United States of America
Rating6.8/10 · 4 votes
Original languageen
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