Prisoner of Paradise

Prisoner of Paradise

96 mins | Documentary | March 7, 2003

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.

Prisoner of Paradise

96 mins | Documentary | March 7, 2003

Prisoner of Paradise
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.
IMDb rating 7.5
Producers U5 Filmproduktion GmbH, Cafe Productions, BBC, HISTORY TELEVISION, Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), Media Verite
Original title Prisoner of Paradise
Directors Malcolm Clarke, Stuart Sender
Writers Malcolm Clarke

Cast

Ian Holm

as Narrator (voice)

Robert Lantz

as Self

Lone Koppel

as Self

Kurt Gerron

as Self (archival footage)