Theresienstadt

Theresienstadt

23 mins | Documentary | Jan. 1, 1944

Nazi propaganda film about the "Theresienstadt ghetto". The film was supposed to show the world that Jews didn't suffer in concentration camps. Upon completion, most Jews shown in the film (including director Kurt Gerron) were brought to Auschwitz, where they were killed.

Theresienstadt

23 mins | Documentary | Jan. 1, 1944

Theresienstadt
Nazi propaganda film about the "Theresienstadt ghetto". The film was supposed to show the world that Jews didn't suffer in concentration camps. Upon completion, most Jews shown in the film (including director Kurt Gerron) were brought to Auschwitz, where they were killed.
IMDb rating 3.2
Producers Zentralamt zur Regelung der Judenfrage in Böhmen und Mähren, Aktualita
Original title Theresienstadt
Directors Karel Pečený, Kurt Gerron
Writers Jindrich Weil, Manfred Greiffenhagen, Kurt Gerron

Cast

Paul Eppstein

as Vorsitzender des Ältestenrates der Juden / Soziologe - Mannheim - Berlin

Karel Fischer

as Dirigent

Kurt Gerron

as Regisseur - Schauspieler

Frau Görtz

as Gräfin - Holland

Adolf Hitler

as Self (archive footage)

Hans Krása

as Komponist - Prag

Alfred Meissner

as Jurist - ehem. Minister - Tschechoslowakei

Jo Spier

as Maler - Zeichner - Holland