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Prisoner of Paradise

2003

96 minutes

Documentary

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.

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Top Cast

Ian Holm headshot

Ian Holm

Narrator (voice)

Robert Lantz headshot

Robert Lantz

Self

Eleonore Hertzberg headshot

Eleonore Hertzberg

Self

Lone Koppel headshot

Lone Koppel

Self

Renée Saint-Cyr headshot

Renée Saint-Cyr

Self

Kurt Gerron headshot

Kurt Gerron

Self (archival footage)