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Prisoner of Paradise

The startling true story of a Jewish director ordered to make a propaganda film for the Nazis.

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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.

Orignal Language

en

Duration

96 minutes

Genre

Documentary

Status

Released

Release Data

2003-03-07

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Production Companies

Media Verite, Café Productions, BBC, History Television, PBS, U5 Filmproduktion

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