Prisoner of Paradise

Prisoner of Paradise

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.

Documentary

Prisoner of Paradise

Rating

6.3/10

Release Date

2003-03-07

Runtime

96 minutes

Status

Released

Cast

Production Companies

Media Verite

Café Productions

BBC

BBC

History Television

PBS

PBS

U5 Filmproduktion

U5 Filmproduktion