Prisoner of Paradise

Prisoner of Paradise

2003
★★★☆☆ 6.3/10
⏱️ 96 minutes
📅 Released
🌐 EN
Documentary
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.

Cast

Ian Holm
Ian Holm
Narrator (voice)
Robert Lantz
Robert Lantz
Self
Eleonore Hertzberg
Eleonore Hertzberg
Self
Lone Koppel
Lone Koppel
Self
Renée Saint-Cyr
Renée Saint-Cyr
Self
Kurt Gerron
Kurt Gerron
Self (archival footage)

Crew

Director
Stuart Sender, Malcolm Clarke
Writer
Malcolm Clarke
Producer
Karl-Eberhard Schäfer, Stuart Sender, Malcolm Clarke

Production

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