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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.

Release DateMarch 7, 2003
StatusReleased
Original TitlePrisoner of Paradise
Runtime1h 36min
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LanguageEnglish
Original LanguageEnglish
Production CountriesCanada, Germany, United Kingdom, United States of America
Production CompaniesMedia VeriteCafé ProductionsBBCHistory TelevisionPBSU5 Filmproduktion