Prisoner of Paradise

Name: Prisoner of Paradise
Genre: Biography, Documentary
Released: December 12, 2003
Duration: 96 min
Rating: 70

2003

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Menemsha Entertainment | Release Date: December 12, 2003

Summary: The startling true story of Kurt Gerron, a well known and beloved German-Jewish actor, director and cabaret star who was captured and sent to a concentration camp, where he was ordered to write and direct a pro-Nazi propaganda film. This documentary follows Gerron's career and remarkable odyssey, offering a unique prospective on thisThe startling true story of Kurt Gerron, a well known and beloved German-Jewish actor, director and cabaret star who was captured and sent to a concentration camp, where he was ordered to write and direct a pro-Nazi propaganda film. This documentary follows Gerron's career and remarkable odyssey, offering a unique prospective on this extraordinary period. (Menemsha Films)… Expand

Director: Malcolm Clarke and Stuart Sender

Genre(s): Biography, Documentary

Runtime: 96 min

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Lawrence Toppman

Its uniqueness lies in its juxtaposition of happy faces and unhappy realities, of fleeting expressions of art and culture undone by daily brutality. Read full review

Elizabeth Weitzman

Gripping documentary. Read full review

J. Hoberman

A fascinating and painful account of an entertainer trapped not only by his Jewishness but by his overwhelming need to make theater. Read full review

Owen Gleiberman

Gerron's terrible film was never shown in the places it was meant for, but in Prisoner of Paradise it reveals a queasy corner of the Nazi mind that tried to imagine a concentration camp as it fantasized the inmates might have. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Ken Fox

The excuse given here that Gerron couldn't resist one last opportunity to direct, even under the most grotesque circumstances, is really no excuse at all. Read full review

Frank Scheck

What distinguishes Malcolm Clarke and Stuart Sender's film from the many similarly themed efforts that have preceded it is that it tells a morality tale of a man whose hubris partially led to his downfall and whose willingness to work for his Nazi overseers resulted in one of the most notorious propaganda films of the era. Read full review

Megan Lehmann

Frustratingly superficial. Read full review

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