Prisoner of paradise / Média Vérité and Café Productions, in association with BBC [and others] ; directed by Malcolm Clarke & Stuart Sender ; written by Malcom Clarke ; produced by Malcolm Clarke & Karl-Eberhard Schaefer.

"The startling true story of Kurt Gerron, a well-known and beloved German-Jewish actor, director and cabaret star in Berlin in the 1920's and '30's ... [He] was captured and sent to a concentration camp, where he was ordered to write and direct a pro-Nazi propaganda film [entitled 'Theresienstadt :...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Rovi K-12 education materials.
Corporate Authors: Média Vérité (Firm)
Café Productions Ltd
British Broadcasting Corporation
PBS Home Video
Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm)
Other Authors: Clarke, Malcolm
Sender, Stuart
Schaefer, Karl-Eberhard
Holm, Ian, 1931-2020
Hammon, Michael, 1955-
Eberts, Jake
Singer, André, 1945-
Eberts, Christopher
Language:English
Language and/or Writing System:
In English.
Closed-captioned.
Published: [Alexandria, Va.] : Hollywood, Calif. : PBS Home Video ; Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment, [2005], ©2005.
Edition:Widescreen format.
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Rovi K-12 education materials.
Subjects:
Gerron, Kurt, > 1897-1944.
Theresienstadt (Concentration camp)
Theresienstadt (Motion picture)
Jewish motion picture producers and directors > Germany > Biography.
Nazi propaganda.
World War, 1939-1945 > Propaganda.
Documentary films.
Biographical films.
Historical films.
Nonfiction films.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Films for the hearing impaired.
Genre:
Biography.
Documentary films.
Biographical films.
Historical films.
Nonfiction films.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Films for the hearing impaired.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
"The startling true story of Kurt Gerron, a well-known and beloved German-Jewish actor, director and cabaret star in Berlin in the 1920's and '30's ... [He] was captured and sent to a concentration camp, where he was ordered to write and direct a pro-Nazi propaganda film [entitled 'Theresienstadt : ein dokumentarfilm aus dem jüdischen siedlungsgebiet']"--Container.
Note:Originally produced as a documentary film in 2002.
"Includes footage not seen in the PBS broadcast"--Container.
Videorecording.
Call Number:CM9 D0047973 VideoDVD
Audience:
MPAA rating: Not rated ; Canadian home video rating: PG.
ISBN:141570855X
9781415708552
Credits:Director of photography, Michael Hammon ; editors, Glenn Berman & Susan Shanks ; composer, Luc St. Pierre ; executive producers, Jake Eberts, Stuart Sender ; co-producer, David Eberts ; co-executive producers, André Singer, Christopher Eberts ; associate producer/historical researcher, Marion Schmidt.
System Details:DVD ; NTSC, region 1 ; Dolby digital.
Participant or Performer:
Narrated by Ian Holm.