
Kurt Gerron(1897-1944)
Gerron fled to France (because he was Jewish), then settled in Amsterdam in 1933. He was arrested by the SS in 1943 and was sent to Theresienstadt in 1944 to direct a staged documentary intended to persuade world public opinion that Jews were well treated in concentration camps. He made a film called "The Fuhrer Donates a City to the Jews" or in German "Der Fuhrer schenkt den Juden eine Stadt". After he completed the film he was sent to Auschwitz where he was murdered.
Career stats
58Films
123Posters
79Years active
1930Peak year
Eras & genres
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Selected work
46 postersFrequent collaborators
30 repeat partners
Paul Henckels(1885-1967)
Actor · 7 films together

Walter Jurmann(1903-1971)
Actor · 7 films together

Fritz Rotter(1900-1984)
Actor · 6 films together
Hermann Picha
Actor · 6 films together

Julius Falkenstein(1879-1933)
Actor · 6 films together

Erich Pommer(1889-1966)
Produced by · 5 films together

Ida Wüst(1884-1958)
Actor · 5 films together

Otto Wallburg(1889-1944)
Actor · 5 films together











