CinemaOSMovie · 1999 · 1h 4m

Kurt Gerrons Karussell

80%(1)IMDbDocumentary

This documentary tells the story of an unusual victim of the Nazi holocaust -- Kurt Gerron, a German film actor and cabaret star. During World War II, Gerron went from being a leading light of the German entertainment community (he made over 70 films and sang "Mack the Knife" in the first performance of The Three-Penny Opera) to a prisoner directing a propaganda film for the Nazis about a makeshift club at Theresienstadt, which was described as a "concentration camp for celebrities." Gerron was eventually executed at Auschwitz. Director Ilona Ziok combines archival footage of Gerron with interviews of peers and survivors who describe how Gerron tragically believed his gifts as an entertainer would save his life -- and how he enthusiastically kept performing right up to his death.

Directed byIlona Ziok

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 4m
Language
EN
Released
May 13, 1999

Featuring

Cast & crew

4 credited
Starring
Ben Becker

Ben Becker

Self

Bente Kahan

Self

Ute Lemper

Ute Lemper

Self

Renée Saint-Cyr

Renée Saint-Cyr

Self

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Directed by
Ilona Ziok

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