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Cast
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Paul Eppstein | ... |
Vorsitzender des Ältestenrates der Juden / Soziologe - Mannheim - Berlin
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Karel Fischer | ... |
Dirigent
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| Kurt Gerron | ... |
Regisseur - Schauspieler
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Frau Görtz | ... |
Gräfin - Holland
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| Adolf Hitler | ... |
Self (archiveFootage)
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Hans Krása | ... |
Komponist - Prag
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Alfred Meissner | ... |
Jurist - ehem. Minister - Tschechoslowakei
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Benjamin Murmelstein | ... |
Self
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Coco Schumann | ... |
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Jo Spier | ... |
Maler - Zeichner - Holland
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Directed by
| Kurt Gerron | ||
| Karel Pecený | ... | (segment director) |
Written by
| Kurt Gerron | ... | () |
| Manfred Greiffenhagen | ... | (script contributor) |
| Jindrich Weil | ... | (script contributor) |
Cinematography by
| Josef Cepelak | ||
| Ivan Fric | ||
| Cenek Zahradnícek | ||
Editing by
| Ivan Fric | ||
Production Management
| Karel Pecený | ... | production manager |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Hans Hofer | ... | assistant director |
| Jo Spier | ... | assistant director |
| Frantisek Zelenka | ... | assistant director |
Art Department
| Jo Spier | ... | graphic artist |
Sound Department
| Josef Francek | ... | sound |
| Jaroslav Sechura | ... | sound |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Benda Rosenwein | ... | assistant camera |
Additional Crew
| Hans Günther | ... | supervisor |
| Karl Rahm | ... | supervisor |
Production Companies
Distributors
- National Center for Jewish Film (NCJF) (1993) (World-wide) (VHS) (restored version) (English subtitles)
- National Center for Jewish Film (NCJF) (2007) (World-wide) (DVD) (restored version) (English subtitles)
- Reichskino (United States) (DVD)
Special Effects
Other Companies
Storyline
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This is the only film known to be made by the Nazis inside an operating concentration camp. Germany's Ministry of Propaganda produced this 1944 film about Theresienstadt, the "model" ghetto established by the Nazis in 1941 in Terezin, a town in the former Czechoslovakia. Joseph Goebbels intended to use the film to prove to the International Red Cross and the world that Jews were being well-treated in the camps. The film, however, is an elaborately staged hoax presenting a completely false picture of camp life. Upon completion, the director and most of the cast of prisoners were shipped to Auschwitz. Only a few survived to attest to the falsity of the film. Includes study guide. Written by National Center for Jewish Film |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | This film is not a reality-based representation of Theresienstadt under Nazi rule in WWII. It is a state-financed propaganda film, that the Nazis wanted to use to deceive the international public about the fate of the Jews. Actually, the term 'documentary' was introduced by the Nazis themselves, as part of the deception strategy. In the same way Theresienstadt was called a "Ghetto", but in fact it was a concentration camp and a transit camp to the extermination camps. The film is completely staged and was supervised and controlled by the Nazis, therefore it is difficult to name a single person as the 'director' in this context. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Edited into Prisoner of Paradise (2002). See more » |