Kurt Gerron

Theresienstadt (1944)

Nazi propaganda film about the Czech "Theresienstadt ghetto" in Terezín. The film was supposed to show the world that Jews didn't suffer in concentration camps. Upon completion, most Jews shown in the film (including director Kurt Gerron) were brought to ...

Merijntje Gijzen's Boyhood (1936)

Merijntje Gijzen is a small boy growing up in Brabant, in the south of the Netherlands. One day, out on one of his walks, he meets infamous poacher 'De Kruik,' and the two become friends. De Kruik is in love with Janekee but she is more interested in the n ...

The Mystery of the Moonlight Sonata (1935)

When Erica Maerlant is shot dead during a secret dance rehearsal at her luxurious villa, the Maerlant household turns out to be a serpent's nest of intrigue where everyone has a motive for the murder. ...

Bretter, die die Welt bedeuten (1935)

Incognito (1934)

A restaurant waiter and the telephone operator at the Palace of Cap Martin sympathize without ever being able to go out together, because their day off is not the same. In the meantime, the disappearance of the Prince of Roumelia, whom no one knows, is ann ...

A Woman at the Wheel (1933)

A young sportsman, heir to a tyre manufacturers wants to end the rivalry between his father's company and their main rival, by marrying the daughter of the rival family. ...

Child, I'm Happy on Your Coming (1933)

Portrait photographer Lu Tiemann owns a white wire-haired terrier named "Stork." For Lu, the charming dog has a very specific purpose: to either jump into parked cars with men at the wheel, thereby attracting their attention, or to hide inside the car and ...

Heut' kommt's drauf an (1933)

A musical comedy centering around the competitors in the Golden Saxophone competition. ...

Stupéfiants (1932)

When an up-and-coming singer's career is jeopardized by morphine addiction, her brother takes on the ruthless dope pushers who are intent on keeping her hooked. ...

The White Demon (1932)

When Albers takes his drug-addicted opera star sister Gerda to a sanitarium, they both become targets of slimy dope peddler Peter Lorre, who fears that Gerda will blow the whistle on him. Lorre kidnaps the woman, leading Albers on a frantic chase. ...

A Mad Idea (1932)

A series of stupid coincidences causes the young Munich painter Paul to convert his uncle's castle into a hotel for four weeks. But he can't complain: business is good and he has plenty of guests. For exmple, there's Theo Muller with his revue troupe. ...

Things Are Getting Better Already (1932)

The fast-driving daughter of a car manufacturer keeps Berlin's most pricey lawyer busy as she keeps getting into scrapes. ...

My Wife, the Adventuress (1931)

A mousy bank clerk is married to an ambitious woman. ...

Cabaret program No. 1 (1931)

Several variety show acts perform in front of the camera. ...

The mute of Portici (1931)

Prisoner of Paradise (2003)

The film tells the true story of Kurt Gerron, a German-Jewish cabaret and film actor in the 1920s and 1930s who was sent to the Theresienstadt concentration camp where he was commanded to write and direct a Nazi propaganda film. ...

Theresienstadt (1944)

Nazi propaganda film about the Czech "Theresienstadt ghetto" in Terezín. The film was supposed to show the world that Jews didn't suffer in concentration camps. Upon completion, most Jews shown in the film (including director Kurt Gerron) were brought to ...

The Eternal Jew (1940)

A Nazi propaganda film made to promote anti-Semitism among the German people. Newly-shot footage of Jewish neighborhoods in recently-conquered Poland is combined with preexisting film clips and stills to defame the religion and advance Hitler's slurs that ...

Drie wenschen (1937)

Her Majesty Love (1933)

Fred von Wellingen is a wealthy industrialist, part of a large family-owned corporation. Fred has fallen for Lia, a comely bartender in the Berlin Cabaret. He proposes to her, much to the horror of his family, which considers Lia and her unsophisticated fa ...

Vater geht auf Reisen (1932)

Two in a Car (1932)

A young saleslady travels by car to the Riviera with a modest seeming young man who, it turns out, is really a wealthy nobleman. ...

We Need No Money (1931)

In this German comedy, an enterprising American uncle comes from Chicago goes to the tiny town of Groditzkirchen to make a fortune on credit even though he only has $10 to his name. To do so, he enlists the aide of a bank clerk and begins posing as a milli ...

One Night at the Grand Hotel (1931)

Fritz is in love with artist Glay, who stays at the Grand Hotel. In spite of not having any money he gets to know her, invites her to supper and after dancing a tango even hires the royal suite. How will he get out of this is a mystery even to himself. ...

Bombs Over Monte Carlo (1931)

The captain of a battleship of a small Balkan country is fed up with following strange orders from the country's queen. ...

Trapeze (1931)

Robby and Jim are two friends working in a circus. When Marina, a new acrobat, enters the show, both men will compete for her love. She needs a partner for a flying number, and one of them will be elected. Then accidents will happen. ...

Road to Rio (1931)

A young woman causes a fatal accident. She flees the country, only to get caught in the net of Brasilian traffickers. ...

Madame Pompadour (1931)

Historical romance about French monarch Louis XV and his infatuation with Madame Pompadour. ...