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Kurt Gerron
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Life & Death

Died aged 47
Also known asKurt GersonGenderMaleNationalityGerman ReichBorn11/05/1897Born inBerlin, GermanyDied30/10/1944 (aged 47)Died inAuschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp, AuschwitzWikidataQ60905 ↗Buried atAuschwitzTMDb#2897 ↗

Kurt Gerron was a German Jewish actor and film director. He had a very successful career in cabaret and film before World War II, but was then forbidden to work and was sent to Theresienstadt Ghetto after the Nazis had occupied the Netherlands, where he and his family had fled to. He was forced by the Nazis to make a propaganda film about Theresienstadt, officially named Theresienstadt.

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Filmography52 titles

YearTitleCharacterAge at
release
2003Prisoner of ParadiseMovieSelf (archival footage)106
1944TheresienstadtMovieRegisseur - Schauspieler47
1940The Eternal JewMovie(archive footage)43
1937Drie wenschenMovie—40
1933Her Majesty LoveMovieHornberg36
1932Vater geht auf ReisenMovieKommissar35
1931TrapezeMovie—34
1931One Night at the Grand HotelMovieAchaz34
1931We Need No MoneyMovieBank President Binder34
1931Road to RioMovieBarera, casino owner34
1931Madame PompadourMovieLudwig XV., König von Frankreich34
1931Bombs Over Monte CarloMovieSpielbankdirektor34
1930The Three from the Filling StationMovieRechtsanwalt Kalmus33
1930BurglarsMoviePolizeikommissar33
1930Love in the RingMovieBox-Manager33
1930People on SundayMovieKurt33
1930The Blue AngelMovieKiepert33
1930Fairground PeopleMovie—33
1930Dolly is making a careerMovieSilbermann33
1929The Alley CatMovie—32
1929The White Hell of Pitz PaluMovieguest at night club (Mann im Salon)32
1929Diary of a Lost GirlMovieDr. Vitalis32
1929Die Flucht vor der LiebeMovie—32
1929Vom Täter fehlt jede SpurMovieMaxe32
1929Berlin After DarkMovieJernmax32
1929Daughter of the RegimentMovieQuippo32
1928Casanovas ErbeMovie—31
1928ManegeMovieBela Garay31
1928Die Pflicht zu schweigenMovieIwan Daniloff31
1928Heut tanzt MariettMovieBrigon31
1928The Strange Case of Captain RamperMovie—31
1927A Crazy NightMovieWachtmeister Lehmkuhl30
1927The Fugitive LoverMovieGeorgakopoulos30
1927Girls for Sale!MovieKastillo30
1927Der Soldat der MarieMovieWachmeister Knöppke30
1927Agitated WomanMovieWladimir30
1927Ein Tag der Rosen im August..MovieBoxer30
1927Glanz und Elend der KurtisanenMovie—30
1927Benno StehkragenMovie—30
1927Das tanzende WienMovieFeuerwehrmann30
1927Die schönsten Beine von BerlinMovie—30
1927Die Dame mit dem TigerfellMovieMeyers30
1927Die weiße SpinneMovie—30
1926Der Liebe Lust und LeidMovie—29
1926Die Kleine und ihr KavalierMoviePhotograph29
1926The White Horse InnMovie—29
1926Die drei MannequinsMovie—29
1926The Golden ButterflyMovie—29
1925VarietyMovieHafenarbeiter28
1925O alte BurschenherrlichkeitMovie—28
1925HalbseideMovieWilli Krach28
1921Der Held des TagesMovie—24