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Prisoner of Paradise is a 2002 documentary film directed by Malcolm Clarke and Stuart Sender, and produced as a British-Canadian-American collaboration. The film tells the true story of Kurt Gerron, a German-Jewish cabaret and film actor in the 1920s and 1930s who was deported to the Theresienstadt concentration camp in Czechoslovakia during World War II. There he was ordered to write and direct a Nazi propaganda film. In addition to gaining positive reviews, the film was nominated for "Best Feature Documentary" in the 2003 Academy Awards. Clarke won the Directors Guild of Canada Award; he and Sender were together nominated for the 2003 Directors Guild of America Award.
Original Release
03/07/2003
US Release
12/05/2003
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Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Ian Holm | Narrator (voice) / Narrator |
| Robert Lantz | Self |
| Eleonore Hertzberg | Self |
| Lone Koppel | Self |
| Renée Saint-Cyr | Self |
| Kees Brusse | Self |
| Silvia Grohs Martin | Self |
| Susanne Thaler | Self |
| Hans Margules | Self |
| Margit Silberfeld | Self |
Directors
Writers
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Ian Holm | Narrator (voice) / Narrator |
| Robert Lantz | Self |
| Eleonore Hertzberg | Self |
| Lone Koppel | Self |
| Renée Saint-Cyr | Self |
| Kees Brusse | Self |
| Silvia Grohs Martin | Self |
| Susanne Thaler | Self |
| Hans Margules | Self |
| Margit Silberfeld | Self |
| Jan Fischer | Self |
| Tommy Mandl | Self |
| Paul Sandfort | Self |
| Coco Schumann | Self |
| Ela Weissberger | Self |
| Salle Fischermann | Self |
| Hans Albers | (archive footage) |
| Marlene Dietrich | (archive footage) |
| Kurt Gerron | Self / Self (archival footage) |
| Joseph Goebbels | (archive footage) (as Josef Goebbels) |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Stuart Sender | Executive Producer |
| Christopher Eberts | Executive Producer |
| Jake Eberts | Executive Producer |
| Andre Singer | Executive Producer |
| Malcolm Clarke | Producer |
| David Eberts | Producer |
| Jamie Gilcig | Producer |
| Mark Rau | Producer |
| Marion Schmidt | Producer |
| Karl-Eberhard Schäfer | Producer |
Editors
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 2003 | Oscar | Best Documentary, Features | Nominated |
