Kurt Gerron

Kurt Gerron

Kurt Gerron (born Kurt Gerson; 11 May 1897 – 30 October 1944) 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. In 1944 he was forced by the Nazis to make the propaganda film Theresienstadt: A Documentary Film from the Jewish Settlement Area, before he and his wife, Olga Gerson-Meyer, were sent to Auschwitz concentration camp and murdered. The film was completed not long before the end of the war, but was never shown to the public, and only fragments remain.

  • Title: Kurt Gerron
  • Popularity: 0.1616
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1897-05-11
  • Place of Birth: Berlin, Germany
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  • Also Known As: Kurt Gerson
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Kurt Gerron Movies

  • 1930
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    People on Sunday

    People on Sunday

    7.2 1930 HD

    A semi-documentary experimental 1930 German silent film created by amateurs with a small budget. With authentic scenes of the metropolis city of Berlin, it's the first film from the later famous screenwriters/directors Billy Wilder and Fred Zinnemann.

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  • 1930
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    The Three from the Filling Station

    The Three from the Filling Station

    6.1 1930 HD

    Willy, Kurt and Hans are broke, so they sell their car and open a filling station. Then, they all fall in love with the same girl.

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  • 1928
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    Manege

    Manege

    1 1928 HD

    Brothers Ralph and Gaston are performing in a circus tightrope act, in a fight over a woman. Ralph escalates the tension even further when he tries to rescue a young tightrope walker from the cruelty of her stepfather, the circus ringmaster.

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  • 1929
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    The White Hell of Pitz Palu

    The White Hell of Pitz Palu

    6.82 1929 HD

    Dr. Johannes Krafft climbs a 12,000-foot mountain over and over again to search for his wife, who was lost on their honeymoon. Another couple makes the dangerous climb with him.

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  • 1929
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    Wir halten fest und treu zusammen

    Wir halten fest und treu zusammen

    1 1929 HD

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  • 1931
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    One Night at the Grand Hotel

    One Night at the Grand Hotel

    5.5 1931 HD

    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.

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  • 1931
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    We Need No Money

    We Need No Money

    5 1931 HD

    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 millionaire.

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  • 1927
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    Glanz und Elend der Kurtisanen

    Glanz und Elend der Kurtisanen

    1 1927 HD

    Balzac adaptation: Escaped convict moves into a brothel where he becomes father to a boy. But his advantageous position is eventually threatened by one of the whores who has fallen in love with the convict's grown up son.

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  • 1931
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    Bombs Over Monte Carlo

    Bombs Over Monte Carlo

    6 1931 HD

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

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  • 1926
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    The White Horse Inn

    The White Horse Inn

    1 1926 HD

    Based on the play of the same name by Oskar Blumenthal and Gustav Kadelburg.

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  • 1932
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    Two in a Car

    Two in a Car

    1 1932 HD

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

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  • 1931
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    Madame Pompadour

    Madame Pompadour

    1 1931 HD

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

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  • 1924
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    Die Schmiede

    Die Schmiede

    1 1924 HD

    Directed by Martin Berger.

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  • 1925
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    Halbseide

    Halbseide

    1 1925 HD

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  • 1926
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    The Golden Butterfly

    The Golden Butterfly

    1 1926 HD

    A restaurant cashier, who has a mutual attraction to the restauranteur, has a secret passion for dance. As soon as she finishes work she is off down to the dance studio for a practice. She has a chance meeting with a handsome impresario, who promises to make her into the greatest dancer the world has ever known.

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  • 1925
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    Variety

    Variety

    6.628 1925 HD

    The murderer “Boss” Huller – after having spent ten years in prison – breaks his silence to tell the warden his story.

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  • 1944
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    Theresienstadt

    Theresienstadt

    2.3 1944 HD

    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 Auschwitz, where they were killed.

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  • 1940
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    The Eternal Jew

    The Eternal Jew

    4.5 1940 HD

    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 its adherents were plotting to undermine European civilization.

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  • 1930
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    Burglars

    Burglars

    6.2 1930 HD

    The young wife of a rich old husband is prevented of a fling by a gentleman-burglar, who falls in love to her.

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  • 1930
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    Love in the Ring

    Love in the Ring

    5.7 1930 HD

    Originally Liebe in Ring, this German part-talkie is a generally agreeable effort to transform heavyweight boxing champ Max Schmeling into a movie star. It's the old saw about an up-and-coming pugilist who ignores his loyal girlfriend in favor of a wealthy adventuress. His new romance nearly wrecks the hero's career, but with the help of his friends -- and of course, his real sweetheart -- he makes a spectacular comeback. The final scenes show Schmeling and his new bride heading for America, which was evidently Mecca so far as pre-Hitlerian German filmmakers were concerned. Max Schmeling's leading lady in Love in the Ring is Olga Tschechowa; in real life, he married the equally popular actress Anny Ondra

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  • 1933
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    Her Majesty Love

    Her Majesty Love

    1 1933 HD

    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 father far below their caste. The family convinces Fred to give up the girl in exchange for increased position and income in the company. But Fred's lapse is momentary, and he again pursues Lia. But she, by this time, has learned of his erstwhile agreement and has agreed to marry someone else.

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  • 1929
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    Diary of a Lost Girl

    Diary of a Lost Girl

    7.3 1929 HD

    Thymian Henning, an innocent young girl, is raped by the clerk of her father's pharmacy. She becomes pregnant, is rejected by her family, and must fend for herself in a harsh, cruel world.

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  • 1929
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    The Alley Cat

    The Alley Cat

    9 1929 HD

    A man who thinks he killed a millionaire is cared for by a Cockney girl and becomes a composer.

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  • 1930
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    Fairground People

    Fairground People

    7 1930 HD

    Young Anny returns from school to her circus family, which runs a little venue at the town fair. When Anny suddenly has to fill in for one of the artists, her piano-playing not only enthrals the audience, but also theatre agent Horbes. He casts the whole family for the Apollo theatre in Berlin, where Anny quickly raises to stardom and is offered an engagement from the US.

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  • 1927
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    Der große Unbekannte

    Der große Unbekannte

    1 1927 HD

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  • 1930
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    Dolly is making a career

    Dolly is making a career

    1 1930 HD

    Musical vehicle for up and coming Dolly Haas, as a would be actress with a would be composer boyfriend. She sings,at one point, that she has the walk of (Lilian) Harvey, the mouth of Garbo and the legs of Dietrich.

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  • 1927
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    Benno Stehkragen

    Benno Stehkragen

    1 1927 HD

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  • 1925
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    O alte Burschenherrlichkeit

    O alte Burschenherrlichkeit

    1 1925 HD

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  • 1927
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    Ein Tag der Rosen im August..

    Ein Tag der Rosen im August..

    1 1927 HD

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  • 1929
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    Aufruhr im Junggesellenheim

    Aufruhr im Junggesellenheim

    1 1929 HD

    Two broke friends hatch a scheme to get money from a rich aunt.

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  • 1927
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    Girls for Sale!

    Girls for Sale!

    1 1927 HD

    White slavers lure young girls to Rio de Janeiro by promising them jobs as showgirls and nightclub singers, then force them into prostitution.

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  • 1928
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    Heut tanzt Mariett

    Heut tanzt Mariett

    1 1928 HD

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  • 1927
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    The Transformation of Dr. Bessel

    The Transformation of Dr. Bessel

    1 1927 HD

    Alexander Bessel is a young man in a failing marriage. His wife cheats on him, and so the outbreak of WW1 comes in handy for a change. When young French soldier dies right in front of him Bessel seize the opportunity assuming his identity.

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  • 1927
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    Fighting the White Slave Traffic

    Fighting the White Slave Traffic

    1 1927 HD

    A young woman in Berlin is offered a job at a night club in Budapest. There she is abducted and brought to a brothel in Athens.

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  • 1928
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    Die Pflicht zu schweigen

    Die Pflicht zu schweigen

    1 1928 HD

    The Duty to Remain Silent (German: Die Pflicht zu schweigen) is a 1928 German silent drama film directed by Carl Wilhelm and starring Marcella Albani, Vivian Gibson, Angelo Ferrari. It was based on a novel by Friedrich Werner van Oestéren. The film's art direction was by Max Heilbronner.

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  • 1921
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    Der Held des Tages

    Der Held des Tages

    1 1921 HD

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  • 1932
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    Vater geht auf Reisen

    Vater geht auf Reisen

    1 1932 HD

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  • 1927
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    Wer wirft den ersten Stein?

    Wer wirft den ersten Stein?

    1 1927 HD

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  • 1927
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    Das tanzende Wien

    Das tanzende Wien

    1 1927 HD

    A cabaret singer in Germany is in love with a young American boy, and must convince his disapproving father that she is worthy of his son.

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  • 1927
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    Die weiße Spinne

    Die weiße Spinne

    1 1927 HD

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  • 1927
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    A Crazy Night

    A Crazy Night

    6 1927 HD

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  • 1927
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    Der Soldat der Marie

    Der Soldat der Marie

    1 1927 HD

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  • 1926
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    Die Kleine und ihr Kavalier

    Die Kleine und ihr Kavalier

    1 1926 HD

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  • 1926
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    Annemarie und ihr Ulan

    Annemarie und ihr Ulan

    1 1926 HD

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  • 1926
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    Die drei Mannequins

    Die drei Mannequins

    1 1926 HD

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  • 1926
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    Der Liebe Lust und Leid

    Der Liebe Lust und Leid

    1 1926 HD

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  • 1929
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    Vom Täter fehlt jede Spur

    Vom Täter fehlt jede Spur

    1 1929 HD

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  • 1928
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    Die Hotelratte

    Die Hotelratte

    1 1928 HD

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  • 1928
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    Unmoral

    Unmoral

    1 1928 HD

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  • 1927
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    Die Dame mit dem Tigerfell

    Die Dame mit dem Tigerfell

    1 1927 HD

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  • 1927
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    Die schönsten Beine von Berlin

    Die schönsten Beine von Berlin

    1 1927 HD

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  • 1928
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    The Strange Case of Captain Ramper

    The Strange Case of Captain Ramper

    4 1928 HD

    Paul Wegener gives one of his most active performances here as Captain Ramper, a heroic aviator who makes a pioneering flight across the Arctic accompanied only by Ippling, his faithful mechanic (Kurt Gerron). Near the North Pole, their plane develops engine failure and crashes in the desolate wastes. Ippling dies straight off but Ramper finds a supply base containing food which has been left behind by a previous expedition. After fifteen years in the Arctic wastes, Ramper has considerably mutated.

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  • 1927
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    Agitated Woman

    Agitated Woman

    1 1927 HD

    The aging singer Clarina receives a new engagement from a cabaret called the Maison Mouche and must evade the advances of several overbearing men. This film is considered lost.

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  • 1928
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    Accident

    Accident

    6.421 1928 HD

    A tense vignette about the fate of an unlucky man in poverty-stricken Weimar-era Germany.

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  • 1930
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    The Blue Angel

    The Blue Angel

    7.28 1930 HD

    Prim professor Immanuel Rath finds some of his students ogling racy photos of cabaret performer Lola Lola and visits a local club, The Blue Angel, in an attempt to catch them there. Seeing Lola perform, the teacher is filled with lust, eventually resigning his position at the school to marry the young woman. However, his marriage to a coquette -- whose job is to entice men -- proves to be more difficult than Rath imagined.

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  • 1929
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    Die Flucht vor der Liebe

    Die Flucht vor der Liebe

    1 1929 HD

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  • 1929
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    Daughter of the Regiment

    Daughter of the Regiment

    1 1929 HD

    Marie, adopted as a baby by Warrant Officer Guippo, helps a smuggler escape because he saved his life previously. She finds him again in Paris while she is engaged to Count Bertrand.

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  • 1931
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    Trapeze

    Trapeze

    1 1931 HD

    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.

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  • 2003
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    Prisoner of Paradise

    Prisoner of Paradise

    6.3 2003 HD

    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.

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  • 1928
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    Casanovas Erbe

    Casanovas Erbe

    1 1928 HD

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  • 1927
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    Fighting the White Slave Traffic

    Fighting the White Slave Traffic

    1 1927 HD

    A young woman in Berlin is offered a job at a night club in Budapest. There she is abducted and brought to a brothel in Athens.

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  • 1931
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    Road to Rio

    Road to Rio

    5.8 1931 HD

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

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  • 1932
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    A Mad Idea

    A Mad Idea

    7 1932 HD

    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. For reasons of "sound", Muller calls himself "Miller", which, of course, causes more confusion. His daughter, the beautiful Evelyn, is confused with Mabel Miller, who has come to the hotel on a mission for her filthy rich father ... namely, to estimate the worth of the castle.

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  • 1936
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    Merijntje Gijzen's Boyhood

    Merijntje Gijzen's Boyhood

    7 1936 HD

    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 new village policeman.

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  • 1935
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    The Mystery of the Moonlight Sonata

    The Mystery of the Moonlight Sonata

    1 1935 HD

    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.

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  • 1933
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    Heut' kommt's drauf an

    Heut' kommt's drauf an

    1 1933 HD

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

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  • 1931
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    My Wife, the Adventuress

    My Wife, the Adventuress

    1 1931 HD

    A mousy bank clerk is married to an ambitious woman.

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  • 1932
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    Things Are Getting Better Already

    Things Are Getting Better Already

    1 1932 HD

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

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  • 1931
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    The mute of Portici

    The mute of Portici

    1 1931 HD

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  • 1932
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    The White Demon

    The White Demon

    1 1932 HD

    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.

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  • 1932
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    Stupéfiants

    Stupéfiants

    7 1932 HD

    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.

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  • 1935
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    Bretter, die die Welt bedeuten

    Bretter, die die Welt bedeuten

    1 1935 HD

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  • 1944
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    Theresienstadt

    Theresienstadt

    2.3 1944 HD

    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 Auschwitz, where they were killed.

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  • 1944
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    Theresienstadt

    Theresienstadt

    2.3 1944 HD

    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 Auschwitz, where they were killed.

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  • 1933
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    Kind, ich freu' mich auf Dein Kommen

    Kind, ich freu' mich auf Dein Kommen

    1 1933 HD

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  • 1931
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    Cabaret program No. 1

    Cabaret program No. 1

    1 1931 HD

    Several variety show acts perform in front of the camera.

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  • 1926
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    Der Liebe Lust und Leid

    Der Liebe Lust und Leid

    1 1926 HD

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  • 1933
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    Kind, ich freu' mich auf Dein Kommen

    Kind, ich freu' mich auf Dein Kommen

    1 1933 HD

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  • 1933
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    A Woman at the Wheel

    A Woman at the Wheel

    1 1933 HD

    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.

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  • 1934
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    Incognito

    Incognito

    1 1934 HD

    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 announced. The boy, with the complicity of the young girl, pretends to be the Prince. They have a happy day. But the deception is quickly discovered, they are fired. Fortunately, the real prince arrives and asks for their forgiveness.

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  • 1931
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    Kabarett-Programm Nr. 2

    Kabarett-Programm Nr. 2

    1 1931 HD

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