Prisoner of Paradise

You need to see this. the documentary is very well made, historically accurate and written without bias. if you don't know much about WWII, don't believe in the holocaust or would like to know more - you need to see this.... Full review

I have never barfed during a movie, but for some reason this movie made me puke. The plot was terrible and the guy sitting next to me in the theatre was gassy, maybe thats why the movie stunk so bad...hmmm... Full review

"Prisoner of Paradise" is like no other Holocaust documentary that I've ever seen. It is an amazing true story.SPOILERS AHEADThis movie is really a film about a film. The film is "Theresienstadt", the 1944 Nazi Propaganda film directed by German... Full review

Any documentary about a successful Berlin Cabaret performer, film actor and film director is the exciting and creative world of pre-WWII Germany -- who performed with Weill, Brecht, Marlene Dietrich, etc -- would be in itself unique and fascinating. This... Full review

On a recent weekend getaway to Toronto, I availed myself of the opportunity to see the only public screening in North America of one of the contenders for this year's best documentary Oscar . the joint American-Canadian production, PRISONER OF... Full review

I loved this film for it's brave portrait of a character who made a morally ambiguous choice. The filmmakers allowed the story to unfold and give the audience credit for being able to come to their won conclusions about what... Full review

At times PBS' stately approach-Ian Holm narrates and the pace is regal-undermines emotional immediacy, and the dramatic recreations are distracting and unnecessary. It was a smashing success, and the Nazis decided to create a "documentary" film about Therienstadt to further appease their Western neighbors. ... Full Review

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"Prisoner of Paradise" is a strange story wrapped in a stranger one, an engrossing documentary about one of the least known and most unexpected aspects of the Nazi war against the Jews. ... Full Article

"Prisoner of Paradise" is a documentary that details the curious life of Kurt Gerron, a German-Jewish actor and filmmaker who is barely remembered today for his unlikely contribution to the Nazi propaganda machinery as the director of a phony documentary... ... Full Article

HOLLYWOOD - Guess these DGA members don't like Bowling .The Directors Guild of America announced their nominations for directorial achievement in documentary Thursday, with Michael Moore 's Bowling for Columbine conspicuously left off the list. ... Full Article

The life of Kurt Gerron, the legendary German-Jewish stage and film star of the1920's and 30's, is not well known in America. Academy Award winning documentarian Malcolm Clarke and co-director Stuart Sender remedy this lack with their insightful look at... ... Full Article

NR -By Doris Toumarkine For movie details, please click here . The name of rotund, cigar-chomping German cabaret artist/actor/director Kurt Gerron, who rose to fame in the 1920s and died tragically at Auschwitz in the 1940s, won't ring a bell... ... Full Article