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DIRECTORS GUILD OF AMERICA's
Special Projects proudly presents: |
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Occured: Tuesday, November 25, 2003
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"As a director I can direct a scene,
but I cannot erase the horror from people's eyes."  -Kurt Gerron, Director(The Fuhrer Gives a City to the Jews) |
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PRISONER OF PARADISE
Directed by Malcolm Clarke & Stuart Sender |
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PRISONER OF PARADISE is the Oscar and DGA Award-nominated documentary about Kurt Gerron, the popular and talented German-Jewish screen actor, cabaret star and director renowned in the 1920s and '30s for his performances in The Blue Angel and Threepenny Opera who was convinced Hitler and the Nazis were just a passing vogue. Fatefully apolitical, ambitious, and preoccupied with his career, he ignored appeals from friends like Fritz Lang, Joseph Von Sternberg, and Peter Lorre to flee Germany, then found himself forced to write and direct a pro-Nazi propaganda film starring his fellow inmates in the "showcase" concentration camp of Theresienstadt.
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visit the official website at www.prisonerofparadise.com |
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Following the 6:30 pm screening, join Prisoner of Paradise's directors Malcolm Clarke & Stuart Sender in a conversation with filmmaker Agnieszka Holland (Europa, Europa) and actress Sylvia Martin who worked with Gerron in Amsterdam during the Nazi Occupation. The discussion will be moderated by director-screenwriter Nicholas Meyer. |
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