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.
Filmography
Prisoner of Paradise
as Self (archival footage)
Prisoner of Paradise
as Self (archival footage)
Theresienstadt
as Regisseur - Schauspieler
Theresienstadt
as Regisseur - Schauspieler
The Eternal Jew
as (archive footage)
The Eternal Jew
as (archive footage)
Drie wenschen
Drie wenschen
Her Majesty Love
as Hornberg
Her Majesty Love
as Hornberg
Vater geht auf Reisen
as Kommissar
Vater geht auf Reisen
as Kommissar
Two in a Car
as Agent Niedlich
Two in a Car
as Agent Niedlich
We Need No Money
as Bank President Binder
We Need No Money
as Bank President Binder
One Night at the Grand Hotel
as Achaz
One Night at the Grand Hotel
as Achaz
Bombs Over Monte Carlo
as Spielbankdirektor
Bombs Over Monte Carlo
as Spielbankdirektor
Trapeze
Trapeze
Madame Pompadour
as Ludwig XV., König von Frankreich
Madame Pompadour
as Ludwig XV., König von Frankreich
Burglars
as Polizeikommissar
Burglars
as Polizeikommissar
Dolly is making a career
as Silbermann
Dolly is making a career
as Silbermann
The Three from the Filling Station
as Rechtsanwalt Kalmus
The Three from the Filling Station
as Rechtsanwalt Kalmus
Fairground People
Fairground People
The Blue Angel
as Kiepert
The Blue Angel
as Kiepert
Love in the Ring
as Box-Manager
Love in the Ring
as Box-Manager
People on Sunday
as Kurt
People on Sunday
as Kurt
The White Hell of Pitz Palu
as guest at night club (Mann im Salon)
The White Hell of Pitz Palu
as guest at night club (Mann im Salon)
Diary of a Lost Girl
as Dr. Vitalis
Diary of a Lost Girl
as Dr. Vitalis
Wir halten fest und treu zusammen
as Steak
Wir halten fest und treu zusammen
as Steak
Die Flucht vor der Liebe
Die Flucht vor der Liebe
Aufruhr im Junggesellenheim
as Steak
Aufruhr im Junggesellenheim
as Steak
Daughter of the Regiment
as Quippo
Daughter of the Regiment
as Quippo
Berlin After Dark
as Jernmax
Berlin After Dark
as Jernmax
Vom Täter fehlt jede Spur
as Maxe
Vom Täter fehlt jede Spur
as Maxe
The Alley Cat
The Alley Cat
Unmoral
as Matrosenemil
Unmoral
as Matrosenemil
Accident
Accident
Heut tanzt Mariett
as Brigon
Heut tanzt Mariett
as Brigon
Die Hotelratte
as Hüsgens
Die Hotelratte
as Hüsgens
The Strange Case of Captain Ramper
The Strange Case of Captain Ramper
Manege
as Bela Garay
Manege
as Bela Garay
The Fugitive Lover
as Georgakopoulos
The Fugitive Lover
as Georgakopoulos
Die weiße Spinne
Die weiße Spinne
Die Dame mit dem Tigerfell
as Meyers
Die Dame mit dem Tigerfell
as Meyers
Das tanzende Wien
as Feuerwehrmann
Das tanzende Wien
as Feuerwehrmann
Girls for Sale!
as Kastillo
Girls for Sale!
as Kastillo
Ein Tag der Rosen im August..
as Boxer
Ein Tag der Rosen im August..
as Boxer
Die schönsten Beine von Berlin
Die schönsten Beine von Berlin
Fighting the White Slave Traffic
as Club Manager
Fighting the White Slave Traffic
as Club Manager
Fighting the White Slave Traffic
as Club Manager
Fighting the White Slave Traffic
as Club Manager
Der Soldat der Marie
as Wachmeister Knöppke
Der Soldat der Marie
as Wachmeister Knöppke
A Crazy Night
as Wachtmeister Lehmkuhl
A Crazy Night
as Wachtmeister Lehmkuhl
Glanz und Elend der Kurtisanen
Glanz und Elend der Kurtisanen
Der große Unbekannte
as Bankier Tupperwill
Der große Unbekannte
as Bankier Tupperwill
Benno Stehkragen
Benno Stehkragen
The Golden Butterfly
The Golden Butterfly
O alte Burschenherrlichkeit
O alte Burschenherrlichkeit
Die Schmiede
Die Schmiede