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.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.4694 |
| Birthday | 1897-05-11 |
| Place of Birth | Berlin, Germany |
| Also Known As | Kurt Gerson, |
1930
People on Sunday
7.23/113
A semi-documentary experimental 1930 German silent film created by amateurs with a small budget. With authentic scenes of the metropolis city of Berli...
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People on Sunday
1930
The Three from the Filling Station
6.238/20
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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The Three from the Filling Station
1928
Manege
9/1
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...
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Manege
1929
The White Hell of Pitz Palu
6.87/27
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 th...
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The White Hell of Pitz Palu
1929
Wir halten fest und treu zusammen
7/1
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Wir halten fest und treu zusammen
1931
One Night at the Grand Hotel
7.75/2
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...
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One Night at the Grand Hotel
1931
We Need No Money
6.333/3
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 thou...
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We Need No Money
1927
Glanz und Elend der Kurtisanen
7/1
Balzac adaptation: Escaped convict moves into a brothel where he becomes father to a boy. But his advantageous position is eventually threatened by on...
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Glanz und Elend der Kurtisanen
1931
Bombs Over Monte Carlo
6.4/5
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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Bombs Over Monte Carlo
1926
The White Horse Inn
7/1
Based on the play of the same name by Oskar Blumenthal and Gustav Kadelburg.
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The White Horse Inn
1932
Two in a Car
8/1
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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Two in a Car
1931
Madame Pompadour
9/1
Historical romance about French monarch Louis XV and his infatuation with Madame Pompadour.
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Madame Pompadour
1924
Die Schmiede
7/1
Directed by Martin Berger.
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Die Schmiede
1925
Halbseide
0/0
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Halbseide
1926
The Golden Butterfly
10/1
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 t...
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The Golden Butterfly
1925
Variety
6.7/42
Murderer “Boss” Huller—after having spent ten years in prison—breaks his silence to tell the warden his story.
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Variety
1944
Theresienstadt
3/7
Nazi propaganda film about the Czech "Theresienstadt ghetto" in Terezín. The film was supposed to show the world that Jews didn't suffer in concentrat...
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Theresienstadt
1940
The Eternal Jew
4.692/52
A Nazi propaganda film made to promote anti-Semitism among the German people. Newly-shot footage of Jewish neighborhoods in recently-conquered Poland...
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The Eternal Jew
1930
Burglars
6.4/5
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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Burglars
1930
Love in the Ring
6.5/4
Originally Liebe in Ring, this German part-talkie is a generally agreeable effort to transform heavyweight boxing champ Max Schmeling into a movie sta...
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Love in the Ring
1933
Her Majesty Love
10/1
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 Cab...
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Her Majesty Love
1929
Diary of a Lost Girl
7.351/121
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 fen...
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Diary of a Lost Girl
1929
The Alley Cat
9.5/2
A man who thinks he killed a millionaire is cared for by a Cockney girl and becomes a composer.
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The Alley Cat
1930
Fairground People
8/2
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 arti...
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Fairground People
1927
Der große Unbekannte
8/1
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Der große Unbekannte
1930
Dolly is making a career
10/1
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...
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Dolly is making a career
1927
Benno Stehkragen
8/1
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Benno Stehkragen
1925
O alte Burschenherrlichkeit
8/1
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O alte Burschenherrlichkeit
1927
Ein Tag der Rosen im August..
9/1
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1929
Aufruhr im Junggesellenheim
9/1
Two broke friends hatch a scheme to get money from a rich aunt.
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Aufruhr im Junggesellenheim
1927
Girls for Sale!
7/1
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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Girls for Sale!
1927
Fighting the White Slave Traffic
9/1
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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Fighting the White Slave Traffic
1927
The Transformation of Dr. Bessel
10/1
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 Fren...
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The Transformation of Dr. Bessel
1928
Die Pflicht zu schweigen
7/1
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,...
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Die Pflicht zu schweigen
1928
Heut tanzt Mariett
8/1
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Heut tanzt Mariett
1921
Der Held des Tages
10/1
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Der Held des Tages
1932
Vater geht auf Reisen
10/1
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Vater geht auf Reisen
1927
Wer wirft den ersten Stein?
0/0
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Wer wirft den ersten Stein?
1927
Das tanzende Wien
10/1
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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Das tanzende Wien
1927
Der Soldat der Marie
10/1
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Der Soldat der Marie
1927
A Crazy Night
8/2
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A Crazy Night
1927
Die weiße Spinne
8/1
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Die weiße Spinne
1926
Die Kleine und ihr Kavalier
7/1
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Die Kleine und ihr Kavalier
1926
Annemarie und ihr Ulan
7/1
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Annemarie und ihr Ulan
1926
Die drei Mannequins
10/1
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Die drei Mannequins
1926
Der Liebe Lust und Leid
9/1
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Der Liebe Lust und Leid
1929
Vom Täter fehlt jede Spur
7/1
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Vom Täter fehlt jede Spur
1928
Die Hotelratte
8/1
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Die Hotelratte
1928
Unmoral
10/1
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Unmoral
1927
Die schönsten Beine von Berlin
9/1
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Die schönsten Beine von Berlin
1927
Die Dame mit dem Tigerfell
9/1
As is the case every year, things get lively at the famous Nice Carnival: People travel from all over the world to join in the revelry. Wearing masks...
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Die Dame mit dem Tigerfell
1928
The Strange Case of Captain Ramper
5.667/3
Paul Wegener gives one of his most active performances here as Captain Ramper, a heroic aviator who makes a pioneering flight across the Arctic accomp...
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The Strange Case of Captain Ramper
1927
Agitated Woman
10/1
The aging singer Clarina receives a new engagement from a cabaret called the Maison Mouche and must evade the advances of several overbearing men. Thi...
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Agitated Woman
1928
Accident
6.55/20
A tense vignette about the fate of an unlucky man in poverty-stricken Weimar-era Germany.
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Accident
1930
The Blue Angel
7.306/363
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...
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The Blue Angel
1929
Die Flucht vor der Liebe
9/1
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Die Flucht vor der Liebe
1929
Daughter of the Regiment
8/1
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 s...
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Daughter of the Regiment
1931
Trapeze
10/1
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 partne...
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Trapeze
2003
Prisoner of Paradise
6.75/4
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 concent...
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Prisoner of Paradise
1928
Casanovas Erbe
8/1
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Casanovas Erbe
1927
Fighting the White Slave Traffic
9/1
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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Fighting the White Slave Traffic
1931
Road to Rio
6/5
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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Road to Rio
1929
Berlin After Dark
9/1
A story of the underground gangsters of Berlin after dark.
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Berlin After Dark
1937
Drie wenschen
0/0
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