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Kurt Gerron

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

May 11, 1897

Died

October 30, 1944 (age 47)

Place of Birth

Berlin, Germany

Also Known As

Kurt Gerson

Kurt Gerron

Biography

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

Filmography

2003FilmPrisoner of Paradiseas Self (archival footage)1944FilmTheresienstadtas Regisseur - Schauspieler 1940FilmThe Eternal Jewas (archive footage)1933FilmHer Majesty Loveas Hornberg 1932FilmVater geht auf Reisenas Kommissar 1932FilmTwo in a Caras Agent Niedlich 1931FilmWe Need No Moneyas Bank President Binder 1931FilmOne Night at the Grand Hotelas Achaz 1931FilmBombs Over Monte Carloas Spielbankdirektor 1931FilmTrapeze 1931FilmRoad to Rioas Barera, casino owner 1931FilmMadame Pompadouras Ludwig XV., König von Frankreich 1930FilmBurglarsas Polizeikommissar 1930FilmDolly is making a careeras Silbermann 1930FilmThe Three from the Filling Stationas Rechtsanwalt Kalmus 1930FilmFairground People 1930FilmThe Blue Angelas Kiepert 1930FilmLove in the Ringas Box-Manager 1930FilmPeople on Sundayas Kurt 1929FilmThe White Hell of Pitz Paluas guest at night club (Mann im Salon)1929FilmDiary of a Lost Girlas Dr. Vitalis 1929FilmWir halten fest und treu zusammenas Steak 1929FilmDie Flucht vor der Liebe 1929FilmAufruhr im Junggesellenheimas Steak 1929FilmDaughter of the Regimentas Quippo 1929FilmVom Täter fehlt jede Spuras Maxe 1929FilmThe Alley Cat 1928FilmUnmoralas Matrosenemil 1928FilmAccident 1928FilmCasanovas Erbe 1928FilmHeut tanzt Mariettas Brigon 1928FilmDie Hotelratteas Hüsgens 1928FilmDie Pflicht zu schweigenas Iwan Daniloff 1928FilmThe Strange Case of Captain Ramper 1928FilmManegeas Bela Garay 1927FilmThe Transformation of Dr. Besselas Georgakopoulos 1927FilmDie weiße Spinne 1927FilmDie Dame mit dem Tigerfellas Meyers 1927FilmDas tanzende Wienas Feuerwehrmann 1927FilmGirls for Sale!as Kastillo 1927FilmAgitated Womanas Wladimir 1927FilmEin Tag der Rosen im August..as Boxer 1927FilmDie schönsten Beine von Berlin 1927FilmFighting the White Slave Trafficas Direktor des Purpur-Paradieses 1927FilmDer Soldat der Marieas Wachmeister Knöppke 1927FilmA Crazy Nightas Wachtmeister Lehmkuhl 1927FilmGlanz und Elend der Kurtisanen 1927FilmDer große Unbekannteas Bankier Tupperwill 1927FilmBenno Stehkragen 1927FilmWer wirft den ersten Stein?1926FilmDie Kleine und ihr Kavalieras Photograph 1926FilmThe White Horse Inn 1926FilmAnnemarie und ihr Ulanas Wachtmeister 1926FilmDie drei Mannequins 1926FilmThe Golden Butterfly 1926FilmDer Liebe Lust und Leid 1925FilmHalbseideas Willi Krach 1925FilmVarietyas Hafenarbeiter 1925FilmO alte Burschenherrlichkeit 1924FilmDie Schmiede 1921FilmDer Held des Tages