Prisoner of Paradise (2002)

Directors

Malcolm Clarke, Stuart Sender

Cast

Adolf Hitler, Coco Schumann, Hans Albers, Ian Holm, Jan Fišer, Kees Brusse, Kurt Gerron, Magda Schneider, Marlene Dietrich, Peter Lorre, Renée Saint-Cyr

The story

The documentary is a chronicle of the life and career of Kurt Gerron. During the 1920s and early 1930s, Gerron was a well-known cabaret and film actor in Berlin. He sang the song "Mack the Knife" in the initial production of Brecht's The Threepenny Opera and appeared in a supporting role in Josef von Sternberg's classic German sound film The Blue Angel, co-starring Marlene Dietrich.

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