Kurt Gerron
Kurt Gerron
Person

Kurt Gerron

Actor 1897-05-11 Berlin, Germany

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 A...

Known for

FILMOGRAPHY
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The Blue Angel

The Blue Angel

1930 · Kiepert

Diary of a Lost Girl

Diary of a Lost Girl

1929 · Dr. Vitalis

People on Sunday

People on Sunday

1930 · Kurt

The Eternal Jew

The Eternal Jew

1940 · (archive footage)

Variety

Variety

1925 · Hafenarbeiter

The White Hell of Pitz Palu

The White Hell of Pitz Palu

1929 · guest at night club (Mann im Salon)

The Three from the Filling Station

The Three from the Filling Station

1930 · Rechtsanwalt Kalmus

Accident

Accident

1928 · Movie

Theresienstadt

Theresienstadt

1944 · Regisseur - Schauspieler

Bombs Over Monte Carlo

Bombs Over Monte Carlo

1931 · Spielbankdirektor

Burglars

Burglars

1930 · Polizeikommissar

Road to Rio

Road to Rio

1931 · Barera, casino owner

Prisoner of Paradise

Prisoner of Paradise

2003 · Self (archival footage)

Love in the Ring

Love in the Ring

1930 · Box-Manager

We Need No Money

We Need No Money

1931 · Bank President Binder

The Strange Case of Captain Ramper

The Strange Case of Captain Ramper

1928 · Movie

A Crazy Night

A Crazy Night

1927 · Wachtmeister Lehmkuhl

Fairground People

Fairground People

1930 · Movie

The Alley Cat

The Alley Cat

1929 · Movie

The Fugitive Lover

The Fugitive Lover

1927 · Georgakopoulos, Greek Tabaco-Merchant