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Kurt Gerron

Kurt Gerron

Known for: Acting

Born 11/05/1897
Died 1944-10-30
Place of birth 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 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

The Blue Angel Film ★ 7,3

The Blue Angel

Kiepert

1930

Theresienstadt Film ★ 3,0

Theresienstadt

Regisseur - Schauspieler

1944

People on Sunday Film ★ 7,2

People on Sunday

Kurt

1930

The Eternal Jew Film ★ 4,7

The Eternal Jew

(archive footage)

1940

Trapeze Film ★ 10,0

Trapeze

1931

The White Hell of Pitz Palu Film ★ 7,0

The White Hell of Pitz Palu

guest at night club (Mann im Salon)

1929

Diary of a Lost Girl Film ★ 7,3

Diary of a Lost Girl

Dr. Vitalis

1929

Her Majesty Love Film ★ 10,0

Her Majesty Love

Hornberg

1933

Burglars Film ★ 6,4

Burglars

Polizeikommissar

1930

We Need No Money Film ★ 6,3

We Need No Money

Bank President Binder

1931

Accident Film ★ 6,6

Accident

1928

Girls for Sale! Film ★ 7,0

Girls for Sale!

Kastillo

1927

The Three from the Filling Station Film ★ 6,1

The Three from the Filling Station

Rechtsanwalt Kalmus

1930

Film

Drie wenschen

1937

Bombs Over Monte Carlo Film ★ 6,4

Bombs Over Monte Carlo

Spielbankdirektor

1931

Fighting the White Slave Traffic Film ★ 9,0

Fighting the White Slave Traffic

Direktor des Purpur-Paradieses

1927

Fighting the White Slave Traffic Film ★ 9,0

Fighting the White Slave Traffic

Club Manager

1927

Benno Stehkragen Film ★ 8,0

Benno Stehkragen

1927

Die Schmiede Film ★ 7,0

Die Schmiede

1924

Film ★ 7,8

One Night at the Grand Hotel

Achaz

1931

Daughter of the Regiment Film ★ 8,0

Daughter of the Regiment

Quippo

1929

Film ★ 10,0

Der Soldat der Marie

Wachmeister Knöppke

1927

Der große Unbekannte Film ★ 8,0

Der große Unbekannte

Bankier Tupperwill

1927

Road to Rio Film ★ 6,0

Road to Rio

Barera, casino owner

1931

The Fugitive Lover Film ★ 10,0

The Fugitive Lover

Georgakopoulos, Greek Tabaco-Merchant

1927

Variety Film ★ 6,7

Variety

Hafenarbeiter

1925

Film ★ 9,0

Ein Tag der Rosen im August..

Boxer

1927

Film ★ 8,0

Die Hotelratte

Hüsgens

1928

Madame Pompadour Film ★ 9,0

Madame Pompadour

Ludwig XV., König von Frankreich

1931

Film

Wer wirft den ersten Stein?

1927

Prisoner of Paradise Film ★ 6,8

Prisoner of Paradise

Self (archival footage)

2003

Die Dame mit dem Tigerfell Film ★ 9,0

Die Dame mit dem Tigerfell

Meyers

1927

Film ★ 7,0

Wir halten fest und treu zusammen

Steak

1929

Film ★ 9,0

Berlin After Dark

Jernmax

1929

Film ★ 7,0

Die Pflicht zu schweigen

Iwan Daniloff

1928

The Golden Butterfly Film ★ 10,0

The Golden Butterfly

1926

Two in a Car Film ★ 8,0

Two in a Car

Agent Niedlich

1932

Film ★ 10,0

Unmoral

Matrosenemil

1928

Glanz und Elend der Kurtisanen Film ★ 7,0

Glanz und Elend der Kurtisanen

1927

Film ★ 7,0

Die Kleine und ihr Kavalier

Photograph

1926

Der Liebe Lust und Leid Film ★ 9,0

Der Liebe Lust und Leid

1926

Film ★ 10,0

Der Held des Tages

1921

Vom Täter fehlt jede Spur Film ★ 7,0

Vom Täter fehlt jede Spur

Maxe

1929

Film ★ 7,0

Annemarie und ihr Ulan

Wachtmeister

1926

Die Flucht vor der Liebe Film ★ 9,0

Die Flucht vor der Liebe

1929

Film ★ 10,0

Vater geht auf Reisen

Kommissar

1932

Die schönsten Beine von Berlin Film ★ 9,0

Die schönsten Beine von Berlin

1927

Dolly is making a career Film ★ 10,0

Dolly is making a career

Silbermann

1930

Die drei Mannequins Film ★ 10,0

Die drei Mannequins

1926

O alte Burschenherrlichkeit Film ★ 8,0

O alte Burschenherrlichkeit

1925

A Crazy Night Film ★ 8,0

A Crazy Night

Wachtmeister Lehmkuhl

1927

The Alley Cat Film ★ 9,5

The Alley Cat

1929

Das tanzende Wien Film ★ 10,0

Das tanzende Wien

Feuerwehrmann

1927

Film ★ 9,0

Aufruhr im Junggesellenheim

Steak

1929

Agitated Woman Film ★ 10,0

Agitated Woman

Wladimir

1927

Love in the Ring Film ★ 6,5

Love in the Ring

Box-Manager

1930

Fairground People Film ★ 8,0

Fairground People

1930

The Strange Case of Captain Ramper Film ★ 5,7

The Strange Case of Captain Ramper

1928

Heut tanzt Mariett Film ★ 8,0

Heut tanzt Mariett

Brigon

1928

Die weiße Spinne Film ★ 8,0

Die weiße Spinne

1927

The White Horse Inn Film ★ 7,0

The White Horse Inn

1926

Film ★ 8,0

Casanovas Erbe

1928

Halbseide Film

Halbseide

Willi Krach

1925

Manege Film ★ 9,0

Manege

Bela Garay

1928