Kurt Gerron
Acting
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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-M...
Known For
Filmography
Prisoner of Paradise
2003
as Self (archival footage)
Theresienstadt
1944
as Regisseur - Schauspieler
The Eternal Jew
1940
as (archive footage)
Drie wenschen
1937
Her Majesty Love
1933
as Hornberg
Two in a Car
1932
as Agent Niedlich
Vater geht auf Reisen
1932
as Kommissar
One Night at the Grand Hotel
1931
as Achaz
We Need No Money
1931
as Bank President Binder
Bombs Over Monte Carlo
1931
as Spielbankdirektor
Madame Pompadour
1931
as Ludwig XV., König von Frankreich
Trapeze
1931
Road to Rio
1931
as Barera, casino owner
People on Sunday
1930
as Kurt
The Three from the Filling Station
1930
as Rechtsanwalt Kalmus
Burglars
1930
as Polizeikommissar
Love in the Ring
1930
as Box-Manager
Fairground People
1930
Dolly is making a career
1930
as Silbermann
The Blue Angel
1930
as Kiepert
The White Hell of Pitz Palu
1929
as guest at night club (Mann im Salon)
Wir halten fest und treu zusammen
1929
as Steak
Diary of a Lost Girl
1929
as Dr. Vitalis
The Alley Cat
1929
Aufruhr im Junggesellenheim
1929
as Steak
Vom Täter fehlt jede Spur
1929
as Maxe
Die Flucht vor der Liebe
1929
Daughter of the Regiment
1929
as Quippo
Berlin After Dark
1929
as Jernmax
Manege
1928
as Bela Garay
Heut tanzt Mariett
1928
as Brigon
Die Pflicht zu schweigen
1928
as Iwan Daniloff
Die Hotelratte
1928
as Hüsgens
Unmoral
1928
as Matrosenemil
The Strange Case of Captain Ramper
1928
Accident
1928
Casanovas Erbe
1928
Glanz und Elend der Kurtisanen
1927
Der große Unbekannte
1927
as Bankier Tupperwill
Benno Stehkragen
1927
Ein Tag der Rosen im August..
1927
as Boxer
Girls for Sale!
1927
as Kastillo
The Fugitive Lover
1927
as Georgakopoulos, Greek Tabaco-Merchant
Fighting the White Slave Traffic
1927
as Direktor des Purpur-Paradieses
Wer wirft den ersten Stein?
1927
Das tanzende Wien
1927
as Feuerwehrmann
Die weiße Spinne
1927
A Crazy Night
1927
as Wachtmeister Lehmkuhl
Der Soldat der Marie
1927
as Wachmeister Knöppke
Die Dame mit dem Tigerfell
1927
as Meyers
Die schönsten Beine von Berlin
1927
Agitated Woman
1927
as Wladimir
Fighting the White Slave Traffic
1927
as Club Manager
The White Horse Inn
1926
The Golden Butterfly
1926
Die Kleine und ihr Kavalier
1926
as Photograph
Annemarie und ihr Ulan
1926
as Wachtmeister
Die drei Mannequins
1926
Der Liebe Lust und Leid
1926
Halbseide
1925
as Willi Krach
Variety
1925
as Hafenarbeiter
O alte Burschenherrlichkeit
1925
Die Schmiede
1924
Der Held des Tages
1921