About

Known credits:
81
Birthday:
1897-05-11
Place of birth:
Berlin, Germany
Website:
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Kurt Gerron

Overview

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

Acting
2003 Prisoner of Paradise Actor Self (archival footage) 59
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1944 Theresienstadt Actor Regisseur - Schauspieler 58
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1940 The Eternal Jew Actor (archive footage) 58
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1933 Her Majesty Love Actor Hornberg N/A
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1932 Vater geht auf Reisen Actor Kommissar N/A
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1932 Two in a Car Actor Agent Niedlich N/A
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1931 We Need No Money Actor Bank President Binder 59
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1931 One Night at the Grand Hotel Actor Achaz 58
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1931 Bombs Over Monte Carlo Actor Spielbankdirektor 59
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1931 Trapeze Actor N/A
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1931 Road to Rio Actor Barera, casino owner 58
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1931 Madame Pompadour Actor Ludwig XV., König von Frankreich N/A
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1930 Burglars Actor Polizeikommissar 59
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1930 Dolly is making a career Actor Silbermann N/A
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1930 The Three from the Filling Station Actor Rechtsanwalt Kalmus 58
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1930 Fairground People Actor N/A
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1930 The Blue Angel Actor Kiepert 64
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1930 Love in the Ring Actor Box-Manager 58
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1930 People on Sunday Actor Kurt 61
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1929 The White Hell of Pitz Palu Actor guest at night club (Mann im Salon) 59
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1929 Diary of a Lost Girl Actor Dr. Vitalis 61
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1929 Wir halten fest und treu zusammen Actor Steak N/A
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1929 Die Flucht vor der Liebe Actor N/A
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1929 Aufruhr im Junggesellenheim Actor Steak N/A
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1929 Daughter of the Regiment Actor Quippo N/A
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1929 The Alley Cat Actor 59
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1929 Vom Täter fehlt jede Spur Actor Maxe N/A
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1928 Unmoral Actor Matrosenemil N/A
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1928 Accident Actor 59
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1928 Casanovas Erbe Actor N/A
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1928 Heut tanzt Mariett Actor Brigon N/A
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1928 Die Hotelratte Actor Hüsgens N/A
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1928 Die Pflicht zu schweigen Actor Iwan Daniloff N/A
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1928 The Strange Case of Captain Ramper Actor 58
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1928 Manege Actor Bela Garay N/A
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1927 The Transformation of Dr. Bessel Actor Georgakopoulos N/A
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1927 Die weiße Spinne Actor N/A
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1927 Die Dame mit dem Tigerfell Actor Meyers N/A
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1927 Das tanzende Wien Actor Feuerwehrmann N/A
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1927 Girls for Sale! Actor Kastillo N/A
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1927 Agitated Woman Actor Wladimir N/A
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1927 Ein Tag der Rosen im August.. Actor Boxer N/A
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1927 Die schönsten Beine von Berlin Actor N/A
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1927 Fighting the White Slave Traffic Actor Direktor des Purpur-Paradieses N/A
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1927 Fighting the White Slave Traffic Actor Club Manager N/A
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1927 Der Soldat der Marie Actor Wachmeister Knöppke N/A
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1927 A Crazy Night Actor Wachtmeister Lehmkuhl 58
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1927 Glanz und Elend der Kurtisanen Actor N/A
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1927 Benno Stehkragen Actor N/A
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1927 Der große Unbekannte Actor Bankier Tupperwill N/A
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1927 Wer wirft den ersten Stein? Actor N/A
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1926 Die Kleine und ihr Kavalier Actor Photograph N/A
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1926 The White Horse Inn Actor N/A
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1926 Annemarie und ihr Ulan Actor Wachtmeister N/A
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1926 Die drei Mannequins Actor N/A
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1926 The Golden Butterfly Actor N/A
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1926 Der Liebe Lust und Leid Actor N/A
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1925 Halbseide Actor Willi Krach N/A
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1925 Variety Actor Hafenarbeiter 59
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1925 O alte Burschenherrlichkeit Actor N/A
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1924 Die Schmiede Actor N/A
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1921 Der Held des Tages Actor N/A
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Directing
1944 Theresienstadt Directing Director 58
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1936 Merijntje Gijzen's Boyhood Directing Director 59
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1935 The Mystery of the Moonlight Sonata Directing Director N/A
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1935 Bretter, die die Welt bedeuten Directing Director N/A
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1934 Incognito Directing Director N/A
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1933 A Woman at the Wheel Directing Director N/A
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1933 Kind, ich freu' mich auf Dein Kommen Directing Director N/A
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1933 Heut' kommt's drauf an Directing Director N/A
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1932 Stupéfiants Directing Director 59
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1932 The White Demon Directing Director N/A
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1932 A Mad Idea Directing Director 59
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1932 Things Are Getting Better Already Directing Director N/A
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1931 Kabarett-Programm Nr. 2 Directing Director N/A
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1931 My Wife, the Adventuress Directing Director N/A
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1931 Cabaret program No. 1 Directing Director N/A
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1931 The mute of Portici Directing Director N/A
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1926 Der Liebe Lust und Leid Directing Director N/A
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Writing
1944 Theresienstadt Writing Writer 58
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1933 Kind, ich freu' mich auf Dein Kommen Writing Writer N/A
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