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Kurt Gerron
Kurt Gerron was a German-Jewish film and stage actor, director, and cabaret performer. He is best known for his roles in the German silent film era and for his performance as the nightclub owner in the 1931 musical film The Blue Angel. During World War II, he was imprisoned in a concentration camp and forced to make a Nazi propaganda film before being killed in Auschwitz.
Titles credited to Kurt Gerron
Der blaue Engel
Prim professor Immanuel Rath finds some of his students ogling racy photos of cabaret performer Lola Lola and visits a local club, The Blue Angel, in an attempt to catch them there. Seeing Lola perfor...
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Menschen am Sonntag
A semi-documentary experimental 1930 German silent film created by amateurs with a small budget. With authentic scenes of the metropolis city of Berlin, it's the first film from the later famous scree...
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