Good God, this is a great film. Its hero, Kurt Gerron, was a beloved German character actor
(The Blue Angel) and director (Incognito) who also happened to be Jewish...
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—Kate Sullivan, City Pages Movie Clock

"Nominated for an Academy Award, this documentary tells the story of Kurt Gerron,
a famous Jewish actor and filmmaker in pre-Hitler Germany.""
— J. Curiel, SF Chronicle

"Prisoner of Paradise tells a Holocaust story that emphasizes both the incalculable inhumanity of the Nazi atrocities and the absurd, ...
It also raises some disturbing questions about morality and the lengths one should be willing to go to save oneself"..."
— By Chris Kaltenbach, The Baltimore Sun

"...As filmmakers Malcolm Clarke, a two-time Oscar winner, and Stuart Sender make so clear in this
Oscar nominee of last year, Gerron was one of Weimar Germany's most active and prominent
entertainment figures. He was a decorated hero from the Great War who studied to be a doctor. "
— By Doris Toumarkine, FILM JOURNAL

"...Prisoner of Paradise, an extraordinary documentary about the German entertainer Kurt Gerron..."
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— By Ella Taylor , LA WEEKLY

"'Prisoner of Paradise' is a strange story wrapped in a stranger one, an engrossing documentary
about one of the least known and most unexpected aspects of the Nazi war against the Jews."...
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— By Kenneth Turan, The Los Angeles Times

A lost soul in Oscar-nominated 'Prisoner'
"Prisoner of Paradise" documents the story of Kurt Gerron, a brilliant Jewish director
who could have added to the riches of Hollywood had he not been trapped by Nazi forces,
reduced to a pathetic propaganda puppet and executed in a gas chamber on Oct. 28, 1944...
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—Phil Villarreal, ARIZONA DAILY STAR

Prisoner of Paradise was the pick of the week by the movie critic Leonard Maltin on HOT TICKET


...gripping documentary tells the surreal story of Kurt Gerron, a celebrated German-Jewish actor and director...
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— Elizabeth Weitzman, The Daily News

...one of the most numbing spectacles you're likely to see in a film, nonfiction or otherwise....
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— By Elvis Mitchell, The New York Times