Kurt Gerron
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 11, 1897
- Died
- October 30, 1944
- Birthplace
- 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
Prisoner of Paradise 2003
as Self (archival footage)
Theresienstadt 1944
as Regisseur - Schauspieler, Writer, Director
The Eternal Jew 1940
as (archive footage)
- Drie wenschen
Drie wenschen 1937
Actor
Merijntje Gijzen's Boyhood 1936
Director
The Mystery of the Moonlight Sonata 1935
Director
Bretter, die die Welt bedeuten 1935
Director
- Incognito
Incognito 1934
Director
- A Woman at the Wheel
A Woman at the Wheel 1933
Director
Child, I'm Happy on Your Coming 1933
Director, Writer
Heut' kommt's drauf an 1933
Director
Her Majesty Love 1933
as Hornberg
Stupéfiants 1932
Director
The White Demon 1932
Director
A Mad Idea 1932
Director
- Vater geht auf Reisen
Vater geht auf Reisen 1932
as Kommissar
Two in a Car 1932
as Agent Niedlich
Things Are Getting Better Already 1932
Director
We Need No Money 1931
as Bank President Binder
- One Night at the Grand Hotel
One Night at the Grand Hotel 1931
as Achaz
- Kabarett-Programm Nr. 2
Kabarett-Programm Nr. 2 1931
Director
My Wife, the Adventuress 1931
Director
Bombs Over Monte Carlo 1931
as Spielbankdirektor
Trapeze 1931
Actor
- Cabaret program No. 1
Cabaret program No. 1 1931
Director
The mute of Portici 1931
Director
Road to Rio 1931
as Barera, casino owner
Madame Pompadour 1931
as Ludwig XV., König von Frankreich
Burglars 1930
as Polizeikommissar
Dolly is making a career 1930
as Silbermann
The Three from the Filling Station 1930
as Rechtsanwalt Kalmus
Fairground People 1930
Actor
The Blue Angel 1930
as Kiepert
Love in the Ring 1930
as Box-Manager
People on Sunday 1930
as Kurt
The White Hell of Pitz Palu 1929
as guest at night club (Mann im Salon)
Diary of a Lost Girl 1929
as Dr. Vitalis
Die Flucht vor der Liebe 1929
Actor
- Wir halten fest und treu zusammen
Wir halten fest und treu zusammen 1929
as Steak
- Aufruhr im Junggesellenheim
Aufruhr im Junggesellenheim 1929
as Steak
Daughter of the Regiment 1929
as Quippo
- Berlin After Dark
Berlin After Dark 1929
as Jernmax
Vom Täter fehlt jede Spur 1929
as Maxe
The Alley Cat 1929
Actor
- Unmoral
Unmoral 1928
as Matrosenemil
Accident 1928
Actor
- Casanovas Erbe
Casanovas Erbe 1928
Actor
Heut tanzt Mariett 1928
as Brigon
- Die Hotelratte
Die Hotelratte 1928
as Hüsgens
- Die Pflicht zu schweigen
Die Pflicht zu schweigen 1928
as Iwan Daniloff
The Strange Case of Captain Ramper 1928
Actor
Manege 1928
as Bela Garay
The Fugitive Lover 1927
as Georgakopoulos, Greek Tabaco-Merchant
Die weiße Spinne 1927
Actor
Die Dame mit dem Tigerfell 1927
as Meyers
Das tanzende Wien 1927
as Feuerwehrmann
Girls for Sale! 1927
as Kastillo
Agitated Woman 1927
as Wladimir
- Ein Tag der Rosen im August..
Ein Tag der Rosen im August.. 1927
as Boxer
Die schönsten Beine von Berlin 1927
Actor
Fighting the White Slave Traffic 1927
as Direktor des Purpur-Paradieses, as Club Manager
- Der Soldat der Marie
Der Soldat der Marie 1927
as Wachmeister Knöppke
A Crazy Night 1927
as Wachtmeister Lehmkuhl
- Wer wirft den ersten Stein?
Wer wirft den ersten Stein? 1927
Actor
Benno Stehkragen 1927
Actor
Der große Unbekannte 1927
as Bankier Tupperwill
Glanz und Elend der Kurtisanen 1927
Actor
- Die Kleine und ihr Kavalier
Die Kleine und ihr Kavalier 1926
as Photograph
The White Horse Inn 1926
Actor
- Annemarie und ihr Ulan
Annemarie und ihr Ulan 1926
as Wachtmeister
Die drei Mannequins 1926
Actor
The Golden Butterfly 1926
Actor
Der Liebe Lust und Leid 1926
Actor, Director
Halbseide 1925
as Willi Krach
Variety 1925
as Hafenarbeiter
O alte Burschenherrlichkeit 1925
Actor
Die Schmiede 1924
Actor
- Der Held des Tages
Der Held des Tages 1921
Actor
Credits from TMDB.