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Leo Haas: Artist and Witness of His Times

Leo Haas: Artist and Witness of His Times

1971

10

Categories:

  • Documentary

Overview:

When the Nazis took power, the Jewish artist Leo Haas (1901-1983) was arrested in his Czechoslovakian hometown. He spent the next six years in different concentration camps and became known for the paintings he did in the Theresienstadt camp. This film presents Haas as a political artist and resistance fighter and celebrates him as a socialist caricaturist dedicated to the GDR.

Jörg d'Bomba

Director, Writer

Cast:

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  • Leo Haas

    Leo Haas

    Self
  • Thomas Kästner

    Thomas Kästner

    Narrator (voice)