Leo Haas: Artist and Witness of His Times

13m
Documentary
10

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.

Cast

Leo Haas
Self
Thomas Kästner
Narrator (voice)

Crew

Jörg d'Bomba
Director, Writer
Eva d'Bomba
Editor
Manfred Schreyer
Director of Photography
Peter Herrmann
Music

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