Leo Haas: Artist and Witness of His Times (1971)
Leo Haas: Artist and Witness of His Times (1971)
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.

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Leo Haas Leo Haas As: Self
Thomas Kästner Thomas Kästner As: Narrator (voice)
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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.


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Genres: Documentary

Language: Deutsch

Release Date: 25 June 1971

Country: XG, DE

Runtime: 13m

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Company: DEFA-Studio für Trickfilme

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Leo Haas

Leo Haas

Self

Thomas Kästner

Thomas Kästner

Narrator (voice)

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Manfred Schreyer

Manfred Schreyer

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