1971
10.0 (1 votes)
0h 13m
Genres
Documentary
Production Companies
DEFA-Studio für Trickfilme
Leo Haas: Artist and Witness of His Times (Leo Haas: Zeichner - Zeuge - Zeitgenosse)
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.
Key Crew
Director: Jörg d'Bomba
Writer: Jörg d'Bomba
Director of Photography: Manfred Schreyer
Top Cast
Leo Haas
Self
Thomas Kästner
Narrator (voice)
