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Leo Haas: Artist and Witness of His Times

Leo Haas: Artist and Witness of His Times

1971•13m•10.0/10
Documentary

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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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Production

DEFA-Studio für Trickfilme

Language

DE

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Leo Haas

Self

Thomas Kästner

Narrator (voice)

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