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Leo Haas: Artist and Witness of His Times (1971)
Directed by Jörg d'Bomba
Documentary · 13m
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
Crew
- Director
- Jörg d'Bomba
- Writer
- Jörg d'Bomba
- Director of Photography
- Manfred Schreyer
- Editor
- Eva d'Bomba
Details
- Original title
- Leo Haas: Zeichner - Zeuge - Zeitgenosse
- Release date
- 1971-06-25
- Runtime
- 13m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- DE
- Spoken languages
- German
- Countries
- East Germany
- Production
- DEFA-Studio für Trickfilme