(Leo Haas: Zeichner - Zeuge - Zeitgenosse)

Content: 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.

Countries:

East Germany

Genres:

Documentary

Runtime:

13 minutes

Year:

1971

Directors:

Jörg d'Bomba

Production companies:

DEFA-Studio für Trickfilme

Actors:

Self

Narrator (voice)

Crews:

Director

Music

Editor

Writer

Director of Photography