Leo Haas: Artist and Witness of His Times
IMDB:
10.0Released
6/25/1971
Duration
0h 13m
Genre
Documentary
Country
East Germany
Cast
Leo Haas, Thomas Kästner
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.
Leo Haas: Artist and Witness of His Times
IMDB:
10.0Released
6/25/1971
Genre
Documentary
Cast
Leo Haas, Thomas Kästner
Duration
0h 13m
Country
East Germany
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.
Cast
Self
Leo Haas
Narrator (voice)
