Plot Summary

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.

Movie Details

Original Title
Leo Haas: Zeichner - Zeuge - Zeitgenosse
Status
released
Original Language
de

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Production Companies

DEFA-Studio für Trickfilme