"Prisoners of Paradise" and the story of Kurt Gerron is a compelling, tragic, and interesting one all at once. Gerron's story and his time at Thereseinstadt is an interesting subject for a documentary and one I had quite honestly never heard about.
The documentary was effective in its execution, with the archive footage and new interviews both working well together on a number of levels. What the peole have to say is insightful, and the story of all those who lived, associated, and suffered with Gerron is highly compelling. The information on not breaking up the large group and sending them all away together to die was especially impacting. Given Geron's fate, I was compelled by the end of the film to feel bad for him, as I felt in some way I had connected with him over the course of the documentary. Given that I was able to feel such emotions from this documentary in juxtaposition with its professionalism, I would call Prisoners of Paradise a well-made documentary that I would certainly recommend people to see.
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