Paradise Camp
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Paradise Camp is a 1986 documentary film about Theresienstadt concentration camp in Czechoslovakia, written and directed by Australians Paul Rea and Frank Heimans, respectively. Czechoslovakian Jews were first told that Theresienstadt was a community established for their safety. They quickly recognized it as a ghetto and concentration camp.
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Directed by | Frank Heimans |
Written by | Paul Rea |
Produced by | Frank Heimans |
Narrated by | Peter Caroll |
Cinematography | Geoff Simpson |
Edited by | Frank Heimans |
Music by | Adam Hoptman |
Distributed by | Cinetel Productions Pty Ltd 15 Fifth Avenue Cremorne NSW Australia 2090 |
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Running time | 56 minutes |
Country | Australia |
Language | English |
Budget | $136,000 |
In 1944, the Nazis cleaned up the camp, painting buildings and planting flowers, and deporting inmates to reduce overcrowding, in order to fool international Red Cross officials on a visit into believing the Jews were being well cared for. That year, the Germans also filmed a propaganda documentary at Thereienstadt to promote how they were caring for Jews.
The 1986 film includes excerpts from the propaganda film, in contrast with interviews of survivors, other material about the facts of the camp, and examples of art made by prisoners, including thousands of children's drawings hidden and preserved by their teacher.