1971
Leo Haas: Artist and Witness of His Times
Documentary
10.0
User Score
1 Votes
Status
Released
Language
de
Budget
$0
Production
DEFA-Studio für Trickfilme
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.
