Josh Gad to lead Simon Curtis' 'Gerron's Last Film,' inspired by Jewish actor and director forced to make propaganda movie for Nazis

Grammy winner and Tony nominee Josh Gad (“Murder on the Orient Express,” “Frozen”) is set to star in “Gerron's Last Film” for ...

Josh Gad to Star in Holocaust Biopic From ‘Woman in Gold' Director Simon Curtis

Gad will play Kurt Gerron, a Jewish actor/director forced to direct a Nazi propaganda film whitewashing the horrors of the ...
The New York Times

‘Riefenstahl’ Review: Hitler’s Favorite Filmmaker Revisited

This cleareyed documentary looks at how Leni Riefenstahl, the director of the Nazi propaganda film “Triumph of the Will,” tirelessly tried to rewrite history. By Manohla Dargis When you purchase a ...
Washington Blade

‘The Director’ highlights film director who collaborated with Hitler

The Director’ By Daniel Kehlmann Summit Books, 2025. Garbo to Goebbels, Daniel Kehlmann’s historical novel “The Director” is the story of Austrian film director G.W. Pa ...