Harlan: In the Shadow of Jew Suess

Name: Harlan: In the Shadow of Jew Suess
Genre: Documentary
Released: March 3, 2010
Duration: 99 min
Rating: 73

2010

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Zeitgeist Films | Release Date: March 3, 2010

Summary: Though almost forgotten today, Veit Harlan was one of Nazi Germany’s most notorious filmmakers. Millions all across occupied Europe saw his films, the most perfidious of which was the treacherous anti-Semitic propaganda film Jew Süss—required viewing for all SS members. An unrepentant and blindly obsessive craftsman, no figure—save for LeniThough almost forgotten today, Veit Harlan was one of Nazi Germany’s most notorious filmmakers. Millions all across occupied Europe saw his films, the most perfidious of which was the treacherous anti-Semitic propaganda film Jew Süss—required viewing for all SS members. An unrepentant and blindly obsessive craftsman, no figure—save for Leni Riefenstahl—is as closely associated with the cinema of the Holocaust years as that of Joseph Goebbels’ top director. (Harlan’s 1945 epic Kolberg was the basis for Inglourious Basterds’ pivotal film-within-a-film Stolz Der Nation.) Harlan was also the only artist from the Nazi era to be charged with war crimes. (Zeigeist Films)… Expand

Director: Felix Moeller

Genre(s): Documentary

Runtime: 99 min

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Peter Rainer

The viciously anti-Semitic 1940 German movie “Jew Süss” is one of the most notorious films ever made...Today it is one of the few Nazi-era films that still cannot legally be shown. Read full review

Kenneth Turan

Deeply fascinating, unexpectedly potent documentary. Read full review

Joshua Rothkopf

Still a mystery: Harlan’s own sense of guilt. But there’s plenty to go around. Read full review

Joan Anderman

For a few years, Veit Harlan must have felt he was the right filmmaker at the right place at the right time. Did he ever stop to think that his luck also meant the doom of millions? Moeller’s documentary can’t supply an answer. It does, however, make the rest of us wonder. Read full review

Manohla Dargis

Only ends up skimming the surface. But even the skimming is largely interesting and thought-provoking, and of course very bleak. Read full review

Karina Longworth

Stuffed with talking heads, Harlan is overlong and redundant, but its core questions are worthy. Read full review

Frank Scheck

Rather than delving deep into its subject, the film loses focus by concentrating on the feelings of Harlan's descendants rather than a deep analysis of the man himself. Read full review

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