Harlan: In the Shadow of Jew Suess
Zeitgeist Films | Release Date: March 3, 2010 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
73
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Generally favorable reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews
Positive:
6
Mixed:
2
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
91
Christian Science MonitorPeter 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
90
Los Angeles TimesKenneth Turan
Deeply fascinating, unexpectedly potent documentary. Read full review
80
Time OutJoshua Rothkopf
Still a mystery: Harlan’s own sense of guilt. But there’s plenty to go around. Read full review
75
New York PostV.A. Musetto
Another Harlan work, "Kolberg" (1945), inspired the film within the film in "Inglourious Basterds." Read full review
75
Boston GlobeJoan 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
70
The New York TimesManohla 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
50
Village VoiceKarina Longworth
Stuffed with talking heads, Harlan is overlong and redundant, but its core questions are worthy. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterFrank 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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