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  • 2010
  • Not Rated
  • Zeitgeist Films
  • 1 h 40 m
  • 2010
  • Not Rated
  • Zeitgeist Films
  • 1 h 40 m

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 L...

Directed By: Felix Moeller

Written By: Felix Moeller

  • 2010
  • Not Rated
  • Zeitgeist Films
  • 1 h 40 m
  • 2010
  • Not Rated
  • Zeitgeist Films
  • 1 h 40 m

Harlan: In the Shadow of Jew Suess

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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 L...

Directed By: Felix Moeller

Written By: Felix Moeller

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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.
By Peter Rainer FULL REVIEW
90
Deeply fascinating, unexpectedly potent documentary.
By Kenneth Turan FULL REVIEW
80
Still a mystery: Harlan’s own sense of guilt. But there’s plenty to go around.
By Joshua Rothkopf FULL REVIEW
75
Another Harlan work, "Kolberg" (1945), inspired the film within the film in "Inglourious Basterds."
By V.A. Musetto FULL REVIEW
70
Only ends up skimming the surface. But even the skimming is largely interesting and thought-provoking, and of course very bleak.
By Manohla Dargis FULL REVIEW
50
Stuffed with talking heads, Harlan is overlong and redundant, but its core questions are worthy.
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40
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.
By Frank Scheck FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Blueprint Film, Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung, Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR), Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (RBB), Transit Film, Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR), Yleisradio (YLE)
Release Date Mar 3, 2010
Duration 1 h 40 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website http://www.zeitgeistfilms.com/film.php?directoryname=harlan
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Awards

German Film Critics Association Awards
• 1 Nomination

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