Harlan – In the Shadow of Jew Süss
2008 German film
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Harlan – In the Shadow of Jew Süss (German: Harlan – Im Schatten von Jud Süß) is a 2008 documentary film by German director Felix Moeller about one of the most notorious Nazi German filmmakers, Veit Harlan and his family.
- Felix Moeller
- Amelie Latscha
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| Directed by | Felix Moeller |
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| Cinematography | Ludolph Weyer |
| Distributed by | Zeitgeist Films |
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Running time | 99 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
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Synopsis
It focuses on the "wildly varying attitudes of Harlan's children and grandchildren",[1] and how they struggle even today with the legacy of their ancestor's work.
The documentary also explores Harlan's motivations for making Jew Süss, a film that The New York Times has called "perhaps the most notorious anti-Semitic movie ever made".[2] Harlan was the only artist from the Nazi era to be charged with war crimes.
Production
The film uses "never-before-seen archival footage, unearthed film excerpts, rare home movies and new interviews".[3]
It had its German television premiere on WDR on 23 September 2010.[4]
It is distributed in the U.S. by Zeitgeist Films in 2010.[3]
The film is the subject of the critical study Felix Moeller’s Harlan: Im Schatten von Jud Süss as Family Drama by David Bathrick.[5]
Veit Harlan's relations who appear as interview subjects include his son the filmmaker Thomas Harlan, his daughters Maria Körber and Susanne Körber, both actresses; Suzanne's daughter the film journalist Jessica Jacoby; his nephew film producer Jan Harlan; his niece Christiane Kubrick, also an actress and the widow of Stanley Kubrick.[4]
Crew
- Written and directed by Felix Moeller
- Cinematography – Ludolph Meyer
- Sound – Martin Noweck
- Film editing – Anette Fleming
- Original music – Marco Hertenstein
- Narrator – August Zirner
- Producers – Amelie Larscha, Felix Moeller