''Harlan – In the Shadow of Jew Süss'' (German: ''Harlan – Im Schatten von Jud Süß'') is a 2008 documentary film by German director

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about one of the most notorious

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filmmakers,

Veit Harlan Veit Harlan (22 September 1899 – 13 April 1964) was a German film director and actor. Harlan reached the highpoint of his career as a director in the Nazi era; most notably his antisemitic film ''Jud Süß'' (1940) makes him controversial ...

and his family. It focuses on the "wildly varying attitudes of Harlan's children and grandchildren", 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 ''

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'' has called "perhaps the most notorious

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movie ever made". Harlan was the only artist from the Nazi era to be charged with war crimes. The film uses "never-before-seen archival footage, unearthed film excerpts, rare home movies and new interviews". It is distributed in the U.S. by

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in 2010.

Crew

*Written and directed by Felix Moeller *Cinematography – Ludolph Meyer *Sound – Martin Noweck *Film editing – Anette Fleming *Original music – Marco Hertenstein *Narrator –

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*Producers – Amelie Larscha, Felix Moeller

References

External links

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''Harlan, official movie site''
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