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Harlan: In the Shadow of Jew Süss(2008)
Status: Released
Date: 2008-10-29
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Time: 1h 40m
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Though almost forgotten today, Veit Harlan was one of Nazi Germany's most notorious filmmakers. His most perfidious film was the treacherous anti-Semitic propaganda film Jud Süß - required viewing for all SS members. This documentary is an eye-opening examination of World War II film history as well as the story of a German family from the Third Reich to the present; one that is marked by reckoning, denial and liberation.
Languages: German, French, Italian.
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Germany
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Blueprint Film
Movie: Harlan: In the Shadow of Jew Süss
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Thomas Harlan
Self
Maria Körber
Self
Jan Harlan
Self
Christiane Kubrick
Self
August Zirner
Narrator (voice)
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Though almost forgotten today, Veit Harlan was one of Nazi Germany's most notorious filmmakers. His most perfidious film was the treacherous anti-Semitic propaganda film Jud Süß - required viewing for all SS members. This documentary is an eye-opening examination of World War II film history as well as the story of a German family from the Third Reich to the present; one that is marked by reckoning, denial and liberation.
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