Harlan – In the Shadow of Jew Süss

Harlan – In the Shadow of Jew Süss
Harlan – In the Shadow of Jew Süss
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Directed by	Felix Moeller
Produced by	Felix Moeller; Amelie Latscha;
Cinematography	Ludolph Weyer
Distributed by	Zeitgeist Films
Release dates	October 29, 2008 (International Documentary Film Festival); April 23, 2009 (Germany);
Running time	99 minutes
Country	Germany
Languages	German; French; Italian;

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. 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.

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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.

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

References

[1]
"Harlan—In the Shadow of Jew Süss". New York Magazine. Retrieved March 23, 2011.
[2]
Larry Rohter (March 2, 2010). "Nazi Film Still Pains Relatives". The New York Times. Retrieved March 23, 2011.
[3]
"Harlan - In The Shadow of Jew Süss". Zeitgeist Films. Retrieved March 23, 2011.
[4]
"Harlan – Im Schatten von Jud Süß". Fernsehserien.de (in German). 17 February 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
[5]
Bathrick, David (17 June 2021). Felix Moeller's Harlan: Im Schatten von Jud Süss as Family Drama. Cambridge University Press. pp. 214–226. doi:10.1017/9781782048602.012. ISBN 978-1-78204-860-2. Retrieved 21 February 2021.

External links

Harlan – In the Shadow of Jew Süss at IMDb
Harlan, official movie site Archived 2014-11-21 at the Wayback Machine

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[1] [1]
"Harlan—In the Shadow of Jew Süss". New York Magazine. Retrieved March 23, 2011.

[2] [2]
Larry Rohter (March 2, 2010). "Nazi Film Still Pains Relatives". The New York Times. Retrieved March 23, 2011.

[Zeitgeist_Films-3] [3]
"Harlan - In The Shadow of Jew Süss". Zeitgeist Films. Retrieved March 23, 2011.

[WDR-4] [4]
"Harlan – Im Schatten von Jud Süß". Fernsehserien.de (in German). 17 February 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2023.

[5] [5]
Bathrick, David (17 June 2021). Felix Moeller's Harlan: Im Schatten von Jud Süss as Family Drama. Cambridge University Press. pp. 214–226. doi:10.1017/9781782048602.012. ISBN 978-1-78204-860-2. Retrieved 21 February 2021.

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