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Harlan
ZEITGEIST VIDEO
PRE-BOOK 10/26/10
STREET 11/23/10
THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE NOTORIOUS NAZI FILMMAKER
AND THE FAMILY THAT LIVES WITH HIS LEGACY
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IN THE SHADOW OF JEW SUSS
“THOUGHT-PROVOKING!”
—Manohla Dargis, THE NEW YORK TIMES
“FASCINATING AND TROUBLING.
[Harlan did] in fiction what Leni Riefenstahl did in documentary—to
exalt an overwhelming mob united in thrall to its leader—and also to
have celebrated an ecstatic cult of death.”
—Richard Brody, THE NEW YORKER
“Moeller transforms what might have been mere cultural scholarship
into something larger—A MICROCOSM OF POSTWAR
GERMAN GUILT AND REDEMPTION.”
—Peter Rainer, CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR
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 infamous of which
was the horrific anti-Semitic propaganda film Jew Süss—required viewing for all SS members.
An unrepentant and blindly obsessive craftsman, no figure—save for Leni Riefenstahl—is as
closely associated with the cinema of the Holocaust years as Joseph Goebbels’ top director
(Quentin Tarantino used Harlan’s 1945 epic Kolberg as the basis for Inglourious Basterds’
pivotal film-within-a-film Stolz der Nation.) Veit Harlan was the only Nazi-era artist to be
charged with war crimes.
With never-before-seen archival footage, unearthed film excerpts and new interviews, Harlan
is an eye-opening examination of World War II film history. But it also examines how Harlan’s
descendants—especially the youngest generation—struggle with the dark myth of his artistic
immorality. It’s the searing story of a German family from the Third Reich to the present, one
that is marked by reckoning, denial and liberation.
DVD SPECIAL FEATURES
★ 16:9 anamorphic transfer, created from HD
elements and enhanced for widescreen TVs
★ Q&A with Veit Harlan’s granddaughter,
journalist and critic Jessica Jacoby
★ Interview with acclaimed German writer
★ Theatrically released in over 25 key media markets,
including New York, Los Angeles, Boston, San Francisco,
Chicago and Miami
★ National media coverage in
and filmmaker Alexander Kluge (co-writer
and co-director of Germany in Autumn)
about Harlan’s film career
COMPARABLE TITLES: The Wonderful Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl;
My Fuhrer; The Goebbels Experiment; A Film Unfinished
CAT. NO. Z1128 • UPC 795975112833 • SRP $29.99
2009 • 99 minutes • Germany • Color/B&W • In German, French and Italian with English subtitles • 1.78:1 theatrical aspect ratio • Stereo
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“DEEPLY
FASCINATING,
UNEXPECTEDLY
POTENT!”
—Kenneth Turan,
LOS ANGELES TIMES
PRE-BOOK 10/26/10
STREET 11/23/10
Harlan
“A FEARFULLY FASCINATING,
DISTURBING PICTURE!”
—Stanley Kauffmann, THE NEW REPUBLIC
“BRILLIANT EXPOSÉ!”
—Ian Buruma, NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS (NYR blog)
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A FILM BY
FELIX
MOELLER
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IN THE SHADOW OF JEW SUSS
OTHER TRUE STORIES OF THE NAZI ERA
AIMÉE
& JAGUAR
(Golden Globe Nominee,
Best Foreign Film)
In the darkest days of World War II
a dangerous love affair blossoms
between two women: one an
exemplar of Nazi motherhood, the
other a member of the Jewish
underground. This award-winning
film brings their incredible true
story to life.
UPC 795975100939
CAT NO Z1009 • SRP $29.99
SOPHIE SCHOLL–
THE FINAL DAYS
(Oscar® Nominee,
Best Foreign Language Film)
The true story of Germany’s most
famous anti-Nazi heroine is
brought to thrilling life in this
multi-award winning drama
starring Julia Jentsch in a luminous
performance as the young coedturned-fearless activist.
UPC 795975108331
CAT NO Z1083 • SRP $29.99