Veit Harlan (1899--1964) was one of Germanys most controversial and loathed directors. After studying with theatre and film pioneer Max Reinhardt and beginning a promising career; he became one of Joseph Goebbelss leading filmmakers under the National Socialist regime. Harlans Jud Suuml;ss ( Jew Suss; 1940); in particular; stands as one of the most artistically distinct and morally reprehensible films produced by the Third Reich. His involvement with this movie has led to many critical questions: Was the director truly forced to make the film under penalty of death? Is anti-Semitism a theme in his other productions? Can and should his work be studied in light of the horrors of Nazism and the Holocaust?The first English-language biography of the notorious director; Veit Harlan presents an in-depth portrait of the man who is arguably the only Nazi filmmaker with a distinct authorial style and body of work. Author Frank Noack reveals that both Harlans life and work were marked by creative vision; startling ambiguities; and deep moral flaws. His meticulously detailed study explores the directors influence on German cinema and places his work within the contexts of World War II and film history as a whole.Rivaled only by Leni Riefenstahl; Veit Harlan remains one of Germanys most infamous filmmakers; and virtually every book on Nazi cinema contains at least one chapter about Harlan or an analysis of one of his movies. This biography -- supplemented by production histories and rare interviews with actors; actresses; and cameramen -- offers the first comprehensive analysis of the director and his work and adds new perspective to the growing body of scholarship on filmmaking under the Third Reich.
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