Summaries

A documentary drama depicting the life of Veit Harlan, the director of Joseph Goebbels propaganda drama "Jud Süß" (1940).

"The blood of millions of people hangs on this film" wrote the newspapers in 1949 when the trial of Veit Harlan began. Between 1940 and 1945, 20 million Germans saw his inflammatory film "Jud Süß". Is Harlan a "director of the devil" as the public prosecutor claims?—Ulf Kjell Gür

Details

Genres
  • Drama
Release date Sep 25, 2001
Countries of origin Germany
Language German
Filming locations Hamburg, Germany
Production companies Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) ARTE

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Tech specs

Runtime 1h 45m
Color Color
Sound mix Stereo
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Synopsis

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