
Veit Harlan
Veit Harlan (1899--1964) was one of Germany''s most controversial and loathed directors. After studying with theatre and film pioneer Max Reinhardt and beginning a promising career, he became one of Joseph Goebbels''s leading filmmakers under the National Socialist regime. Harlan''s Jud Süss ( Jew Suss, 1940), in particular, stands as one of the most artistically distinct and morally reprehensibl...
Veit Harlan (1899--1964) was one of Germany''s most controversial and loathed directors. After studying with theatre and film pioneer Max Reinhardt and beginning a promising career, he became one of Joseph Goebbels''s leading filmmakers under the National Socialist regime. Harlan''s Jud Süss ( Jew Suss, 1940), in particular, stands as one of the most artistically distinct and morally reprehensibl...