synopsis
Veit Harlan was one of Nazi Germany’s most notorious filmmakers - the only artist from the Nazi era to be charged with war crimes. Millions all across occupied Europe saw his films, the most perfidious of which was the treacherous 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 that of Joseph Goebbels’ top director. (Harlan’s 1945 epic Kolberg was the basis for Inglourious Basterds’ pivotal film-within-a-film Stolz Der Nation.)
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Felix Moeller is a historian and filmmaker who uses his vast studies in politics and communication to create films documenting crucial events and people in history. Son of renowned New German Cinema director Margarethe von Trotta and stepson of internationally successful German director Volker Schlöndorff, Moeller has made a name for himself with his own films including THE VERHOEVENS, HILDEGARD KNEF- THE EARLY YEARS, KATJA RIEMANN, and HARLAN - IN THE SHADOW OF THE JEW SUESS. Additionally, Moeller is involved with research and consulting for films and has also founded his own company, Blueprint Film.
