Language:
English
Year of publication:
2021
Titel der Quelle:
Holocaust Studies
Angaben zur Quelle:
27,2 (2021) 235-256
Keywords:
Harlan, Veit, Criticism and interpretation
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Harlan, Thomas, Criticism and interpretation
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Jud Süss (Motion picture)
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Notre Nazi (Motion picture)
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Motion pictures
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Documentary films History and criticism
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in motion pictures
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Antisemitism in motion pictures
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Influence
Abstract:
This essay analyzes the documentary Notre Nazi (1984), a German-French film produced by Thomas Harlan, the son of the notorious Nazi filmmaker Veit Harlan, who was best known for directing the propaganda film Jud Süss (1940). In Notre Nazi, Alfred Filbert, a former SS perpetrator, indirectly stands in for Thomas Harlan's father. Thomas Harlan aggressively antagonizes Filbert on screen, eliciting testimony about his participation in murderous crimes. The interactions filmed on the set provide viewers with new information, and the documentary foregrounds a range of filial affects including ambivalence, shame, and rage. This essay highlights the unique latitude nonfiction film has in critiquing legal and judicial arenas, and it shows how Notre Nazi serves as a critique of German courts in the decades after the Holocaust by availing itself of unconventional strategies and appealing to distinctly extra-legal discourses.
DOI:
10.1080/17504902.2019.1637496
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