Thomas Harlan – Moving Shrapnel

Thomas Harlan – Moving Shrapnel

96 mins | Documentary | Aug. 30, 2007

Thomas Harlan, filmmaker, author and revolutionary was born in 1929 in Germany. His father was the infamous propaganda filmmaker Veit Harlan, director of Jew Suess. During his childhood, as a result of his father’s closeness to the Nazi Party, the little Thomas came face to face with Hitler and Goebbels. Now an old frail man, Harlan lives in a respiratory clinic in Berchtesgaden. It is in this clinic in South Germany that he, along with documentary filmmaker Christoph Hübner, examines fragments of his past.

Thomas Harlan – Moving Shrapnel

96 mins | Documentary | Aug. 30, 2007

Thomas Harlan – Moving Shrapnel
Thomas Harlan, filmmaker, author and revolutionary was born in 1929 in Germany. His father was the infamous propaganda filmmaker Veit Harlan, director of Jew Suess. During his childhood, as a result of his father’s closeness to the Nazi Party, the little Thomas came face to face with Hitler and Goebbels. Now an old frail man, Harlan lives in a respiratory clinic in Berchtesgaden. It is in this clinic in South Germany that he, along with documentary filmmaker Christoph Hübner, examines fragments of his past.
Producers Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen, 3sat, Christoph Hübner Filmproduktion
Original title Thomas Harlan - Wandersplitter
Directors Christoph Hübner
Writers Gabriele Voss, Thomas Harlan, Christoph Hübner