Trial by documentary
The Harlans, between Jud Süss (1940) and Notre Nazi (1984)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12904160 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Brad Prager (0009-0005-9472-1654, University of Missouri, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 235-256 |
| Publication date | 2019-08-09 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Holocaust Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1750-4902 • E-ISSN: 2048-4887 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/17504902.2019.1637496 |
| OpenAlex | W2968270827 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 13 |
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
Art · Art history · Documentary film · Film director · German · Linguistics · Movie theater · Nazism · Political science · The Holocaust · Italian Fascism and Post-war Society · Law · Law in Society and Culture · Philosophy · Visual Culture and Art Theory
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,17 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2020 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |