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Filmmaker · Germany

Veit Harlan

Died in 1964

Veit Harlan was born in 1899 in Charlottenburg, the son of the playwright Walter Harlan. A student of Max Reinhardt's school, he went on stage in 1915, then acted at the Volksbühne in Berlin and in films. Having moved into directing in the mid-thirties, he became one of the principal directors of the Nazi regime, for which he made propaganda films, including a commissioned antisemitic film. Married in 1939 to the Swedish actress Kristina Söderbaum, he gave her many leading roles. Prosecuted in 1949 for crimes against humanity, he was acquitted twice. He died in Capri in 1964.

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