Veit Harlan is remembered on screen for work that changed what came after it.
The record lists Veit Harlan as German film director and actor (1899–1964).
Veit Harlan was born at Berlin in 1899. His recorded nationality is Germany.
The studio system was at its height in this period: contracts were long, the output was industrial, and a handful of studios decided who worked.
Veit Harlan is credited as film director, actor and screenwriter.
A film outlives its reviews, its budget and usually its studio; what remains is whether anyone still watches it.
That the work was made from Germany shaped it: national industries differ in what they finance, who they cast and which audiences they can reach.
Veit Harlan died in 1964, aged 65. The films remain, which is the only form in which a screen career survives.
Achievements
- Worked as film director, actor and screenwriter
