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FILM DIRECTOR

Veit Harlan

1899 - 1964

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Veit Harlan (22 September 1899 – 13 April 1964) was a German film director and actor. Harlan reached the highpoint of his career as a director in the Nazi era; most notably his antisemitic film Jud Süß (1940) makes him controversial. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Veit Harlan has received more than 267,167 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Veit Harlan is the 378th most popular film director (down from 349th in 2019), the 1,975th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,839th in 2019) and the 17th most popular German Film Director.

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  • 55.70

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.38

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.48

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Veit Harlan ranks 378 out of 1,581. Before him are Alexander Korda, Luigi Comencini, Gene Deitch, Bo Widerberg, Michael Apted, and Georgiy Daneliya. After him are Adrian Lyne, Sofia Coppola, Robert Benton, Emilio Fernández, Philippe Garrel, and Jacques Audiard.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Veit Harlan ranks 83. Before him are Pavel Haas, Irving Thalberg, Artur da Costa e Silva, Nikolay Voronov, Akim Tamiroff, and Hans Krása. After him are Hans Swarowsky, Wolf Messing, Lotte Reiniger, Nicolas Frantz, Eugene Ormandy, and Wilhelm Röpke. Among people deceased in 1964, Veit Harlan ranks 55. Before him are Tatyana Afanasyeva, Vladko Maček, Anna Vyrubova, Francisco Craveiro Lopes, Prince Axel of Denmark, and Heinz Jost. After him are Hugo Koblet, Bechara El Khoury, Gustav-Adolf von Zangen, Jean Fautrier, Flaminio Bertoni, and Gerald Gardner.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Veit Harlan ranks 1,975 out of 6,142. Before him are Theodor Lipps (1851), Louis VI, Elector Palatine (1539), Louis IV, Elector Palatine (1424), Gottfried Silbermann (1683), Heinrich Daniel Ruhmkorff (1803), and Wilhelm Adam (1877). After him are Wilhelm Schmidt (1868), Helmuth Plessner (1892), Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck (1948), Princess Isabella of Bavaria (1863), Joanna Sophia of Bavaria (1373), and Anna Maria of the Palatinate (1561).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Germany

Among film directors born in Germany, Veit Harlan ranks 17. Before him are Max Ophüls (1902), Robert Siodmak (1900), Thea von Harbou (1888), Douglas Sirk (1897), Margarethe von Trotta (1942), and Mike Nichols (1931). After him are Lotte Reiniger (1899), Gustaf Gründgens (1899), Wolfgang Reitherman (1909), Oskar Fischinger (1900), Peter Stein (1937), and Alexander Kluge (1932).

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Filmography

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