简介：AsanatoryinthesouthofGermany,aroomwithaviewtotheBavarianAlpes.Talkingtothecamera:ThomasHarlan,authorandfilmmaker,adventurer,Nazihunter.Hetalks,tellsstories,reflects,interruptshimself.Animaginatedfilm:atripthroughMoscow,ameetingwithHitler,"languageasacathedrale",West-Germany'srehabilitationofwarcriminals,protestactions,theconflictswithhisfatherVeitHarlan,thedirectorofthenotoriousantisemiticpropagandafilmJudSuess. ThomasHarlan,filmmaker,authorandrevolutionarywasbornin1929inGermany.HisfatherwastheinfamouspropagandafilmmakerVeitHarlan,directorofJewSuess.Duringhischildhood,asaresultofhisfather'sclosenesstotheNaziParty,thelittleThomascamefacetofacewithHitlerandGoebbels.Nowanoldfrailman,HarlanlivesinarespiratoryclinicinBerchtesgaden.ItisinthisclinicinSouthGermanythathe,alongwithdocumentaryfilmmakerChristophHübner,examinesfragmentsofhispast. AftertheSecondWorldWarHarlanmovedtoBerlinandthentoFrance.HemetwithGillesDeleuzeandKlausKinski,wroteplays,poetryandprose,engagedinleftwingdiscoursesandin1959inPolandhebeganarchivalresearchintotheNationalSocialistregime.Thisresearchledtotheprosecutionofmorethan2,000Germanwarcriminals.ThepiecesofHarlan'sliferevealedtousinthisfascinatingdocumentaryare,hesays,likeshrapnel:theyenterthebodyviolentlyandcancauselong-termpainandaggravation. "IcameacrossThomasHarlanforthefirsttimeinthecourseofaretrospectiveofhisfilmsattheMunichFilmMuseum.Foralongerperiodoftime,Ihadmyselfbeenworkingonthesubjectof'childrenandgrand-childrenoftheNaziPeriod.'IdrovetoMunichtomeetThomasHarlanandwedecidedtoworkonafilmtogether."(ChristophHübner)…