Originally published as Veit Harlan: "des Teufels Regisser" by Belleville (München) in 2000.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Author's note -- Introduction: Individualist in a totalitarian state -- Part 1. The father -- The son -- Youth culture -- Lights, camera, action -- Kunz versus Cohn -- The interview -- Telling others how to act -- Learning the alphabet -- Prestige -- Politics -- The girl in the water -- Adultery -- Part 2. The trap -- The catastrophe of success -- Blood and soil -- The German soul -- Frenzy -- Opfergang -- Perseverance -- Part 3. In the ruins of the reich -- The trial -- The second trial -- Heimatfilm noir -- Exile -- Youth culture revisited -- Exhaustion -- Epilogue: "Hitler, Harlan, Honecker" -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix: Quotes on Harlan