Alternative facts and false propaganda – they are of all times. In WW II, the Nazis made filmmaker Jan Teunissen the most powerful man in the Dutch film industry.
As head of the Film Department of the SS and the Dutch Nazi party the NSB and as leader of the Dutch Film Guild, Jan Teunissen (1898-1975) became the most powerful man in the Dutch film industry during World War II. Before the war, Teunissen, known as the ‘Dutch Leni Riefenstahl’, was a well-known filmmaker. What drove him to the Nazi regime? This documentary incorporates archive footage and previously unpublished audio interviews to investigate the roots and operations of propaganda. A film about unbridled ambition looking for a vent and the manipulative power of film – timeless themes that resonate in the present. Best Dutch film at IDFA 2024.
Credits
Skip creditsDirector
Producer
Executive producer
Script
Camera
Montage
Sound editing
Sound Design
Set geluid
Visual Effects
Bekijk trailer
Gouden Kalf nominees
Best Documentary Feature Film (2025)
Luuk Bouwman
Best Documentary Feature Film (2025)
Ilja Roomans
NFF Archive
You are now in the NFF Archive. The archive contains contains information on film, TV and interactive productions that were screened at past festival editions. The NFF does not dispose of this material. For this, please contact the producer, distributor or broadcaster. Sometimes, older films can also be found at the Eye Film Museum or the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision.
Stills
