Originally from Vienna, film journalist Harry Schein (1924 – 2006) was a close friend of Ingmar Bergman, Olof Palme’s tennis partner, and married to the “most beautiful woman in Sweden”, actress Ingrid Thulin. And he was a key innovator of the Swedish film subsidy infrastructure. With an abundance of archival footage and interviews, this film reconstructs the career trajectory of the flamboyant self-made man, who was also a guest at the Nordic Film Days Lübeck on several occasions. But Harry Schein could never entirely shake off the shadow of his past. After becoming the target of anti-Semitic attacks in his new homeland, he felt compelled to take a stand against xenophobic tendencies. With its brilliant editing, “Citizen Schein” is an intense and empathetic portrait of a pugnacious, conflicted character.