In 1981, Gerd Heidemann, a war correspondent and reporter with the German magazine Stern, makes what he believes is the literary and historical scoop of the century: the personal diaries of Adolf Hitler. Over the next two years, Heidemann and the senior management figures at Stern secretly pay 10 million German marks to a mysterious 'Dr Fischer' for the sixty volumes of 'Hitler's diaries'. However, to the dismay of all, it is discovered after the publication of first extract that the diaries are crude forgeries, faked by Stuttgart criminal Konrad Kujau.
Stars: Jonathan Pryce, Alexei Sayle, Alan Bennett, Tom Baker, Alison Doody, Roger Lloyd Pack
Crew: Alastair Reid (Director)
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
Studio: Thames Television, Warner Sisters Productions, ITV, Euston Films
Runtime: 256 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Jun 11, 1991
IMDb: 4
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