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'''Selling Hitler''' is a 1991 [[ITV]] television drama-documentary mini-series about the [[Hitler Diaries]] hoax and was based on [[Robert Harris]]'s 1986 book ''Selling Hitler: The Story of the Hitler Diaries''
'''Selling Hitler''' is a 1991 [[ITV]] television drama-documentary mini-series about the [[Hitler Diaries]] hoax and was based on [[Robert Harris]]'s 1986 book ''Selling Hitler: The Story of the Hitler Diaries''


The five-part series was directed by [[Alastair Reid (director)|Alastair Reid]] and starred [[Jonathan Pryce]] as [[Gerd Heidemann]], [[Alexei Sayle]] as [[Konrad Kujau]], [[Tom Baker]] as [[Gruner + Jahr]] Chairman [[Manfred Fischer]], [[Alan Bennett]] as [[Hugh Trevor-Roper]], [[Roger Lloyd Pack]] as [[David Irving]], [[Richard Wilson (Scottish actor)|Richard Wilson]] as [[Henri Nannen]] [[Alison Doody]] as Gina Heidemann, [[Julie T. Wallace]] as Edith Lieblang, [[Peter Capaldi]] as Thomas Walde, [[John Shrapnel]] as Gerd Schulte-Hillen, [[Philip Fox]] as Leo Pesch, John Boswall as August Priesack, [[John Paul]] as [[Karl Wolff]] and [[Barry Humphries]] as [[Rupert Murdoch]]. The series, which ''[[The Guardian]]'' described as "a rollicking comedy with black edges," was released on [[Region 1]] DVD in July 2010.<ref>{{imdb title|id=0124256|title=Selling Hitler}}</ref>
The five-part series was directed by [[Alastair Reid (director)|Alastair Reid]] and starred [[Jonathan Pryce]] as [[Gerd Heidemann]], [[Alexei Sayle]] as [[Konrad Kujau]], [[Tom Baker]] as [[Gruner + Jahr]] Chairman [[Manfred Fischer]], [[Alan Bennett]] as [[Hugh Trevor-Roper]], [[Roger Lloyd Pack]] as [[David Irving]], [[Richard Wilson (Scottish actor)|Richard Wilson]] as [[Henri Nannen]] [[Alison Doody]] as Gina Heidemann, [[Julie T. Wallace]] as Edith Lieblang, [[Peter Capaldi]] as Thomas Walde, [[John Shrapnel]] as Gerd Schulte-Hillen, [[Philip Fox (actor)|Philip Fox]] as Leo Pesch, John Boswall as August Priesack, [[John Paul (actor)|John Paul]] as [[Karl Wolff]] and [[Barry Humphries]] as [[Rupert Murdoch]]. The series, which ''[[The Guardian]]'' described as "a rollicking comedy with black edges," was released on [[Region 1]] DVD in July 2010.<ref>{{imdb title|id=0124256|title=Selling Hitler}}</ref>


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Revision as of 19:07, 27 November 2010

Selling Hitler is a 1991 ITV television drama-documentary mini-series about the Hitler Diaries hoax and was based on Robert Harris's 1986 book Selling Hitler: The Story of the Hitler Diaries

The five-part series was directed by Alastair Reid and starred Jonathan Pryce as Gerd Heidemann, Alexei Sayle as Konrad Kujau, Tom Baker as Gruner + Jahr Chairman Manfred Fischer, Alan Bennett as Hugh Trevor-Roper, Roger Lloyd Pack as David Irving, Richard Wilson as Henri Nannen Alison Doody as Gina Heidemann, Julie T. Wallace as Edith Lieblang, Peter Capaldi as Thomas Walde, John Shrapnel as Gerd Schulte-Hillen, Philip Fox as Leo Pesch, John Boswall as August Priesack, John Paul as Karl Wolff and Barry Humphries as Rupert Murdoch. The series, which The Guardian described as "a rollicking comedy with black edges," was released on Region 1 DVD in July 2010.[1]

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