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In 1981, [[Gerd Heidemann]], a [[war correspondent]] and [[Journalism|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 mark]]s to a mysterious [[Konrad Kujau|'Dr Fischer']] for the sixty volumes of 'Hitler's diaries', plus a "special volume" about [[Rudolf Hess]]'s flight to the [[United Kingdom]], covering the period from 1932 to 1945. Some of the money is made as payment to 'Dr Fischer', but the larger propotion goes into Heidemann's own pocket, to finance his extravagent lifestyle and collection of [[World War II]] memorabilia, including the yacht of [[Hermann Göring]]. However, to the dismay of all, after the first extract is published it is revealed that the diaries are crude forgeries, faked by [[Stuttgart]] criminal [[Konrad Kujau]]. |
In 1981, [[Gerd Heidemann]], a [[war correspondent]] and [[Journalism|reporter]] with the German magazine ''[[Stern (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 mark]]s to a mysterious [[Konrad Kujau|'Dr Fischer']] for the sixty volumes of 'Hitler's diaries', plus a "special volume" about [[Rudolf Hess]]'s flight to the [[United Kingdom]], covering the period from 1932 to 1945. Some of the money is made as payment to 'Dr Fischer', but the larger propotion goes into Heidemann's own pocket, to finance his extravagent lifestyle and collection of [[World War II]] memorabilia, including the yacht of [[Hermann Göring]]. However, to the dismay of all, after the first extract is published it is revealed that the diaries are crude forgeries, faked by [[Stuttgart]] criminal [[Konrad Kujau]]. |
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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
Plot
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', plus a "special volume" about Rudolf Hess's flight to the United Kingdom, covering the period from 1932 to 1945. Some of the money is made as payment to 'Dr Fischer', but the larger propotion goes into Heidemann's own pocket, to finance his extravagent lifestyle and collection of World War II memorabilia, including the yacht of Hermann Göring. However, to the dismay of all, after the first extract is published it is revealed that the diaries are crude forgeries, faked by Stuttgart criminal Konrad Kujau.
Cast
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]
References
- ^ Selling Hitler at IMDb