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Selling Hitler: With Jonathan Pryce, Alexei Sayle, Alison Doody, Julie T. Wallace. The true story of the biggest fraud in publishing history - the Hitler diaries.
- (150)
- 1991-06-11
- Comedy, Drama
- 60
Release. 11 June. ( 1991-06-11) –. 9 July 1991. ( 1991-07-09) Selling Hitler is a 1991 ITV television comedy-drama mini-series about the Hitler Diaries hoax and was based on Robert Harris 's 1986 book Selling Hitler: The Story of the Hitler Diaries .
- 5
- ITV
- 11 June –, 9 July 1991
Selling Hitler. Season 1. Based on a true story, this uproarious farce dramatizes the making of a modern-day publishing fiasco. Emmy nominee Jonathan Pryce (Brazil, Pirates of the Caribbean) stars as Gerd "The Bloodhound" Heidemann, a German reporter who sniffs out a scoop that will revive his stalled career: the lost diaries of Adolf Hitler.
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Tue, Jul 9, 1991. S1.E5. Episode #1.5. Murdoch gets cagey during negotiations, his expert gets cold feet, and Stern's big press conference turns nasty. 7.9/10. Rate. Top-rated. Tue, Jun 18, 1991. S1.E2. Episode #1.2. Heidemann convinces Stern magazine's owners to pay for his acquisition of Hitler's diaries.
1. Based on the book by Robert Harris, this is a comic-dramatisation of the true story of the one of the most famous forgery cases in the world, the infamous 'Hitler Diaries' of the early 1980s. Jonathan Pryce stars as the German journalist Gerd Heidemann who convinces himself that he has discovered a set of secret diaries written by the leader ...
Heidemann convinces Stern magazine's owners to pay for his acquisition of Hitler's diaries. But they bankroll much more than they bargained for.
