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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.
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.
Murdoch gets cagey during negotiations, his expert gets cold feet, and Stern's big press conference turns nasty. 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.
Jan 1, 1986 · Selling Hitler. Robert Harris. 3.96. 1,784 ratings156 reviews. Chronicles the story of the creation, manufacture, and sale of the fraudulent "Hitler Diaries," a con game that successfully fooled leading historians and publishers because of their obsession with the Nazi mystique. Genres Nonfiction History Germany True Crime World War II Crime War.
Episode #1.1: Directed by Alastair Reid. With Jonathan Pryce, Alexei Sayle, Alison Doody, Alison Steadman. Stern journalist Gerd "The Bloodhound" Heidemann picks up the scent of his biggest scoop ever: a cache of documents handwritten by Hitler himself.
Heidemann convinces Stern magazine's owners to pay for his acquisition of Hitler's diaries. But they bankroll much more than they bargained for. 7.4/10. Rate. Seasons. Years. Top-rated. 1991. Top-rated.
APRIL 1983: In a bank vault in Switzerland, a German magazine offers to sell more than 50 volumes of Hitler's secret diaries. The asking price is $4 million. 40 years from the alleged discovery, Robert Harris chronicles the gripping tale of one of the biggest frauds in history.