In 1981, Gerd Heidemann (Jonathan Pryce), 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' (Alexei Sayle) 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.
Credits
Selling Hitler Cast
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Character |
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Jonathan Pryce
He was 43, now 77 years old
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as Gerd Heidemann |
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Alison Doody
She was 24, now 58 years old
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as Gina Heidemann |
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Alan Bennett
He was 56, now 90 years old
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as Hugh Trevor-Roper |
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Barry Humphries
He was 56, now 90 years old
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as Rupert Murdoch |
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John Shrapnel
He was 48, 77 years old when he died
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as Gerd Schulte-Hillen |
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Roger Lloyd Pack
He was 46, 69 years old when he died
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as David Irving |
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Anthony Dawson
He was 74, 75 years old when he died
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as Marquis of Bath |
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Peter Capaldi
He was 33, now 66 years old
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as Thomas Walde |
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Julie T. Wallace
She was 29, now 63 years old
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as Edith Lieblang |
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Alison Steadman
She was 44, now 78 years old
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as Edda Goering |
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Tom Baker
He was 56, now 90 years old
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as Manfred Fischer |
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John Quentin
He was 56, now 89 years old
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as Selling Hitler |
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Frederick Jaeger
He was 62, 76 years old when he died
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as Fritz Stiefel |
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Alexei Sayle
He was 38, now 72 years old
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as Konrad 'Conny' Fischer |
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Tony Sibbald
He was 54, 75 years old when he died
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as Maynard Parker |
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Richard Wilson
He was 277, 278 years old when he died
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as Henri Nannen |
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James Aubrey
He was 43, 62 years old when he died
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as Congo Randy |
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Norman Chancer
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as Gerhard Weinberg |
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John Paul
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as Karl Wolff |
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Michael Elwyn
He was 48, now 82 years old
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as Brian MacArthur |
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Edwin Craig
He was 53, now 87 years old
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as William Broyles |
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Devon Scott
She was 32, now 65 years old
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as Barbara Dickmann |
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Olivier Pierre
He was 37, now 71 years old
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as Peter Koch |
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Trevor Baxter
He was 58, 84 years old when he died
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as Frank Giles |
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Thomas Wheatley
He was 170, 62 years old when he died
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as Jan Hensmann |
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Gabrielle Blunt
She was 71, 95 years old when she died
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as Gerda Christian |
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Tristram Jellinek
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as Magnus Linklater |
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Jill Balcon
She was 65, 84 years old when she died
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as Lady Alexandra Dacre |
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Ralph Michael
He was 83, 87 years old when he died
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as Wilhelm Mohnke |
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Caroline Strong
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as Valkyrie |
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Philip Fox
He was 112, 66 years old when he died
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as Leo Pesch |
Selling Hitler Crew
| Name |
Department |
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Alastair Reid as Director. He was 64 (85) years old when He died
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Directing |
