Selling Hitler
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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'. 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.
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Jonathan Pryce
Gerd Heidemann
Known for
Game of Thrones
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Alexei Sayle
Konrad 'Conny' Fischer
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Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
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Alan Bennett
Hugh Trevor-Roper
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In Love and War
Tom Baker
Manfred Fischer
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Alison Doody
Gina Heidemann
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Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
RRR
Roger Lloyd Pack
David Irving
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
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Richard Wilson
Henri Nannen
Known for
Merlin
Gulliver's Travels
Peter Capaldi
Thomas Walde
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Doctor Who
World War Z
Julie T. Wallace
Edith Lieblang
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The Fifth Element
The Living Daylights
Barry Humphries
Rupert Murdoch
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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Finding Nemo
John Shrapnel
Gerd Schulte-Hillen
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Gladiator
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Alison Steadman
Edda Goering
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Alastair Reid Director
First release April 20, 1993 · Produced in United Kingdom · Production Warner Sisters Productions, ITV
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Thames Television
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Warner Sisters Productions
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ITV
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Euston Films
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United Kingdom
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English
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English
Release dates
Germany · April 20, 1993
TV · West 3
No release date listed for United States.
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