Selling Hitler

Overview

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 of the Third Reich and tries to convince the world, making a fortune for himself in the process.

Seasons

Cast

Alison Doody

Gina Heidemann

Alan Bennett

Hugh Trevor-Roper

Alexei Sayle

Konrad 'Conny' Fischer

Richard Wilson

Henri Nannen

Roger Lloyd Pack

David Irving

Tom Baker

Manfred Fischer

Peter Capaldi

Thomas Walde

Jonathan Pryce

Gerd Heidemann