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The Nightmare Years
The Nightmare Years is a 1984 book by William L. Shirer, recounting his pre-WW2 years as a journalist in Nazi Germany.
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| Docudrama |
| The Nightmare Yearsby William L. Shirer |
| Ian Curteis |
| Christian WilliamsBob Woodward |
| Anthony Page |
| Sam WaterstonMarthe KellerKurtwood Smith |
| Vladimir Cosma |
| United States |
| English |
| 4 |
| Boudjemaa DahmaneJacques MéthéGerald Rafshoon |
| Graham Ford |
| Budapest, Hungary |
| Ernest Vincze |
| Keith Palmer |
| 400 minutes |
| Consolidated ProductionsFinnegan/Pinchuk ProductionsRafshoon Communications |
| $12 million |
| Turner Network Television |
| September 17 (1989-09-17) –September 20, 1989 (1989-09-20) |
The Nightmare Years is a 1984 book by William L. Shirer, recounting his pre-WW2 years as a journalist in Nazi Germany.
It is also a 1989 American television miniseries directed by Anthony Page. It stars Sam Waterston as Shirer, the American reporter stationed in Nazi Germany in the 1930s. The supporting cast comprises Marthe Keller, Kurtwood Smith, Ronald Pickup, Peter Jeffrey, Walter Gotell and Garrick Hagon.
The miniseries premiered on Turner Network Television on September 17, 1989, as a four-part miniseries and was later released on VHS. As of 2014, there are limited versions of the series on DVD.
- Sam Waterston as William L. Shirer
- Marthe Keller as Tess Shirer
- Kurtwood Smith as Joseph Goebbels
- Ronald Pickup as Ernst Hanfstaengl
- Peter Jeffrey as Norman Ebbutt
- Frederick Jaeger as Wilfred Bade
- Walter Gotell as Werner von Fritsch
- Garrick Hagon as Edward R. Murrow
- Michael Wolf as Hermann Göring
- Frances Barber as Helga Bauer
Principal photography took place in Budapest, Hungary. The production budget of the miniseries cost $12 million, of which TNT bought the television rights for $3 million.
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | U.S. viewers(millions) |
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| "Part 1" | Anthony Page | Ian Curteis | September 17, 1989 (1989-09-17) | Unknown | |
| "Part 2" | Anthony Page | Ian Curteis | September 18, 1989 (1989-09-18) | Unknown | |
| "Part 3" | Anthony Page | Ian Curteis | September 19, 1989 (1989-09-19) | Unknown | |
| "Part 4" | Anthony Page | Ian Curteis | September 20, 1989 (1989-09-20) | Unknown |
- The Nightmare Years at IMDb
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