About Selling Hitler
- Released on June 11, 1991
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.
Full Cast of Selling Hitler
Jonathan Pryce plays Gerd Heidemann
Alexei Sayle plays Konrad 'Conny' Fischer
Alan Bennett plays Hugh Trevor-Roper
Tom Baker plays Manfred Fischer
Alison Doody plays Gina Heidemann
Roger Lloyd Pack plays David Irving
Richard Wilson plays Henri Nannen
Peter Capaldi plays Thomas Walde
Julie T. Wallace plays Edith Lieblang
Barry Humphries plays Rupert Murdoch
John Shrapnel plays Gerd Schulte-Hillen
Alison Steadman plays Edda Goering
Frederick Jaeger plays Fritz Stiefel
Olivier Pierre plays Peter Koch
Thomas Wheatley plays Jan Hensmann
John Paul plays Karl Wolff
Philip Fox plays Leo Pesch
Philip Bowen plays Wilfried Sorge
Elaine Collins plays Maria Modritsch
Gregory de Polnay plays Philip Knightley
Tristram Jellinek plays Magnus Linklater
James Aubrey plays Congo Randy
Anthony Dawson plays Marquis of Bath
Michael Lees plays Hans Bauer
Ralph Michael plays Wilhelm Mohnke
Hugh Futcher plays Sidney Mayer
Jill Balcon plays Lady Alexandra Dacre
Hugh Simon plays Peter Kuehsel
Tony Sibbald plays Maynard Parker
Gabrielle Blunt plays Gerda Christian
Norman Chancer plays Gerhard Weinberg
Janet Crawford plays Mrs Fritz Stiefel
Devon Scott plays Barbara Dickmann
Michael Elwyn plays Brian MacArthur
Trevor Baxter plays Frank Giles
Edwin Craig plays William Broyles
Caroline Strong plays Valkyrie
Elizabeth Spender plays Valkyrie
John Quentin plays Selling Hitler
Crew of Selling Hitler
Directing
- Jonathan Pryce
- Alexei Sayle
- Alan Bennett
- Tom Baker
- Alison Doody
- Roger Lloyd Pack
- Richard Wilson
- Peter Capaldi
- Julie T. Wallace
- Barry Humphries
- John Shrapnel
- Alison Steadman
- Frederick Jaeger
- Olivier Pierre
- Thomas Wheatley
- John Paul
- Philip Fox
- Philip Bowen
- Elaine Collins
- Gregory de Polnay
- Tristram Jellinek
- James Aubrey
- Anthony Dawson
- Michael Lees
- Ralph Michael
- Hugh Futcher
- Jill Balcon
- Hugh Simon
- Tony Sibbald
- Gabrielle Blunt
- Norman Chancer
- Janet Crawford
- Devon Scott
- Michael Elwyn
- Trevor Baxter
- Edwin Craig
- Caroline Strong
- Elizabeth Spender
- John Quentin