Inside the Third Reich is a 1982 television film based on the book Inside the Third Reich by Albert Speer directed by Marvin J. Chomsky.[1] It was originally broadcast on network television by the American Broadcasting Company (ABC).
Inside the Third Reich | |
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Based on | Inside the Third Reich by Albert Speer |
Written by | E. Jack Neuman |
Directed by | Marvin J. Chomsky |
Starring | Rutger Hauer Derek Jacobi Blythe Danner John Gielgud Ian Holm Elke Sommer Trevor Howard Robert Vaughn Renée Soutendijk |
Theme music composer | Fred Karlin |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Producer | E. Jack Neuman |
Cinematography | Tony Imi |
Editors | Richard Belding Les Green James T. Heckert |
Running time | 250 minutes |
Production company | ABC Circle Films |
Original release | |
Network | ABC |
Release | May 9, 1982 |
Speer was portrayed in the movie by Rutger Hauer, Joseph Goebbels by Ian Holm, Randy Quaid as Putzi Hanfstaengel, and Adolf Hitler by Derek Jacobi, a role for which he was nominated for an Emmy. The miniseries did win two Emmy Awards for Outstanding Film Sound Editing and Outstanding Directing in a Limited Series or a Special; DGA also outstanding directorial achievement in dramatic specials.
Cast
edit- Rutger Hauer - Albert Speer
- John Gielgud - Albert Speer Sr.
- Maria Schell - Mrs. Speer
- Blythe Danner - Margarete Speer
- Trevor Howard - Professor Heinrich Tessenow
- Derek Jacobi - Adolf Hitler
- Randy Quaid - Putzi Hanfstaengl
- Stephen Collins - Karl Hanke
- Ian Holm - Joseph Goebbels
- Elke Sommer - Magda Goebbels
- Renée Soutendijk - Eva Braun
- Robert Vaughn - Field Marshal Erhard Milch
- Viveca Lindfors - Gypsy Woman
- Zoë Wanamaker - Annemarie Kempf
- Michael Gough - Bernhard Rust
- Mort Sahl - Werner Finck
- Maurice Roëves - Rudolf Hess
- Derek Newark - Martin Bormann
- George Murcell - Hermann Göring
- David Shawyer - Heinrich Himmler
- Hans Meyer - Ernst Kaltenbrunner
External links
editReferences
edit- ^ Friedman, Jonathan C. (2022-03-14). Haunted Laughter: Representations of Adolf Hitler, the Third Reich, and the Holocaust in Comedic Film and Television. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 72. ISBN 978-1-7936-4016-1.