The Nightmare Years
| The Nightmare Years | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Docudrama |
| Based on |
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer |
| Screenplay by | Ian Curteis |
| Story by |
Christian Williams Bob Woodward |
| Directed by | Anthony Page |
| Starring |
Sam Waterston Marthe Keller Kurtwood Smith |
| Composer(s) | Vladimir Cosma |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of episodes | 4 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Boudjemaa Dahmane Jacques Méthé Gerald Rafshoon |
| Producer(s) | Graham Ford |
| Location(s) | Budapest, Hungary |
| Cinematography | Ernest Vincze |
| Editor(s) | Keith Palmer |
| Running time | 400 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
Consolidated Productions Finnegan/Pinchuk Productions Rafshoon Communications |
| Distributor |
Consolidated Productions Turner Home Entertainment |
| Budget | $12 million |
| Release | |
| Original network | Turner Network Television |
| Original release | September 17 – September 20, 1989 |
The Nightmare Years is book by William L. Shirer, recounting his pre-WW2 years as a journalist in Nazi Germany. [1]
It is also a 1989 American television miniseries directed by Anthony Page. It stars Sam Waterston as William Shirer, the American reporter who was stationed in Nazi Germany in the 1930s. The supporting cast consists of 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 some limited versions of the series on DVD.
Cast
- 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
Production
Principal photography took place in Budapest, Hungary.[2] The production budget of the miniseries cost $12 million, of which TNT bought the television rights for $3 million.[3]
Episodes
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Part 1" | Anthony Page | Ian Curteis | September 17, 1989 | Unknown |
| 2 | "Part 2" | Anthony Page | Ian Curteis | September 18, 1989 | Unknown |
| 3 | "Part 3" | Anthony Page | Ian Curteis | September 19, 1989 | Unknown |
| 4 | "Part 4" | Anthony Page | Ian Curteis | September 20, 1989 | Unknown |
References
- ↑ https://www.amazon.com/Nightmare-Years-1930-1940-William-Shirer/dp/B002A4A56S/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8
- ↑ Ladd, Patty (September 16, 1989). "TNT's first dramatic miniseries looks at pre-war Germany". Eugene Register-Guard (The Register-Guard). Google News Archive. Retrieved February 3, 2016.
- ↑ Salmas, Eileen Becker (August 15, 1989). "International co-productions: co-productions not only enable cable networks to amass more production money, they also enable creative collaboration. (includes related articles)". Cable Television Business. HighBeam Research. Retrieved February 3, 2016. (subscription required (help)).