Faking Hitler
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Faking Hitler is a German television miniseries that was released on RTL+ on 30 November 2021. It is a partial dramatization of the events surrounding the publication of the forged Hitler Diaries in the early 1980s.[1] The title Faking Hitler was interpreted as an allusion to the book Selling Hitler: The Story of the Hitler Diaries (1986) by Robert Harris and the 1991 series of the same name.[2]
Plot
[edit]In 1981, Gerd Heidemann a reporter with the German magazine Stern, discovers what he believes are the multi-volume diaries of Adolf Hitler, persuading Stern to purchase and serialize them. Although eminent historians such as Hugh Trevor-Roper had verified the diaries as authentic, it is discovered after the publication of the first extract that the diaries are crude forgeries by Stuttgart criminal Konrad Kujau.
Production
[edit]The miniseries was shot in Hamburg and North Rhine-Westphalia from April 7 to May 29, 2021.[3] On October 23, 2021, the miniseries premiered at the Filmpalast in Cologne as part of Film Festival Cologne.[4]
Awards
[edit]The series was nominated for the 2022 Venice TV Award.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Craig, David (24 February 2023). "Is Faking Hitler based on a true story? Hitler Diaries hoax explained". Radio Times. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
- ^ Nicole Ankelmann. "Von Nazis, Narzissten und gefallenen Helden" (in German). Retrieved 2022-10-05.
- ^ "Faking Hitler". Crew United. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
- ^ "FAKING HITLER". UFA (in German). UFA GmbH. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
- ^ "TV SERIES". Venice TV Award. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
See also
[edit]- Schtonk!, 1992 German comedy film about the same subject matter
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