The Nightmare Years
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The Nightmare Years is a book by William L. Shirer, recounting his pre-WW2 years as a journalist in Nazi Germany. [1]
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The Nightmare Years | |
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Genre | Docudrama |
Based on | The Nightmare Years 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 | Vladimir Cosma |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of episodes | 4 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producers | Boudjemaa Dahmane Jacques Méthé Gerald Rafshoon |
Producer | Graham Ford |
Production locations | Budapest, Hungary |
Cinematography | Ernest Vincze |
Editor | Keith Palmer |
Running time | 400 minutes |
Production companies | Consolidated Productions Finnegan/Pinchuk Productions Rafshoon Communications |
Budget | $12 million |
Original release | |
Network | Turner Network Television |
Release | September 17 (1989-09-17) – September 20, 1989 (1989-09-20) |
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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.