The Nightmare Years

The Nightmare Years
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
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)

The Nightmare Years is a 1984 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 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.

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 (1989-09-17)	Unknown
2	"Part 2"	Anthony Page	Ian Curteis	September 18, 1989 (1989-09-18)	Unknown
3	"Part 3"	Anthony Page	Ian Curteis	September 19, 1989 (1989-09-19)	Unknown
4	"Part 4"	Anthony Page	Ian Curteis	September 20, 1989 (1989-09-20)	Unknown

References

1. The Nightmare Years 1930-1940. Little, Brown and Company. January 1984. ISBN   978-0-316-78703-1.
2. Ladd, Patty (September 16, 1989). "TNT's first dramatic miniseries looks at pre-war Germany". Eugene Register-Guard (The Register-Guard). Retrieved February 3, 2016.
3. 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.^{[ dead link ]}

External links

• The Nightmare Years at IMDb