Overview
American journalist William Shirer, during his days of correspondence as a foreign press in report in 1930s Germany, had to deal with the growing oppression of the Nazi regime, the increasing censorship of the press, and finally the prospect of World War. In the last days of peace, Shirer also struggles to have his German wife and child escape to the United States.
Cast
- Sam Waterston as Bill Shirer
- Marthe Keller as Tess Shirer
- Kurtwood Smith as Dr. Josef Goebbels
- Frances Barber as Helga Bauer
- Péter Benkő as Putzi's Agent
- Bruce Boa as Nick Roosevelt
- Ottilia Borbáth as Nurse
- Bill Bailey as Knick Knickerbocker