The Nightmare Years

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GenreDocudrama
Based onThe Nightmare Years
by William L. Shirer
Screenplay byIan Curteis
Story byChristian Williams
Bob Woodward
The Nightmare Years
GenreDocudrama
Based onThe Nightmare Years
by William L. Shirer
Screenplay byIan Curteis
Story byChristian Williams
Bob Woodward
Directed byAnthony Page
StarringSam Waterston
Marthe Keller
Kurtwood Smith
ComposerVladimir Cosma
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes4
Production
Executive producersBoudjemaa Dahmane
Jacques Méthé
Gerald Rafshoon
ProducerGraham Ford
Production locationsBudapest, Hungary
CinematographyErnest Vincze
EditorKeith Palmer
Running time400 minutes
Production companiesConsolidated Productions
Finnegan/Pinchuk Productions
Rafshoon Communications
Budget$12 million
Original release
NetworkTurner Network Television
ReleaseSeptember 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.

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]

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