The Nightmare Years
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.
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10 unique people credited
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Sam Waterston
as Willam 'Bill' L. Shirer
Marthe Keller
as Tess Shirer
Cecelia Kindelan
as Eileen Shirer
Kurtwood Smith
as Dr. Josef Goebbels
Frances Barber
as Helga Bauer
Ronald Pickup
as Ernst 'Putzi' Hanfstaengl
Peter Jeffrey
as Norman Ebbutt
Frederick Jaeger
as Wilfred Bade
Gunther Maria Halmer
as Kellenbach
Ronald Lacey
as Emil Luger
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