The Nightmare Years

The Nightmare Years
Genre Docudrama
Based on The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich 
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(s) Vladimir Cosma
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
No. of episodes 4 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s) Boudjemaa Dahmane
Jacques Méthé
Gerald Rafshoon
Producer(s) Graham Ford
Editor(s) Keith Palmer
Location(s) Budapest, Hungary
Cinematography Ernest Vincze
Running time 400 minutes
Production company(s) Consolidated Productions
Finnegan/Pinchuk Productions
Rafshoon Communications
Distributor Consolidated Productions
Turner Home Entertainment
Budget $12 million
Release
Original network Turner Network Television
Original release September 17, 1989 (1989-09-17) – September 20, 1989 (1989-09-20)

The Nightmare Years is a 1989 American television miniseries directed by Anthony Page. It stars Sam Waterston as William L. Shirer, an American reporter who was stationed in Nazi Germany in the 1930s. The supporting cast consists of 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 some limited versions of the series on DVD.

Cast

Production

Principal photography took place in Budapest, Hungary.[1] The production budget of the miniseries cost $12 million, of which TNT bought the television rights for $3 million.[2]

Episodes

No. Title Directed by Written by Original air date U.S. viewers
(millions)
1"Part 1"Anthony PageIan CurteisSeptember 17, 1989 (1989-09-17)Unknown
2"Part 2"Anthony PageIan CurteisSeptember 18, 1989 (1989-09-18)Unknown
3"Part 3"Anthony PageIan CurteisSeptember 19, 1989 (1989-09-19)Unknown
4"Part 4"Anthony PageIan CurteisSeptember 20, 1989 (1989-09-20)Unknown

References

  1. Ladd, Patty (September 16, 1989). "TNT's first dramatic miniseries looks at pre-war Germany". Eugene Register-Guard (The Register-Guard) (Google News Archive). Retrieved February 3, 2016.
  2. 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. (subscription required (help)).

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