Faking Hitler

German television miniseries (2021)

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Faking Hitler is a German television miniseries that was released on RTL+ on 30 November 2021. It is a partial dramatization of the events surrounding the publication of the forged Hitler Diaries in the early 1980s.^[1] The title Faking Hitler was interpreted as an allusion to the book Selling Hitler: The Story of the Hitler Diaries (1986) by Robert Harris and the 1991 series of the same name.^[2]

Plot

In 1981, Gerd Heidemann a reporter with the German magazine Stern, discovers what he believes are the multi-volume diaries of Adolf Hitler, persuading Stern to purchase and serialize them. Although eminent historians such as Hugh Trevor-Roper had verified the diaries as authentic, it is discovered after the publication of the first extract that the diaries are crude forgeries by Stuttgart criminal Konrad Kujau.

Production

The miniseries was shot in Hamburg and North Rhine-Westphalia from April 7 to May 29, 2021.^[3] On October 23, 2021, the miniseries premiered at the Filmpalast in Cologne as part of Film Festival Cologne.^[4]

Awards

The series was nominated for the 2022 Venice TV Award.^[5]

References

^ Craig, David (24 February 2023). "Is Faking Hitler based on a true story? Hitler Diaries hoax explained". Radio Times. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
^ Nicole Ankelmann. "Von Nazis, Narzissten und gefallenen Helden" (in German). Retrieved 2022-10-05.
^ "Faking Hitler". Crew United. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
^ "FAKING HITLER". UFA (in German). UFA GmbH. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
^ "TV SERIES". Venice TV Award. Retrieved 29 April 2023.