The Nightmare Years

*The Nightmare Years*
The Nightmare Years
Genre	Docudrama
Based on	The Nightmare Years; 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	Vladimir Cosma
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of episodes	4 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Boudjemaa Dahmane; Jacques Méthé; Gerald Rafshoon
Producer	Graham Ford
Production locations	Budapest, Hungary
Cinematography	Ernest Vincze
Editor	Keith Palmer
Running time	400 minutes
Production companies	Consolidated Productions; Finnegan/Pinchuk Productions; Rafshoon Communications
Budget	$12 million
Original release
Network	Turner Network Television
Release	September 17 –; September 20, 1989

The Nightmare Years is a 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.

Cast

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]

Episodes

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

References

^ The Nightmare Years 1930-1940. Little, Brown and Company. January 1984. ISBN 978-0-316-78703-1.
^ Ladd, Patty (September 16, 1989). "TNT's first dramatic miniseries looks at pre-war Germany". Eugene Register-Guard (The Register-Guard). Retrieved February 3, 2016.
^ 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.^{[dead link‍]}

External links

The Nightmare Years at IMDb

[1] The Nightmare Years 1930-1940. Little, Brown and Company. January 1984. ISBN 978-0-316-78703-1.

[2] Ladd, Patty (September 16, 1989). "TNT's first dramatic miniseries looks at pre-war Germany". Eugene Register-Guard (The Register-Guard). Retrieved February 3, 2016.

[3] 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.^{[dead link‍]}

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v t e William L. Shirer
Books	Berlin Diary (1941) The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (1960) The Sinking of the Bismarck (1962) The Collapse of the Third Republic (1969) The Nightmare Years (1984)
Adaptations	The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (1968) The Nightmare Years (1989)