In April 1964, more than twenty years after the Nazis won World War II, S.S. officer Xavier March uncovers a plot to eliminate the attendees of the Wannsee Conference so that Germany can establish better relations with the U.S.
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- Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy. Another 3 wins & 4 nominations.
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| Rutger Hauer | ... |
March
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| Miranda Richardson | ... |
Charlie
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| Peter Vaughan | ... |
Nebe
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| Michael Kitchen | ... |
Jaeger
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| Jean Marsh | ... |
Anna Von Hagen
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| John Woodvine | ... |
Luther
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| John Shrapnel | ... |
General Globus
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| Clive Russell | ... |
Krebs
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| Clare Higgins | ... |
Klara
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Pavel Andel | ... |
Man in Dark Coat
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Petronella Barker | ... |
Guide Helga
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Sarah Berger | ... |
Leni Halder
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Jan Bidlas | ... |
Bellboy
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| Stuart Bunce | ... |
Blind Soldier
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| Charles De'Ath | ... |
Fake Porter
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| Neil Dudgeon | ... |
Sex Crimes Cop
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Rudolph Fleischer | ... |
Hitler
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| Garrick Hagon | ... |
Elliot
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| David Hatton | ... |
Short Man
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| Rupert Penry-Jones | ... |
Jost
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Jan Kohout | ... |
US President
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Rory Jennings | ... |
Pili
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Bob Mason | ... |
Coroner Eisler
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| David McAlister | ... |
Party Official Anchor
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Petr Meissel | ... |
Young Policeman
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Patrick Opaterny | ... |
Heinz
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| David Ryall | ... |
Administrator Kruger
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| Zdenka Sajfertová | ... |
Jaeger's Wife
(as Zdena Seifertova)
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| Michael Shannon | ... |
US Ambassador
(as Michael J. Shannon)
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| Milan Simácek | ... |
SS Man at Press Compound
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| Marek Vasut | ... |
SS Cadet Instructor
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| Jan Vlasák | ... |
First SS Man
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| Rupert Degas | ... |
Narrator (uncredited)
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| Ivo Novák | ... |
Bellboy (uncredited)
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Directed by
| Christopher Menaul | ||
Written by
| Robert Harris | ... | (novel) |
| Stanley Weiser | ... | (teleplay) and |
| Ron Hutchinson | ... | (teleplay) |
Produced by
| Gideon Amir | ... | line producer |
| Ilene Kahn Power | ... | producer (as Ilene Kahn) |
| Frederick Muller | ... | producer |
| Leo Zisman | ... | associate producer (as Leonid Zisman) |
Music by
| Gary Chang | ||
Cinematography by
| Peter Sova | ... | director of photography |
Editing by
| Tariq Anwar | ||
Editorial Department
| Martin Amrani | ... | production video editor |
| Claudia Schon Maier | ... | post-production coordinator (as Claudia Schön-Maier) |
| Tracey Wadmore-Smith | ... | associate editor |
Casting By
| Kathleen Mackie | ||
Production Design by
| Veronica Hadfield | ||
Art Direction by
| Martin Maly | ||
Costume Design by
| Barbara Lane | ||
Makeup Department
| Candida Conery | ... | key hairdresser |
| Jirí Farkas | ... | makeup artist |
| Eileen Kastner-Delago | ... | key make-up |
| Eva Ungrová-Malíková | ... | hairdresser (as Eva Malikova) |
Production Management
| Vaclav Eisenhamer | ... | production manager (as Vaclav Eisenhammer) |
| Mirek Lux | ... | production supervisor (as Miroslav Lux) |
| Tim Myers | ... | post-production supervisor |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Veronica Alweiss | ... | third assistant director |
| Krystof Hanzlík | ... | first assistant director: second unit (as Krystof Hanslik) |
| Terry Pearce | ... | second assistant director |
| Gary White | ... | first assistant director |
| Jan Zahumensky | ... | second assistant director: second unit |
| Leo Zisman | ... | first assistant director (as Leonid Zisman) |
Art Department
| Patrick Begley | ... | stand-by props |
| Francesco Chianese | ... | set dresser |
| Marek Dobrowolski | ... | visual consultant |
| Michael Fechner | ... | property master |
| Milena Koubkova | ... | assistant art director |
| Martin Rus | ... | assistant art director: second unit |
| Milan Sebo | ... | props assistant: second unit |
| Marek Sima | ... | props assistant: second unit |
Sound Department
| Christopher Ackland | ... | supervising sound editor |
| Peter Bond | ... | dialogue editor |
| Paul Conway | ... | digital adr editor |
| Nainita Desai | ... | assistant dialogue editor |
| Nigel Galt | ... | foley editor |
| Jacob Goldstein | ... | sound mixer |
| Rene Mikan | ... | boom operator |
| Grahame Peters | ... | assistant sound editor |
| Brian Saunders | ... | re-recording mixer |
| Iain Eyre | ... | assistant sound editor (uncredited) |
Special Effects by
| Jaroslav Stolba | ... | special effects coordinator |
Visual Effects by
| Syd Dutton | ... | special visual effects: Illusion Arts |
| Fumi Mashimo | ... | digital animator: Illusion Arts |
| Alan Munro | ... | visual effects designer |
| Richard Patterson | ... | digital supervisor: Illusion Arts |
| Robert Scifo | ... | digital matte paintings: Illusion Arts (as Bob Scifo) |
| Robert Stromberg | ... | digital matte paintings: Illusion Arts / visual effects supervisor: Illusion Arts |
| Catherine Sudolcan | ... | production coordinator: Illusion Arts |
| Bill Taylor | ... | special visual effects: Illusion Arts |
| David S. Williams Jr. | ... | digital compositing: Illusion Arts |
Stunts
| Ladislav Lahoda | ... | stunt coordinator |
| Jan Holicek | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
| Jiri Horky | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
| Blanka Jarosova | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
| Jindrich Klaus | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
| Dimo Lipitkovsky | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
| Jaroslav Peterka | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
| Leo Stransky | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Sven Arnstein | ... | stills |
| Vladimir Bursik | ... | best boy |
| Ivan Chalupa | ... | key grip |
| Jarda Cipera | ... | first assistant camera: second unit |
| Rory Flynn | ... | stills |
| Martin Grosup | ... | director of photography: second unit |
| Erik Heinila | ... | stills |
| Petr Hlinomaz | ... | gaffer |
| Ondrej Kubicek | ... | camera assistant (as Ondra Kubicek) |
| Jiri Maxa | ... | camera operator |
| John J. Moers | ... | second assistant camera |
| Stephen Morley | ... | stills (as Steven Morley) |
| Jiri Pechar | ... | steadicam operator |
| Jan Pester | ... | steadicam operator |
| Lubos Simecek | ... | best boy |
| Jirí Zavrel | ... | camera assistant |
Casting Department
| Jan Zahumensky | ... | casting: second unit |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
| Gabi Brown | ... | costume interpreter (as Gabriela Dolenska) |
| Hana Kucerova | ... | wardrobe assistant: second unit (as Hanka Kucerova) |
| Jaroslava Vesela | ... | wardrobe mistress |
| Jarmila Vyborna | ... | costume supervisor / first assistant wardrobe: second unit |
Location Management
| Martin Kuk | ... | location manager |
| Lada Viesnerova | ... | assistant location manager |
Music Department
| Richard Whitfield | ... | music editor |
| Sherry Whitfield | ... | music editor |
| Todd Hayen | ... | orchestrator (uncredited) |
| Maria Newman | ... | musician (uncredited) |
Script and Continuity Department
| Kathleen Mulligan | ... | script supervisor |
Transportation Department
| Tomas Safranek | ... | transportation coordinator |
| Václav Kocman | ... | driver (uncredited) |
Additional Crew
| Jane Biro | ... | unit publicist |
| Louis Brauer | ... | production assistant |
| Sabrina Calley | ... | production coordinator |
| Vicki Deason | ... | dialogue continuity script: post-production (as Vickie Manning) |
| Zdenek Flídr | ... | production assistant |
| Miroslav Fozo | ... | production assistant |
| Jerry Fricek | ... | production assistant: second unit / translator: second unit |
| Todd Grove | ... | production auditor |
| Kim Hillman | ... | production coordinator: second unit |
| Andrew Jack | ... | dialogue coach |
| Romana Maierova | ... | production secretary |
| Vera Matousova | ... | production translator (as Vera Frantikova) |
| Michelle McGuire | ... | production coordinator |
| Cindy Mori | ... | assistant accountant (as Cindi Mori) |
| Daniela Pavlova | ... | production assistant |
| Pavlina Prikrylova | ... | production coordinator |
| Arthur Szefer | ... | production assistant |
| Jana Triska | ... | assistant to producers |
| Aranka Valova | ... | production accountant |
| Jon Wilkman | ... | historic montage |
| Julia Wilson Dickson | ... | dialogue coach (as Julia Wilson-Dickson) |
| Nicole Kytyrova | ... | assistant to director (uncredited) |
| John V. Stuckmeyer | ... | production executive (uncredited) |
| Bernadette Werrelmann | ... | set runner: Berlin (uncredited) |
Production Companies
- Eis Film (in association with)
- HBO Pictures
- Home Box Office (HBO)
Distributors
- Home Box Office (HBO) (1994) (United States) (tv)
- Columbia Pictures (1994) (United States) (theatrical)
- Warner Bros. (1994) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Schröder Media (2017) (Germany) (DVD) (limited)
- Warner Home Video (1995) (Sweden) (VHS)
- Warner Home Video (1995) (Germany) (VHS)
Special Effects
- Illusion Arts (visual effects)
Other Companies
- ARRI Rental (electrical and grip equipment)
- Anglia Television (documentary footage)
- Cinema Research (titles)
- Coffey Sound (sound eqiupment provided by)
- Filmové studio Barrandov (electrical and grip equipment)
- General Screen Enterprises (titles)
- Imperial War Museum (World War II footage)
- Magmasters Sound Studios (crowd effects)
- Mike Fraser (negative cutting)
- Panavision (camera equipment provided by)
- Peter Covey Film Opticals (opticals)
- Shepperton Studios (post-production facilities)
- Sherman Grinberg Film Libraries (documentary footage)
- The Sound Design Company (pro tools system)
- Twickenham Film Studios (post-production facilities)
- Vega Film GmbH (production services: Berlin)
Storyline
| Plot Summary |
In a world where the Nazis won World War II, Germany has corralled all European countries into a single state called "Germania", and continues fighting against the Soviet Union. It is now 1964 and Germany's war crimes against the Jews have so far been kept a secret. Germany believes that an alliance with the United States would finally beat the Soviet war machine. As his 75th birthday approaches, Adolf Hitler (Rudolph Fleischer) wants to talk peace with President Joseph Kennedy (Jan Kohout). An S.S. homicide detective and an American journalist stumble into a plot to destroy all evidence of the genocide; evidence that could destroy the peace process with America and evidence that Nazi and S.S. leaders will stop at nothing to keep hidden. Written by Rob Hartill |
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| Taglines | It's 1964. What if Hitler had won the war? See more » |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | The pompous buildings in post-war Berlin were based on actual plans by Albert Speer, Adolf Hitler's favorite architect and secretary of armaments. Amongst several other landmarks we see a huge dome (the Palace of the People's Forums) a Triumph Arch, an Olympic Stadium, and the Reich's Chancellorship. Only the Stadium and the Chancellorship were actually built, but the later was wrecked by bombings and finally looted and demolished by the Red Army. The rest of them were never built, and constructions like the Arch and the Dome were so massive, that architects were unsure of their viability, until recent computer-based simulation have stated that Speer's calculations were correct, and had Hitler won the war, Berlin would have pretty much looked as the movie shows. Interestingly, the movie also portrays Berlin as bleak and gray. In the book, March describes the city looking like this from the never ending construction projects. See more » |
| Goofs | Most measurements are given in metric, used in Germany since 1876, however when Luther is trying to escape at the metro station his height is given in feet and inches and his weight in pounds. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Featured in The 52nd Annual Golden Globe Awards (1995). See more » |
| Soundtracks | The Star-Spangled Banner See more » |
| Crazy Credits | Sarah Berger is credited as as Leni Kalder but is called "Anna" by Xavi. See more » |
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Narrator:
[opening narration]
It has been 20 years since the Second World War ended with the failure of the Allied invasion of Normandy. A triumphant Hitler declared victory over Europe and the British Empire. The United States withdrew from the conflict, listening to those like Charles Lindbergh, who had argued against a war with Germany. In the East, only the Russians fought on in a bitter guerrilla war. American efforts turned to retribution for Pearl Harbor. That came in the summer of 1945, with victory over Japan. By then, American general Eisenhower returned from Europe to the United States and a humiliating retirement. In 1947, King Edward and Queen Wallis assumed the British throne. Winston Churchill, who had barely escaped with his life after Normandy, died in exile in Canada in May 1953. In the years after the war, country after country of the old Europe had become part of the vast Nazi empire of Germania. The Fuhrer's architect, Albert Speer, built a monument to the Thousand-Year-Reich. Germania's capital, Berlin, became a Nazi showplace. The SS became a peacetime police force, patrolling clean, orderly streets. As the '50s came to a close, Hitler was able to put a more civilized face on the Greater Reich, but news continued to be tightly controlled. The '60s began with the war with the Soviet Union still dragging on. Hitler desperately needed to conclude a formal peace with the United States and forge an alliance against the Russians, still led by the 85-year-old Joseph Stalin. Hitler saw signs of hope in late 1960 with the election of a new President of the United States. The Fuhrer believed with President Joseph Kennedy Sr. in office, at last there would be someone with whom a deal can be struck. Now in 1964, for the first time in 20 years, Germania's borders are being opened to the Americans. The world press is being invited to cover the Fuhrer's birthday celebration on April 20th. There are rumors that President Kennedy will attend a Germanian-American summit conference. An alliance with America would ensure Germania's invulnerability... but there are more persistent rumors that could threaten Hitler's plans. There are stories that something terrible happened in Germany during the war. That the official Nazi story that Jews and other minorities were relocated to the East, wasn't true. There are also rumors that in the Greater Reich, terrible things are still happening. Television, radio, and newspapers are controlled by the powerful Ministry of Information. Nobody, in a new Berlin, dares to ask awkward questions. See more » |