Accounts of The Hoax
Journalist Robert Harris published an account of the hoax in 1986 — Selling Hitler: The Story of the Hitler Diaries.
Between 11 June and 9 July 1991 Selling Hitler, a five-episode Euston Films/Thames Television drama-documentary series based on Harris's book, was broadcast on the British ITV channel. It was directed by Alastair Reid and starred Jonathan Pryce as Heidemann, Alexei Sayle as Kujau, Tom Baker as Gruner + Jahr Chairman Manfred Fischer, Alan Bennett as Hugh Trevor-Roper, Roger Lloyd Pack as David Irving, Richard Wilson as Henri Nannen and Barry Humphries as Rupert Murdoch. The series, which The Guardian described as "a rollicking comedy with black edges", was released on Region 1 DVD in July 2010.
In 1992 the story of the Hitler diaries was also adapted to the big screen. The satirical German movie Schtonk! garnered positive reviews by critics and won three German movie awards as well as an Academy Award nomination.
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