Inside The Third Reich - Miniseries

Miniseries

The book was made into a miniseries of the same title in 1982, originally broadcast on network television by the American Broadcasting Company (ABC). The movie departs significantly from the memoirs, most notably in how it portrays Speer's perception of Nazi atrocities. In his memoirs, Speer mentions the growing persecution of Jews during the 1930s. He then goes on to say that there was no way that he could have known what was happening to the Jews. However, one did not need any secret knowledge of the exact details of government programs to know that Jews were being beaten and expropriated and were disappearing from German society. The movie recognizes this contradiction; for example, it portrays Speer's reaction, or, to be specific, lack of reaction, to Kristallnacht.

Speer was portrayed in the movie by Rutger Hauer, Goebbels by Ian Holm, and Hitler by Derek Jacobi, a role for which he was nominated for an Emmy. The miniseries did win 2 Emmys, one in outstanding achievement in film sound editing and outstanding directing in a limited series or a special DGA; also outstanding directorial achievement in dramatic specials.

Additionally, almost every movie that deals with Hitler (especially near the end of his life) draws at least partly on Inside the Third Reich, a long list that includes Der Untergang.