6.048 minSeason 1 • Episode 6
LatestFollowing the publication of the diaries, Stern continues to assert that they are real, but what will the examination prove? Moreover, will Elisabeth be able to win back her place in Stern?
Journalist Gerd Heidemann always gets his story. When he hears of a diary written by Hitler, he can’t resist the scoop of the century. Except the diary is the creation of charismatic art dealer, petty criminal and prolific forger.
Acting
Bleibtreu's Kujau is dangerously charming; Eidinger unravels spectacularly.
Production
Glorious period detail — typewriters, cigarettes, moral rot.
Writing
The absurdity of true events, no embellishment needed.
Creator
Thomas Vass
Lars Eidinger
Gerd Heidemann
Moritz Bleibtreu
Konrad Kujau
Sinje Irslinger
Elisabeth Stöckel
Daniel Donskoy
Leo Gold
Ulrich Tukur
Hans Stöckel
Hans-Jochen Wagner
Felix Bloom
Tristan Seith
Theo Kalg
Richard Sammel
Rudolph Michaelis
Ronald Kukulies
Richard Dreier
Lukas Sperber
Thomas Melchior
Britta Hammelstein
Agnes Schonert
Hanna Plaß
Gabi Nüssle
Jeanette Hain
Edda Göring
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The real Kujau forged so prolifically that his fakes now have their own collector market — some sell for more than genuine works.
The 1983 scandal nearly destroyed Stern magazine and sparked Germany's reckoning with its 'Hitler industry' — the endless commercialization of Nazi history.
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