Inside the Third Reich (film)

Inside the Third Reich
Based on	Inside the Third Reich by Albert Speer
Written by	E. Jack Neuman
Directed by	Marvin J. Chomsky
Starring	Rutger Hauer Derek Jacobi Blythe Danner John Gielgud Ian Holm Elke Sommer Trevor Howard Robert Vaughn Renée Soutendijk
Theme music composer	Fred Karlin
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Producer	E. Jack Neuman
Cinematography	Tony Imi
Editors	Richard Belding Les Green James T. Heckert
Running time	250 minutes
Production company	ABC Circle Films
Original release
Network	American Broadcasting Company
Release	May 9, 1982 (1982-05-09)

Inside the Third Reich is a 1982 television film based on the book Inside the Third Reich by Albert Speer. It was originally broadcast on network television by the American Broadcasting Company (ABC).

Speer was portrayed in the movie by Rutger Hauer, Joseph Goebbels by Ian Holm, Randy Quaid as Putzi Hanfstaengel, and Adolf Hitler by Derek Jacobi, a role for which he was nominated for an Emmy. The miniseries did win two Emmy Awards for Outstanding Film Sound Editing and Outstanding Directing in a Limited Series or a Special; DGA also outstanding directorial achievement in dramatic specials.

Cast

• Rutger Hauer - Albert Speer
• John Gielgud - Albert Speer Sr.
• Maria Schell - Mrs. Speer
• Blythe Danner - Margarete Speer
• Trevor Howard - Professor Heinrich Tessenow
• Derek Jacobi - Adolf Hitler
• Randy Quaid - Putzi Hanfstaengl
• Stephen Collins - Karl Hanke
• Ian Holm - Joseph Goebbels
• Elke Sommer - Magda Goebbels
• Renée Soutendijk - Eva Braun
• Robert Vaughn - Field Marshal Erhard Milch
• Viveca Lindfors - Gypsy Woman
• Zoë Wanamaker - Annemarie Kempf
• Michael Gough - Bernhard Rust
• Mort Sahl - Werner Finck
• Maurice Roëves - Rudolf Hess
• Derek Newark - Martin Bormann
• George Murcell - Hermann Göring
• David Shawyer - Heinrich Himmler
• Hans Meyer - Ernst Kaltenbrunner

External links

• Inside the Third Reich at IMDb