| Genre: | Docudrama |
| Screenplay: | Ian Curteis |
| Story: | Christian Williams Bob Woodward |
| Director: | Anthony Page |
| Starring: | Sam Waterston Marthe Keller Kurtwood Smith |
| Composer: | Vladimir Cosma |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Num Episodes: | 4 |
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| Executive Producer: | Boudjemaa Dahmane Jacques Méthé Gerald Rafshoon |
| Producer: | Graham Ford |
| Editor: | Keith Palmer |
| Location: | Budapest, Hungary |
| Cinematography: | Ernest Vincze |
| Runtime: | 400 minutes |
| Company: | Consolidated Productions Finnegan/Pinchuk Productions Rafshoon Communications |
| Budget: | $12 million |
| Network: | Turner Network Television |
The Nightmare Years is a book by William L. Shirer, recounting his pre-WW2 years as a journalist in Nazi Germany. [1]
It is also a 1989 American television miniseries directed by Anthony Page. It stars Sam Waterston as Shirer, the American reporter stationed in Nazi Germany in the 1930s. The supporting cast comprises Marthe Keller, Kurtwood Smith, Ronald Pickup, Peter Jeffrey, Walter Gotell and Garrick Hagon.
The miniseries premiered on Turner Network Television on September 17, 1989 as a four-part miniseries and was later released on VHS. As of 2014, there are limited versions of the series on DVD.
Principal photography took place in Budapest, Hungary.[2] The production budget of the miniseries cost $12 million, of which TNT bought the television rights for $3 million.[3]