Faking Hitler

Faking Hitler

Faking Hitler

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Faking Hitler

2021

1 Seasons

6 Episodes

6.8(27 votes)

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Drama

Overview

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.

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10 featured cast members

Starring

Lars Eidinger

Lars Eidinger

Gerd Heidemann

Moritz Bleibtreu

Moritz Bleibtreu

Konrad Kujau

Sinje Irslinger

Sinje Irslinger

Elisabeth Stöckel

Daniel Donskoy

Daniel Donskoy

Leo Gold

Ulrich Tukur

Ulrich Tukur

Hans Stöckel

Hans-Jochen Wagner

Hans-Jochen Wagner

Felix Bloom

Tristan Seith

Tristan Seith

Theo Kalg

Richard Sammel

Richard Sammel

Rudolph Michaelis

Ronald Kukulies

Ronald Kukulies

Richard Dreier

Lukas Sperber

Lukas Sperber

Thomas Melchior

Creative team

Created by: Thomas Vass

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