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Faking Hitler

2021 · 1 season

A wry, slow-burning true-crime drama about journalistic hubris, watching clever people fool themselves as much as each other.

Created by
Thomas Vass
Genres
Drama
Starring
Lars Eidinger, Moritz Bleibtreu, Sinje Irslinger
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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Created by
Thomas Vass
Genres
Drama
Starring
Lars Eidinger, Moritz Bleibtreu, Sinje Irslinger
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How it feels

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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • media
  • deception
  • ambition
  • greed
  • betrayal
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour5
Realism8
Romance2
Tension6
Darkness5
Complexity6
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
drama
Created by
Thomas Vass
Starring
Lars Eidinger, Moritz Bleibtreu, Sinje Irslinger, Daniel Donskoy, Ulrich Tukur, Hans-Jochen Wagner, Tristan Seith, Richard Sammel
Length
1 seasons, 6 episodes, 46 min each
Network
RTL+
Country
Germany
Languages
German

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