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Fatherland

Fatherland

19946.21h 46m

Overview

Fictional account of what might have happened if Hitler had won the war. It is now the 1960s and Germany's war crimes have so far been kept a secret. Hitler wants to talk peace with the US president. An American journalist and a German homicide cop stumble into a plot to destroy all evidence of the genocide.

Directed by Christopher Menaul
Written by Robert Harris, Stanley Weiser, Ron Hutchinson
Produced by Ilene Kahn Power, Frederick Muller
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Top Cast

Rutger Hauer

Rutger Hauer

SS-Sturmbannführer Xavier March

Miranda Richardson

Miranda Richardson

Charlie Maguire

Peter Vaughan

Peter Vaughan

SS-Oberstgruppenführer Artur Nebe

Michael Kitchen

Michael Kitchen

SS-Untersturmführer Max Jäger

Jean Marsh

Jean Marsh

Anna von Hagen

John Shrapnel

John Shrapnel

General Globus

John Woodvine

John Woodvine

Luther

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Bob Mason

Coroner Eisler

Clive Russell

Clive Russell

Krebs

Neil Dudgeon

Neil Dudgeon

Sex Crimes Cop

Themes & Keywords

journalistnaziss (nazi schutzstaffel)holocaust (shoah)murder hunt

About Fatherland

Fatherland is a drama, thriller, action, tv movie film released in 1994 exploring themes of journalist, nazi, ss (nazi schutzstaffel), holocaust (shoah), murder hunt. Directed by Christopher Menaul, it stars Rutger Hauer, Miranda Richardson, Peter Vaughan. Fictional account of what might have happened if Hitler had won the war. It is now the 1960s and Germany's war crimes have so far been kept a secret. Hitler wants to talk peace with the US president. An American journalist and a German homicide cop stumble into a plot to destroy all evidence of the genocide.

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