The Nightmare Years(1989)

series - first aired/released 1989-11-17 - audience 6.5

Drama

Directed by Anthony Page

American journalist William Shirer, during his days of correspondence as a foreign press in report in 1930s Germany, had to deal with the growing oppression of the Nazi regime, the increasing censorship of the press, and finally the prospect of World War. In the last days of peace, Shirer also struggles to have his German wife and child escape to the United States.