American journalist William Shirer, during his days of correspondence as a foreign press in report in 1930s Germany, has to deal with the growing oppression of the Nazi regime, the increasing censorship of the press, and finally the prospect of a second World War.

• Sam Waterston
• Marthe Keller
• Kurtwood Smith
• Frances Barber
• Péter Benkő
• Bruce Boa
• Ottilia Borbáth
• Bill Bailey