S01E01 Episode 1
Reporter Gerd Heidemann needs a real scoop, as he hasn't had a big story in a while. Konrad Kujau, not making enough selling fake memorabilia to old Nazis, desperately needs money and has the idea...
Faking Hitler
S01E05: Episode 5
Elisabeth tells the editors of Stern that she believes the diaries are fake, so Bloom has no choice but to fire her. Kujau panics with the impending publication of the diaries, so he forces Heidemann to keep his identity a secret.
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.
Episodes
S01E02 Episode 2
Kujau finally agrees to do business with Heidemann, and all it’s left is for Stern to approve payments. Hans admits his Nazi past, and Elisabeth helps him by destroying his file - unaware that she...
S01E03 Episode 3
Kujau forges some letters to provide Heidemann with documents to verify the diaries. Leo Gold threatens Elisabeth to reveal her father’s guilty past, if she won’t provide him with information about the diaries.
S01E04 Episode 4
Wishing to sell the international rights of the diaries, Stern approaches an American media mogul, who however has an agenda. Elisabeth, while trying to find out if Kujau is a fake, learns something upsetting about...
S01E05 Episode 5
Elisabeth tells the editors of Stern that she believes the diaries are fake, so Bloom has no choice but to fire her. Kujau panics with the impending publication of the diaries, so he forces Heidemann...
S01E06 Episode 6
Following the publication of the diaries, Stern continues to assert that they are real, but what will the examination prove? Moreover, will Elisabeth be able to win back her place in Stern?
Cast
Lars Eidinger
Gerd Heidemann
Moritz Bleibtreu
Konrad Kujau
Sinje Irslinger
Elisabeth Stöckel
Daniel Donskoy
Leo Gold
Ulrich Tukur
Hans Stöckel
Hans-Jochen Wagner
Felix Bloom
Tristan Seith
Theo Kalg
Richard Sammel
Rudolph Michaelis
Ronald Kukulies
Richard Dreier
Lukas Sperber
Thomas Melchior
Britta Hammelstein
Agnes Schonert
Hanna Plaß
Gabi Nüssle
