When Hitler encounters an elegant, divorced woman at his Berlin hotel, he finds that he is unexpectedly drawn to her. Unfortunately, what he doesn’t know is that Magda Quandt is already involved with his Head of Propaganda, Joseph Goebbels. But that isn’t Goebbels’ only headache: the first great love of Magda’s life was Chaim Arlosoroff, fervent Zionist. Nevertheless Hitler’s Deputy, Rudolf Hess, can see a perfect compromise: if Joseph and Magda marry, she will thus become the perfect companion for a Führer who is ‘married to Germany’.

Starring Shanaya Rafaat as Magda Goebbels, Alexander Vlahos as Joseph Goebbels, Tom Mothersdale as Adolf Hitler and featuring George Kemp as Rudolf Hess.

Cast:

Geli Raubal - TANVI VIRMANI

Magda Goebbels - SHANAYA RAFAAT

Adolf Hitler - TOM MOTHERSDALE

Emil Maurice - OSCAR BATTERHAM

Otto Meissner - EDWARD BENNETT

Sefton Delmer - ADITOMIWA EDUN

Anni Winter - MELODY GROVE

Putzi Hanfastaengl - COREY JOHNSON

Herman Göring - SCOTT KARIM

Rudolf Hess - GEORGE KEMP

Mimi Reiter - SORCHA KENNEDY

Joseph Goebbels - ALEXANDER VLAHOS

Other parts were played by: JOSEPH ALESSI, WILLIAM CHUBB, JACK LASKEY, MICHAEL MALONEY, LYNNE MILLER and ANDREW WOODALL

The Narrator is JULIET STEVENSON

Sound designer – ADAM WOODHAMS

Studio Manager – MARK SMITH

Casting Director – GINNY SCHILLER

Original Score – METAPHOR MUSIC

Writer and Director – JONATHAN MYERSON

Producer – NICHOLAS NEWTON

A Promenade Production for BBC Radio 4 and BBC Sounds

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