By 1932, the Nazis have 230 Members of Parliament, the largest single group but no-one will invite them into coalition and President Hindenburg refuses to even contemplate appointing Hitler as Chancellor. Yet Hitler flatly refuses any arrangement where he is not Chancellor – Vice-Chancellor will not suffice. But so many of his party members, his stormtroopers have been waiting for government jobs, government salaries – they’re pushing hard for the compromise. Can Hitler hold them off for long enough to secure total power?

Starring Derek Jacobi as President Hindenburg, Scott Karim as Hermann Goring, Andrew Woodall as von Schleicher, Tom Mothersdale as Adolf Hitler and featuring Aditomiwa Edun as the Daily Express Berlin Correspondent, Sefton Delmer.

Cast:

President Hindenberg - DEREK JACOBI

Sefton Delmer - ADITOMIWA EDUN

Adolf Hitler - TOM MOTHERSDALE

Gregor Strasser - JOSEPH ALESSI

Heinrich Himmler - OSCAR BATTERHAM

Otto Meissner - EDWARD BENNETT

Franz von Papen - WILLIAM CHUBB

Putzi Hanfastaengl - COREY JOHNSON

Herman Göring - SCOTT KARIM

Rudolf Hess - GEORGE KEMP

Oskar von Hindenberg - JACK LASKEY

Joachim von Ribbentrop - MICHAEL MALONEY

Magda Goebbels - SHANAYA RAFAAT

Joseph Goebbels - ALEXANDER VLAHOS

Kurt von Schleicher - 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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