Far away in the Rhineland, 26-year-old Joseph Goebbels has a PhD, an unpublished novel and a half-Jewish girlfriend, Else Janke. But he finds himself drawn to the Nazi Party and Hitler’s rhetoric. Every day in his diary (undiscovered until this century) he records his excitement as he reads about Hitler defending himself – the latter is now on trial in Munich for his totally unsuccessful coup. Given free rein by a clearly sympathetic judge, Hitler is fast turning the courtroom into his own bully pulpit.

Starring Alexander Vlahos as Joseph Goebbels, Tom Mothersdale as Adolf Hitler and featuring Sorcha Kennedy as Else

Cast:

Joseph Goebbels - ALEXANDER VLAHOS

Adolf Hitler - TOM MOTHERSDALE

Gregor Strasser - JOSEPH ALESSI

Emil Maurice - OSCAR BATTERHAM

Helene Bechstein - NANCY CARROLL

Otto von Lossow - NICHOLAS FARRELL

Leni Hanfstaengl - MELODY GROVE

Putzi Hanfastaengl - COREY JOHNSON

Herman Göring - SCOTT KARIM

Rudolf Hess - GEORGE KEMP

Else Janke - SORCHA KENNEDY

Hermine Hoffman - LYNNE MILLER

General Ludendorff - ANDREW WOODALL

Other parts were played by: EDWARD BENNETT, WILLIAM CHUBB, JACK LASKEY,

FORBES MASSON and MICHAEL MALONEY

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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