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Fatherland (Dramatised)
- Narrated by: Anton Lesser, Full Cast
- Length: 1 hr and 58 mins
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Summary
The year is 1964, and it's a week before Hitler's 75th birthday. Nazi Germany won the Second World War, Churchill is living in exile in Canada, Joseph Kennedy is President of the United States, and King Edward and Queen Wallis are puppet monarchs of the United Kingdom. In this dimension, history took a very different turn in 1942 to the one we are familiar with.
Berlin detective Xavier March is called in to investigate the suspicious death of a retired German senior civil servant. His enquiries lead him to inadvertently uncover a terrifying secret that has so far been hidden from the world, a secret so shocking that it must never be revealed.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- catsatcastle
- 10-04-10
Masterpiece of radio
This is an atmospheric and brooding adaptation of a good novel by Robert Harris and I would highly recommend it.
Anton Lesser is superb in the role of March, switching from the gentle, loving and violent and all points along the scale. The other characters also play their parts well too but I think he is key.
It is quite clear that the crew making this went for atmosphere and it shows. The use of real background noises and music managed to create something that sounds naturalisic but was the result of effort. From the opening scenes when the phone call which starts the whole story off chimes in with the music, there is such attention to detail.
The final moments are genuinely chilling.
It's an interesting take on "what might have been" if Hitler had won WWII and how America would have reacted. If you like a good thriller, I would recommend this.
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- Amazon Customer
- 09-07-20
Truly brilliant
Absolutely a must Heard the original broadcast years ago and recently revisited the book which is a must read.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- Sarah
- 14-06-07
great play
I heard this play when it was first broadcast on the Radio, and thought then that it was one of the best I'd heard. Anton Lesser has a great radio presence, as in the Falco series he has more recently starred in. A good listen, tho an expensive use of a book credit!
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
- Rogayah
- 24-08-08
What if...
What if Hitler's Germany won the Second World War...it is a chilling scenario for this dramatisation of this book by Robert Harris. How close was the victory of the allies?
The pace is fast and frightening because this is a future world under a different dominant regime; a world where thought is controlled and speech is not free.
The plot is simple but grippping. The actors make it believable and the betrayals makes it heartbreaking. What does it take to make a world and to make a hero? This book gives one an idea of what a person will do for the things he believes are important.
This chilling tale is definitely worth a listen.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- Ed Newsome
- 04-10-10
Packs a punch
An inventive radio adaptation that chills and engages from the first moment. Anton Lesser is exceptional in the lead role.
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- mcsmall
- 01-11-17
Not as good as Harris' later works
We're always fascinated by the prospect of alternative history, and in this story, the Germans have won the war and are occupying Britain in 1963.
The first scene presents a chilling picture as to how that may have been, but the subsequent story line is somewhat flawed
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- Lance
- 07-04-13
Masterpiece of audio theatre.
This story is dark and compelling, and easily one of the best i've heard.
It takes a what-if (the Nazis won the war) scenario and creates a murky, atmospheric cold war style thriller out of it.
It had all the same feel of dark politics and betrayal you get from the BBC adaptations of the John Le Carre novels, and, in many ways, the same kind of atmosphere.
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- Amazon Customer
- 25-01-23
Quite difficult to follow.
I thought I had bought the book and was annoyed to see it was a dramatized version.
I found it very hard to follow as there is often background noise for dramatic purposes and so the vocals were not always clear. Also so many characters at once, But by the the second half of the book, I had the thread. Now I just need to go back and listen to part one again to put it all in context. It’s a good story though- not the fault of the author that I ended up with the drama version.
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
- MR. H. M. CLOSE
- 27-09-16
Good - but lacks the depth of book. However good for a couple of hours in car
Good - but too abridged since some the real scene setting in the book has been lost. Does not really capture what a Germany in 1960 still under the third Reich and after holding territory won early in the war might have looked like which comes over so clearly in book. There in the background but you really have to be concentrating to pick it up. Also depends on many sound effects which can be distracting since not always clear what they are meant to represent. However, good precis of original and chilling glimpse of what might have been.
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- S. N. Broackes
- 10-11-17
lesser is brilliant!
i don't remember the ending being exactly the same - that was a slight disappointment... but the only one. it's wonderfully cast and performed. harris' story is one of the greats.
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