And actually it is. If you have never heard about the scandal it is based on, don't continue reading. This is the slightly embellished and exaggerated story of how the forged diaries of Hitler were to get sold by some German newspaper as a sensation, just to have to admit that they were all wrong. The story is full of people wanting to believe that they had a gigantic scoop just to realize it was full of something brown.
The fake was so good, that it took a few weeks to get found out by an expert over the used paper. Having seen the movie now, I realize that it might have been a major inspiration on "Shakespeare in Love". The guy forging the books is using his real life condition and events to be included in the diaries.
Besides that I am too young to really assess whether the movie was correct with so many old nazis still being active in the 80ties.
The fake was so good, that it took a few weeks to get found out by an expert over the used paper. Having seen the movie now, I realize that it might have been a major inspiration on "Shakespeare in Love". The guy forging the books is using his real life condition and events to be included in the diaries.
Besides that I am too young to really assess whether the movie was correct with so many old nazis still being active in the 80ties.