Fatherland is a radio play by John Dryden, based on the novel by Robert Harris. It was first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 09 June 1997, as an installment of the Monday Play[1].
Plot[]
Set in an imaginary, Hitler-led postwar Germany, this adaptation of Robert Harris's chilling novel sees Anton Lesser playing a troubled detective called to investigate the suspicious death of a retired one-legged civil servant.
Cast[]
- Xavier March - Anton Lesser[2]
- Krause - Graham Padden
- Jost - Robert Portal
- Max Jaeger - Peter Ellis
- Charlie Maguire - Angeline Ball
- Globus - Michael Byrne
- Nebe - Stratford Johns
- Rudi - Andrew Sachs
- Frau Luther - Eleanor Bron
- Luther/Zaug - Patrick Godfrey
- Friedman/Stuckart - Michael Culver
- Pili - Thomas Copeland
- Frau Trinkl - Amanda Walker
- Fiebes/Herr Brecker - Ian Gelder
- Krebs - William Scott Masson
- Swiss Detective/Border Guard - Dan Fineman
- Newsreader 1 - Alice Arnold
- Newsreader 2 - Trevor Nichols
- Chat show host - Ned Sherrin
- NAZI music critic - Jonathan Coleman
- Commentator - Alan Dedicoat
- Dramatised, Produced and Directed by John Dryden
Critical Reception[]
Winner of Spoken Word Awards for Best Drama and Best Production[3].