The book and film concerns the allegations by its makers that Adolf Hitler did not die in his Berlin bunker in 1945 but escaped, along with wife Eva Braun, her brother-in-law Hermann Fegelein and several other Nazi officials, to Argentina staying first at a large ranch 29 kilometres (18 mi) from Bariloche owned by relatives of Prince Bernhard and later lived 10 kilometres (6 mi) east of Bariloche in a mansion overlooking Lake Nahuel Huapi that at the time was very remote and accessible only by boat or seaplane.
According to the film-makers, Hitler's escape was organized by Martin Bormann, who also fled to Argentina, where he posed as a businessman in Buenos Aires and was aided and abetted by the Government of Juan Perón.
Bormann allegedly used multiple aliases including Daniel Dupree, of Belgium and lived in a suite in the Plaza Hotel with a German mistress.
In 1955 Peron was overthrown in a military coup and the new government began seriously investigating long held rumors that Nazi war criminals were hiding in Argentina.
In October of that year, Bormann allegedly moved Hitler to a chalet in an even more remote location 43 kilometres (27 mi) from Bariloche and began to isolate him which angered the former German dictator.
[4] The liquidators of Grey Wolf Media Limited described the film as "largely unsuccessful" in their May 2018 Progress Report and said that it generated revenues of only AUD$55,000 (about USD$39,000) and that much of this was paid in the form of guarantees by distributors rather than sales.
[5] The year after the release of the DVD, the History Channel produced a TV series entitled, "Hunting Hitler", in which they acclaimed the co-author of the book, Grey Wolf, Gerrard Williams as an investigative journalist of the highest reputation.
[14] At a civil trial in 2012, Peterson, his wife and two other directors were found liable for the losses at Weavering Capital and ordered to pay $450M in damages,[17] making them effectively bankrupt and leading to the liquidation of Magnumhold Ltd.
While the total amount spent is unclear, investigative journalist Laurence de Mello believes the figure to be in excess of $2M[20] but also alleges that there were a number of issues with the project's accounting and governance.
[22] In 2011, the film and book were hit by a second scandal when Ricardo D'Aloia, editorial director of Ambito Financiero, took issue with some of the claims made by the authors and producers.
D'Aloia wrote to the publishers[23] "in order to clarify the fact that the statement is not at all true" and went on to say "I hope you will understand that I do not appreciate in any way having been named in your publication, and so involved in such a unpleasant episode with which I have absolutely no relation".