The Nightmare Years is a 1984 book by William L. Shirer, recounting his pre-WW2 years as a journalist in Nazi Germany.
[1] It is also a 1989 American television miniseries directed by Anthony Page.
It stars Sam Waterston as Shirer, the American reporter stationed in Nazi Germany in the 1930s.
The supporting cast comprises Marthe Keller, Kurtwood Smith, Ronald Pickup, Peter Jeffrey, Walter Gotell and Garrick Hagon.
Principal photography took place in Budapest, Hungary.