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Holocaust: 1: The Gathering Darkness

on BBC One London

A fictional chronicle in four parts based on real events.
Berlin 1935: the prosperous Jewish family of physician Josef Weiss is celebrating the marriage between Karl Weiss and Inga, a Catholic. Soon the events that are to take place in Hitler's Germany threaten the family's survival just as they benefit the fortunes of an impoverished young lawyer, Erik Dorf.

A Titus production
(Part 2 tomorrow at 9.25 pm)

Contributors

Written By:
Gerald Green
Executive Producer:
Herbert Brodkin
Produced by:
Robert Berger
Directed by:
Marvin Chomsky
Josef Weiss:
Fritz Weaver
Berta Weiss:
Rosemary Harris
Rudi Weiss:
Joseph Bottoms
Karl Weiss:
James Woods
Anna Weiss:
Blanche Baker
Moses Weiss:
Sam Wanamaker
Inga Helms Weiss:
Meryl Streep
Erik Dorf:
Michael Moriarty
Marta Dorf:
Deborah Norton
Uncle Kurt Dorf:
Robert Stephens
Eichmann:
Tom Bell
Helena Slomova:
Tovah Feldshuh
Herr Palitz:
Marius Goring
Muller:
Anthony Haygarth
Himmler:
Ian Holm
Uncle Sasha:
Lee Montague
Lowy:
George Rose
Heydrich:
David Warner
Hoefle:
Sean Arnold
Hans Frank:
John Bailey
Hans Helms:
Michael Beck
Rahm:
John Collin
Hoess:
David Daker
Karp:
Vernon Dobtcheff
Biberstein:
Edward Hardwicke
Ohlendorf:
Nigel Hawthorne
Frau Lowy:
Kate Jaenicke
Dr Kohn:
Charles Korvin
Herr Helms:
Werner Kreindl
Zalman:
Stanley Lebor
Aaron:
Jeremy Levy
Blobel:
T.P. McKenna
Kaltenbrunner:
Hans Meyer
Frau Palitz:
Nora Minor
Maria Kalova:
Irene Prador
Felscher:
George Pravda
Tesch:
Oscar Quitak
Levin:
Osman Ragheb
Nebe:
John Rees
Fr Lichtenberg:
Llewellyn Rees
Kovel:
Toby Salaman
Analevitz:
Murray Salem
Frau Helms:
Nina Sandt
Weinberg:
Cyril Shaps
Cassidy:
Robert Sherman
Rabbi Samuel:
Gabor Vernon
Frey:
Peter Vogel

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