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A Vital Flaw

Neville Watchurst - A Vital Flaw

Drama: War & Disaster

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A German doctor's dilemma as his wartime patient Heinrich Himmler grows dependent on him.

A German doctor's dilemma as his wartime patient Heinrich Himmler grows dependent on him. Stars Martin Jarvis and John Duttine.

Nazi SS leader Heinrich Himmler has a serious health problem and Dr Felix Kersten is summoned to treat him. 

So successful is he that Himmler's dependency on him is established and when war breaks out Kersten is faced with an impossible dilemma.

John Duttine and Martin Jarivs star in Neville Watchurst's drama - a truthful account of a relationship which developed in Germany both before and during the Second World War.  

Heinrich Himmler    ......    John Duttine
Dr Felix Kersten    ......    Martin Jarvis 
Rudolf Brandt    ......    Christopher Ravenscroft 
Irmgard    ......    Louise Jameson
Rostery    ......    Norman Bird
Bernadotte    ......    Peter Harding
Hewitt    ......    David Monico
Poh    ......    Dominic Letts
Koch    ......    Michael Onslow
Jacobseb    ......    Malcolm Ward
Kivimaeki    ......    John Baddeley
Kaltenbrummer    ......    Gareth Armstrong

Music composed by Anthea Gomez.
 
Directed by Sue Wilson.
 
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1994

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