Fatherland (1994 film)
| Fatherland | |
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| Based on | Fatherland by Robert Harris |
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| Directed by | Christopher Menaul |
| Starring | |
| Music by | Gary Chang |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Leo Zisman |
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| Production location | Prague, Czech Republic |
| Cinematography | Peter Sova |
| Editor | Tariq Anwar |
| Running time | 106 minutes |
| Production company | HBO Pictures |
| Budget | $7 million |
| Original release | |
| Network | HBO |
| Release | November 26, 1994 |
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Fatherland is a 1994 American alternate history mystery-thriller film directed by Christopher Menaul, written by Stanley Weiser and Ron Hutchinson, and starring Rutger Hauer, Miranda Richardson, Peter Vaughan, Jean Marsh and Michael Kitchen. Based on the 1992 novel by Robert Harris, the film is set in an alternate 1960s Germany still under Nazi control, and concerns a murder investigation of Party officials.
The film premiered on HBO on November 26, 1994. It received mixed reviews, but was a commercial success. Miranda Richardson won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film, while the film was also nominated for Best Limited or Anthology Series or Television Film and Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film (for Hauer).