As the world faces its Second World War, John Halder, a good, intelligent German professor, finds himself pulled into a movement with unthinkable consequences.

Running time 160 minutes with 1 interval

David Tennant’s many star qualities include an intelligence that never feels remote, a wit that is rarely spiteful, and sheer likeability in spades.

Set mostly in 1930s Germany during the rise of the Nazis, Tennant is literary academic John Halder whose best – indeed only – friend is Maurice (Elliot Levey), a Jewish psychiatrist. Both men are professionally successful, though Halder’s private life is complicated by a psychologically fragile wife and infirm elderly mother (both played by Inspector Lynley star Sharon Small). 

Still, the good news is the Nazis are flattering Halder into joining their cause, which he does, he tells himself, in the hope he can be a civilising influence.

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