Attacking The Devil: Harold Evans and the Last Nazi War Crime
Synopsis
As editor of The Sunday Times for fourteen years, Sir Harold Evans proved to be the right man in the right place at the right time. In an investigative climate all too rare by today's standards, Evans had the freedom and resources to allow teams of journalists to work on long-term projects, including the exposure of Kim Philby as a Soviet spy. Evans' longest and most hard fought campaign was for the victims of Thalidomide. Originally developed by the Germans in World War II to counter effect sarin gas, post-war the drug was blithely prescribed by British doctors as an antidote to morning sickness, unwittingly leading to tens of thousands of children being born with serious defects. The Sunday Times' fight to win compensation for their struggling families would take more than a decade, as Evans tenaciously pursued the drug companies through the English courts and beyond.
Sheffield Doc/Fest 2014 - World premiere
Details
- Year
- 2014
- Type of film
- Features
- Running Time
- 100 mins
- Format
- Digital
- Director
- Jacqui Morris, David Morris
- Producer
- Jacqui Morris
- Executive Producer
- Steve Milne, Rankin
- Editor
- David Fairhead
- Director of Photography
- Clive Booth
- Music
- Alex Baronowski
- Principal Cast
- Harold Evans
Production status
Complete
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Last updated 4th May 2015
