After the release of the 2004 German film "Downfall" ("Der Untergang") in France, French journalist Nicolas Bourcier interviewed Misch on a number of occasions in 2005. The resulting biography was published in French as "J'étais garde du corps d'Hitler 1940–1945" ("I was Hitler's bodyguard 1940–1945") in March 2006, . Translations were released in South America, Japan, Spain, Poland, Turkey, and Germany in 2006 and 2007. Misch served as consultant to writer Christopher McQuarrie on the 2008 film "Valkyrie", a Hollywood depiction of the 20 July plot.