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Judgment at Nuremberg

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Judgment at Nuremberg

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Historical courtroom drama starring Spencer Tracy, Burt Lancaster, Marlene Dietrich and Maximilian Schell. In 1948, American justice Dan Haywood arrives in Nuremberg to preside over the trial of four German judges accused of crimes against humanity under the Nazi regime. As he hears the opposing arguments of the two lead attorneys, while spending his downtime getting to know a German war widow, Haywood ponders obsessively over the ramifications of this unprecedented tribunal.

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A star rating of 4 out of 5.

Tony Sloman

The trial of the judges who enforced Hitler's laws allowing wartime atrocities to occur might not be obvious movie material, but in the hands of brilliant producer/director Stanley Kramer this three-hour saga is mesmerising. Kramer pulled out all the dramatic stops. As producer, he secured one of the great casts of all time, headed by Spencer Tracy as Allied judge Dan Haywood, with touching cameos by Oscar-nominated Judy Garland as Irene Hoffman and Montgomery Clift as Rudolph Petersen, both victims of Nazi tyranny. The film has great dignity, exemplified by Burt Lancaster's intellectual German Ernst Janning, and an Oscar-winning performance from Maximilian Schell (Maria's younger brother), and such star power makes this grimmest of tales eminently watchable. Kramer has been accused of sugaring the pill, but his methods here attracted new, and notably young, audiences to this Schindler's List of its day.

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rolenameJudge Dan HaywoodSpencer TracyErnst JanningBurt LancasterColonel Tad LawsonRichard WidmarkMadame BertholtMarlene DietrichHans RolfeMaximilian SchellIrene HoffmanJudy GarlandRudolph PetersenMontgomery CliftCaptain Harrison ByersWilliam ShatnerSenator BurketteEdward BinnsJudge Kenneth NorrisKenneth MacKennaEmil HahnWerner Klemperer

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rolenameDirectorStanley Kramer

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Released on

1961-12-19

Languages

English | German

Guidance

Disturbing content

Available on

video and DVD

Formats

Black and white

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