Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
In 1947, four German judges who served on the bench during the Nazi regime face a military tribunal to answer charges of crimes against humanity. Chief Justice Haywood hears evidence and testimony not only from lead defendant Ernst Janning and his defense attorney Hans Rolfe, but also from the widow of a Nazi general, an idealistic U.S. Army captain and reluctant witness Irene Wallner.
- Stanley Kramer
- Marshall Schlom
- Ivan Volkman
- Abby Mann
- Abby Mann
Rating: 8.1/10 by 774 users
Alternative Title:
Vencedores o vencidos - ES
Η δίκη της Νυρεμβέργης - GR
Yom Ha-Dean B'Nirenberg - IL
Judgement at Nuremberg - US
Oordeel te Neurenberg - NL
Das Urteil von Nürnberg - DE
Vincitori e vinti - IT
纽伦堡的审判 - CN
Country:
United States of America
Language:
English
Deutsch
Runtime: 03 hour 11 minutes
Budget: $3,000,000
Revenue: $10,000,000
Plot Keyword: right and justice, nazi, court case, judge, concentration camp, world war ii, national socialism, national socialist party, nuremberg trials, trial, nuremberg, germany, courtroom drama
Spencer Tracy is the presiding judge at the fictitious trial of some of the most evil Nazis to have survived the end of WWII. Chief amongst them is the formidable former jurist "Dr. Ernst Janning" (Burt Lancaster). Richard Widmark is tasked with leading the prosecution; Maximilian Schell as their defender. Make no mistake, this is no standard courtroom melodrama. The performances from all - especially a sensitive and measured Tracy who tries, despite every sense of humanity within himself pulling him otherwise - to remain as impartial and fair in the face of the evidence of brutality presented to him and his fellow judges. There are a couple of wonderful cameo performances from victims of the alleged abuses - notably Judy Garland and Monty Clift with Marlene Dietrich as the widow of a former Nazi general who seems to be in some sort of a daze of denial (we are never quite certain what she did/didn't know). The story challenges the very basis of an independent judiciary and the principles of blind obedience motivated by pure evil, zeal or fear. The use, only once, of actual British footage from a liberated concentration camp is heart-rending and sickening in equal measure. A real must see.
