Judgement at Nuremberg
Stanley Kramer's Oscar-winning historical drama set in 1948, where a German-based American court tries four Nazi judges for war crimes. Stars Spency Tracy, Burt Lancaster, Marlene Dietrich and Montgomery Clift.
"American judge Dan Haywood (Spencer Tracy) presides over the trial of four German jurists accused of 'legalizing' Nazi atrocities. But as graphic accounts of sterilization and murder unfold in the courtroom, mounting political pressure for leniency forces Haywood to make the most harrowing and difficult decision of his career." (Official Synopsis)
Less1961Rating: PG, contains adult themes186 minsUSA
DramaWarHistoricalClassic
- Director:
- Stanley Kramer ('It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World', 'Guess Who's Coming to Dinner')
- Writer:
- Abby Mann
- Cast:
- Spencer TracyBurt LancasterRichard WidmarkMarlene DietrichMaximilian SchellJudy GarlandMontgomery CliftWilliam Shatner
Judgement at Nuremberg | Awards
Winning of Best Actor (Maximilian Schell) and Best Adapted Screenplay (Abby Mann) Oscars, 1962 Academy Awards.
Judgement at Nuremberg | Reviews
The New York Times
The major weakness, perhaps, of the whole thing is that it is inevitably compressive and sometimes glib. The strength and wonder of it is that it manages to say so much that still needs to be said.
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