Judgement at Nuremberg

1961

186 mins

Directed by Stanley Kramer
92%
93%
Drama
War
Award Winner

Stanley Kramer's Oscar-winning historical drama set in 1948, where a German-based American court tries four Nazi judges for war crimes.... More

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)

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Judgement at Nuremberg | Ratings & Reviews

92_%26 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes® rating
93_%8,746 reviews
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"Tracy delivers a performance of great intelligence and intuition."

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Variety

"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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The New York Times

Judgement at Nuremberg | Details

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Award winner: Winning of Best Actor (Maximilian Schell) and Best Adapted Screenplay (Abby Mann) Oscars, 1962 Academy Awards.
Rating: PG, contains adult themes
Runtime: 186
Genre: Drama, War
Country of origin: USA