Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) - Part 1

DIRECTOR: Stanley Kramer
RELEASE DATE: December 19, 1961
GENRE: Drama / History


PLOT:
After the end of World War II, the world gradually became aware of the full extent of the war crimes perpetrated by the Third Reich. In 1948, a series of trials were held in Nuremberg, Germany, by an international tribunal, headed by American legal and military officials, with the intent of bringing to justice those guilty of crimes against humanity. However, by that time most of the major figures of the Nazi regime were either dead or long missing, and in the resulting legal proceedings American judges often found themselves confronting the question of how much responsibility someone held who had "just followed orders." Judgment at Nuremberg is a dramatized version of the proceedings at one of these trials, in which Judge Dan Haywood (Spencer Tracy) is overseeing the trials of four German judges -- most notably Dr. Ernst Janning (Burt Lancaster) and Emil Hahn (Werner Klemperer) -- accused of knowingly sentencing innocent men to death in collusion with the Nazis. Representing the defense is attorney Hans Rolfe (Maximilian Schell), while prosecuting the accused is U.S. Col. Tad Lawson (Richard Widmark). As the trial goes on, both the visiting Americans and their reluctant German hosts often find themselves facing the legacy of the war, and how both of their nations have been irrevocably changed by it. Judgment at Nuremberg also features notable supporting performances by Marlene Dietrich, Judy Garland, and Montgomery Clift. Originally written and produced as a play for television, the screen version of Judgment at Nuremberg was nominated for 11 Academy Awards, with Maximilian Schell and Abby Mann taking home Oscars for (respectively) Best Actor and Best Adapted Screenplay.

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• MARLENE
• DIETRICH
• MONTGOMERY
• CLIFT
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[WoundedWolfgirl]

Shatner is in this?! AWESOME! Thanks for uploading, been wanting to see this for years! :)

[moviegoer1002]

@WoundedWolfgirl, you're welcome.

[MarleneXtreme]

Great Movie !

Brilliant acting by Marlene Dietrich !!

Thanks for sharing :-)

[moviegoer1002]

@MarleneXtreme, you're welcome. Enjoy.

[espouse]

Shatner is just perfect as a military man.

[jennifersman]

Just the beginning alone with the swatstika exploding is pretty powerful stuff. Great film.

[allanro28]

@liberal20111 switch to decaf

[eG092]

Thumbs up if you're watching for LEGAL-250 at UMass!

[SuperAllMovies]

Thanks for Sharing!

[vivienmerchant]

... and, by the way, William Shatner very good-looking (and very good) in a talent-spotting early scene!

[vivienmerchant]

This is a very good film and also an important one, carefully sidestepping obvious condemnation and revealing complexity of evil. Judy Garland and Montgomery Clift are very moving an a cast which is uniformly miraculous ( who was the brilliant casting agent?) I mean Dietrich, Widmark, Lancaster, the extraordinarily intelligent Spencer Tracy and Maximillian Schell brilliant in the terrible role. And that's just the main actors...

[ETericET]

It's time now we have the trials for the people that lied us into the Iraq war.

[Silexrifl2]

@Atreus21

actual footage

[zsuzsamold]

Spencer Tracy and Marlene Dietrich is the best:)

[james1200]

William Shatner in a good movie, in a non-campy role? I wouldn't have believed it if I didn't see it with my own eyes!