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Release Date:
18 December 1961 (Sweden)
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More than a motion picture...It is an overwhelming experience in human emotion you will never forget! more
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In 1948, an American court in occupied Germany tries four Nazi judges for war crimes. full summary | full synopsis
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Won 2 Oscars.
Another 12 wins
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21 nominations
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A Film Of Enduring Value
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Spencer Tracy | ... | Chief Judge Dan Haywood | |
| Burt Lancaster | ... | Dr. Ernst Janning | |
| Richard Widmark | ... | Col. Tad Lawson | |
| Marlene Dietrich | ... | Mrs. Bertholt | |
| Maximilian Schell | ... | Hans Rolfe | |
| Judy Garland | ... | Mrs. Irene Hoffman Wallner | |
| Montgomery Clift | ... | Rudolph Petersen | |
| Edward Binns | ... | Sen. Burkette | |
| Werner Klemperer | ... | Emil Hahn | |
| Torben Meyer | ... | Werner Lampe | |
| Martin Brandt | ... | Friedrich Hofstetter | |
| William Shatner | ... | Capt. Harrison Byers | |
| Kenneth MacKenna | ... | Judge Kenneth Norris | |
| Alan Baxter | ... | Brig. Gen. Matt Merrin | |
| Ray Teal | ... | Judge Curtiss Ives |
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Judgement at Nuremberg
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186 min
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Norway:16 |
West Germany:16 (f) |
Finland:S (1990) |
Australia:PG |
Finland:K-16 (1961) |
Spain:18 |
Sweden:15 |
UK:PG
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Some of the court scenes feature authentic film material about the crimes committed in concentration camps.
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Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When William Shatner's character (Capt. Byers) swears in Montgomery Clift, the Clift character (Peterson) fails to use the headphones, yet answers the question as if he understood the oath. There was no indication that Byers spoke German nor that Peterson, who was feeble minded, spoke English.
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Ernst Janning:
There was a fever over the land. A fever of disgrace, of indignity, of hunger. We had a democracy, yes, but it was torn by elements within. Above all, there was fear. Fear of today, fear of tomorrow, fear of our neighbors, and fear of ourselves. Only when you understand that - can you understand what Hitler meant to us...
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Referenced in In Conversation: Abby Mann and Maximillian Schell (2004) (V)
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Soundtrack:
Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13
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A Note Regarding SpoilersIs this movie based on a novel?
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They say that time heals all heartache. In the case of the Third Reich, I'm not sure that the old saying is true. Out of respect for the Holocaust victims, and as an important history lesson, there's something to be said for not forgetting the evils of Hitler. Fortunately, we have this great film to help us not forget.
"Judgment At Nuremberg" is a dramatization of one of the many real life post WWII Nuremberg trials of high ranking Nazis. Most of the film focuses on the 1948 courtroom trial of four judges who helped to carry out Hitler's decrees. As part of the prosecution's case against the judges, real life, graphic film footage showing the horrors of the death camps engenders a gut level impression that is both powerful and persuasive. The film thus educates viewers in ways that a dry textbook of facts and figures never could.
But there's more to the film than the trial. In other parts of Nuremberg we see ordinary Germans trying to get on with their lives as best they can, three years after the war's end, in a bombed out and bleak city. One of these persons is Madame Bertholt (Marlene Dietrich), the wife of a dead German soldier. In contrast to the harsh and contentious trial, Madame Bertholt's kindness toward the tribunal's lead judge, Dan Haywood (Spencer Tracy), provides an example of the innocence and decency of ordinary Germans, and thus adds a softer, more contemplative perspective to the ordeal. In these non-courtroom scenes, the melancholy background music and the soft production lighting create a mood of depression and sadness.
I find very little to criticize in this three hour film. Perhaps the plot could have been clearer in identifying the legal counsel of three of the four defendants. And maybe in those scenes wherein the four defendants conversed among themselves, the dialogue should have been in German, not English. But these are trivial points. Overall, this is a film that is well written and directed, a film with credible actors giving stellar performances, and most of all, a film that assures preservation of that era's historic significance, with a political and social message that has enduring value.