Nuremberg (2000) (TV)

Director:

Yves Simoneau

Writers (WGA):

Joseph E. Persico (book)
David W. Rintels (teleplay)

Release Date:

16 July 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | History

Plot:

The dramatized account of the war crime trials following the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II.

Plot Keywords:

Nazi | Courtroom | War Crime | Execution | WWII

Awards:

Nominated for 3 Golden Globes. Another 9 wins & 18 nominations

Cast

Alec Baldwin	...	Justice Robert H. Jackson
Brian Cox	...	Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring
Christopher Plummer	...	Sir David Maxwell-Fyfe
Jill Hennessy	...	Elsie Douglas
Christopher Heyerdahl	...	Ernst Kaltenbrunner
Roger Dunn	...	Col. Robert Storey
David McIlwraith	...	Col. John Harlan Amen
Christopher Shyer	...	Gen. Telford Taylor
Hrothgar Mathews	...	Thomas J. Dodd
Herbert Knaup	...	Albert Speer
Frank Moore	...	Hans Frank
Frank Fontaine	...	Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm Keitel
Raymond Cloutier	...	Großadmiral Karl Dönitz
Bill Corday	...	Generaloberst Alfred Jodl
Ken Kramer	...	Fritz Sauckel

Runtime:

180 min | Canada:140 min

Country:

Canada | USA

Language:

English | German

Color:

Black and White | Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Singapore:NC-16 | Iceland:12 | South Korea:15 | Argentina:Atp | Germany:12 | Spain:13 | UK:15

Filming Locations:

Montréal, Québec, Canada

Company:

Alliance Atlantis Communications

Trivia:

In reality Sir David Maxwell-Fyfe was, at 46, a few years younger than Robert Jackson (53), rather than as seen here, a considerably older mentor figure.

Goofs:

Factual errors: At the Nuremberg trial, defendants gave their pleas of "Not guilty / Nicht schuldig" after moving to a single microphone at the center directly in front of Ernst Kaltenbrunner's position, rather than by standing at their places in the dock.

Quotes:

Lt. Tex Wheelis: Rough day, Reichsmarschall?
Reichsmarschall Hermann Wilhelm Göring: On the contrary. We had an excellent lunch, a nice view of the city, and in the courtroom we had the best seats in the house.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Scene Smoking: Cigarettes, Cinema & the Myth of Cool (2001)

Soundtrack:

I Never Slept a Wink Last Night

Compelling stuff

This is a strange subject for a modern TV series designed to entice an audience to whom World War II is as distant as the Pelopenesian Wars. Yet this is a tough, well produced, historically accurate and thoroughly compelling film. Brian Cox steals the show with a masterful recreation of Hermann Goering as a beguiling rogue. And the production techniques excel, for example the sound track as silent film of the concentration camps is shown to the trial. It puts the horror in context without exploiting it or sensationalizing it. A brilliant piece of historical film making.