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Urteil von Nürnberg

Original title: Judgment at Nuremberg
  • 1961
  • 16
  • 2h 59m
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Urteil von Nürnberg (1961)
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In 1948, an American court in occupied Germany tries four Nazis judged for war crimes.In 1948, an American court in occupied Germany tries four Nazis judged for war crimes.In 1948, an American court in occupied Germany tries four Nazis judged for war crimes.

  • Director
    • Stanley Kramer
  • Writers
    • Abby Mann
    • Montgomery Clift
  • Stars
    • Spencer Tracy
    • Burt Lancaster
    • Richard Widmark
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  • IMDb RATING
    8.3/10
    85K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    3,342
    175
    • Director
      • Stanley Kramer
    • Writers
      • Abby Mann
      • Montgomery Clift
    • Stars
      • Spencer Tracy
      • Burt Lancaster
      • Richard Widmark
    • 262User reviews
    • 112Critic reviews
    • 60Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • Top rated movie #136
    • Won 2 Oscars
      • 16 wins & 26 nominations total

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    Maximilian Schell and Richard Widmark in Urteil von Nürnberg (1961)
    Maximilian Schell and Richard Widmark in Urteil von Nürnberg (1961)
    Spencer Tracy, William Shatner, Maximilian Schell, Richard Widmark, and Ray Teal in Urteil von Nürnberg (1961)
    Burt Lancaster, Maximilian Schell, and Werner Klemperer in Urteil von Nürnberg (1961)
    Burt Lancaster, Maximilian Schell, and Richard Widmark in Urteil von Nürnberg (1961)
    Burt Lancaster, Maximilian Schell, Martin Brandt, Werner Klemperer, and Torben Meyer in Urteil von Nürnberg (1961)
    Montgomery Clift in Urteil von Nürnberg (1961)
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    Montgomery Clift in Urteil von Nürnberg (1961)
    Burt Lancaster in Urteil von Nürnberg (1961)
    Burt Lancaster in Urteil von Nürnberg (1961)

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    Spencer Tracy
    Spencer Tracy
    • Chief Judge Dan Haywood
    Burt Lancaster
    Burt Lancaster
    • Dr. Ernst Janning
    Richard Widmark
    Richard Widmark
    • Col. Tad Lawson
    Marlene Dietrich
    Marlene Dietrich
    • Mrs. Bertholt
    Maximilian Schell
    Maximilian Schell
    • Hans Rolfe
    Judy Garland
    Judy Garland
    • Irene Hoffman
    Montgomery Clift
    Montgomery Clift
    • Rudolph Petersen
    William Shatner
    William Shatner
    • Capt. Harrison Byers
    Werner Klemperer
    Werner Klemperer
    • Emil Hahn
    Kenneth MacKenna
    Kenneth MacKenna
    • Judge Kenneth Norris
    Torben Meyer
    Torben Meyer
    • Werner Lampe
    Joseph Bernard
    • Maj. Abe Radnitz
    Alan Baxter
    Alan Baxter
    • Brig. Gen. Matt Merrin
    Edward Binns
    Edward Binns
    • Sen. Burkette
    Virginia Christine
    Virginia Christine
    • Mrs. Halbestadt
    Otto Waldis
    Otto Waldis
    • Pohl
    Karl Swenson
    Karl Swenson
    • Dr. Heinrich Geuter
    Martin Brandt
    • Friedrich Hofstetter
    • Director
      • Stanley Kramer
    • Writers
      • Abby Mann
      • Montgomery Clift(uncredited)
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    • Trivia
      Spencer Tracy's eleven-minute closing speech was filmed in one take using multiple cameras shooting simultaneously.
    • Goofs
      At the end of the movie a graphic states that 99 people were tried and sentenced at Nuremberg and that by the date of the movie (1961) none remained in prison. Some critics have pointed out that Nuremberg defendants Rudolf Hess and others were still imprisoned in Spandau. However, Hess and the other major defendants were tried by the International Military Tribunal (with judges and prosecutors from each of the four victorious Allied powers). The caption in the film states that the statistic refers only to the Nuremberg trials "held in the American sector." By 1961, all of the defendants sentenced in the American trials were indeed free; the graphic is therefore correct.
    • Quotes

      [last lines]

      Ernst Janning: Judge Haywood... the reason I asked you to come: Those people, those millions of people... I never knew it would come to that. You *must* believe it, *You must* believe it!

      Judge Dan Haywood: Herr Janning, it "came to that" the *first time* you sentenced a man to death you *knew* to be innocent.

    • Connections
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    • Soundtracks
      Lili Marleen
      Music by Norbert Schultze (1938)

      Lyrics by Hans Leip (1915)

      Partially Performed by Marlene Dietrich (uncredited)

    User reviews262

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    The logic of evil.
    I once read a review of this film that criticized the fact that the American chief prosecutor as played by Richard Widmark was a less sympathetic and engaging character than the defending lawyer, Herr Rolfe as portrayed by Max Schell. Schell's Oscar winning performance illuminated the "shattering truth" that the film reveals about Nazism. Extremely able and educated men were able to rationalize what they did with an irresistible logic. They loved their country and, in a time of a national crisis, found it necessary to implement certain measures. As expounded by Rolfe, it all sounds so logical and reasonable. He also cites the fact that many world leaders actually commended Hitler upon his leadership in getting Germany out of the Depression as swiftly as he did.

    Widmark's character, Lawson, is understandably appalled by Herr Rolfe's defence of the indefencible and therefore he pulls no punches. He wants those responsible to be held fully responsible but he finds Germans who are ready to extenuate and rationalize. After he is told to tone down his demands for justice, Lawson acerbically retorts, "There are no Nazis in Germany. It was those damned Eskimos."

    The moment that illuminates how pure reason without humanity is so dangerous is when Pohl, a right hand man for Eichman, explains how it was possible to kill millions of people in purely technical terms. His explanation as he eats his lunch is devoid of any hint of human empathy for the victims he has so blithely exterminated. His was a job that was the logical extension of a policy and he carried it out with a detached and technical logic.

    The key point that the film makes is that to be logical is not always to be morally right.
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    • Release date
      • November 29, 1963 (East Germany)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • German
    • Also known as
      • Judgment at Nuremberg
    • Filming locations
      • former Reichsparteitag area, Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany(After the first session Judge Haywood walks through these former Nazi Party Rally Grounds)
    • Production company
      • Roxlom Films Inc.
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    • Budget
      • $3,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross worldwide
      • $12,180
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 59 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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