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The Memory of Justice

  • 19761976
  • PGPG
  • 4h 38m
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8.5/10
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The Memory of Justice (1976)
  • Documentary
  • War
Explores the subject of atrocities during wartime, especially during World War II and the Vietnam War.Explores the subject of atrocities during wartime, especially during World War II and the Vietnam War.Explores the subject of atrocities during wartime, especially during World War II and the Vietnam War.
IMDb RATING
8.5/10
353
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Marcel Ophüls
  • Writer
    • Marcel Ophüls
  • Stars
    • Yehudi Menuhin
    • Noël Favrelières
    • Anthony Herbert
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  • Director
    • Marcel Ophüls
  • Writer
    • Marcel Ophüls
  • Stars
    • Yehudi Menuhin
    • Noël Favrelières
    • Anthony Herbert
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    • 2User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 1 win & 3 nominations

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    Marie-Claude Vaillant-Couturier in The Memory of Justice (1976)
    Albert Speer in The Memory of Justice (1976)
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    Yehudi Menuhin
    Yehudi Menuhin
    • Selfas Self
    Noël Favrelières
    • Self - French Paratrooper in Algeriaas Self - French Paratrooper in Algeria
    Anthony Herbert
    • Selfas Self
    Edward Sowders
    Edward Sowders
    • Self - US Deserteras Self - US Deserter
    Telford Taylor
    • Selfas Self
    • (as Gen. Telford Taylor)
    Marie-Claude Vaillant-Couturier
    Marie-Claude Vaillant-Couturier
    • Self - Nuremberg Prosecution Witnessas Self - Nuremberg Prosecution Witness
    Robert M.W. Kempner
    • Self - Attorneyas Self - Attorney
    G.M. Gilbert
    • Self - Psychologistas Self - Psychologist
    • (as Dr. G.M. Gilbert)
    Karl Dönitz
    Karl Dönitz
    • Selfas Self
    Albert Speer
    Albert Speer
    • Selfas Self
    Walter Warlimont
    • Selfas Self
    • (as General Walter Warlimont - OKW)
    Eugen Kogon
    • Self - Authoras Self - Author
    Walter Bauer
    • Self - Farmeras Self - Farmer
    Alexander Mitscherlich
    • Selfas Self
    Margarete Mitscherlich-Nielsen
    • Selfas Self
    Gerhard Rose
    • Selfas Self
    • (as Prof. Gerhard Rose)
    Beate Klarsfeld
    • Selfas Self
    Serge Klarsfeld
    • Selfas Self
    • Director
      • Marcel Ophüls
    • Writer
      • Marcel Ophüls
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    Explores the subject of atrocities during wartime, especially during World War II and the Vietnam War.
    • war crime
    • laws of war
    • atrocity
    • nuremberg trial
    • vietnam war
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    • Genres
      • Documentary
      • War
    • Certificate
      • PG
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    • Trivia
      The film had a difficult genesis. It was originally financed in 1973 by BBC, Polytel, and a private company based in London, Visual Programme Systems (VPS), the latter of whom had wanted the film to dwell heavily on America's involvement in Vietnam and France's involvement in Algeria. After completing rough cuts, VPS was dismayed at Ophüls work (particularly his excessive leaning on the Nuremberg Trials and Nazi involvement) and tried to remove him as director. Hamilton Fish V organized a group of investors who were able to buy back the rights to the film from VPS and allow Ophüls to complete it.
    • Quotes

      Hermann Göring, Himself: Not guilty, as charged.

    • Alternate versions
      The film had a difficult genesis. It was originally financed in 1973 by BBC, Polytel, and a private company based in London, Visual Programme Systems (VPS), the latter of whom had wanted the film to dwell heavily on America's involvement in Vietnam and France's involvement in Algeria. After completing rough cuts, VPS was dismayed at Ophüls work (particularly his excessive leaning on the Nuremberg Trials and Nazi involvement) and tried to remove him as director. Hamilton Fish V organized a group of investors who were able to buy back the rights to the film from VPS and allow Ophüls to complete it.

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    the memory of justice, Ophüls own favorite
    Yesterday evening, Paris cinema Etoile, 23.00 : Two masters of documentary together. Accompanied by his friend of 40-years Frederick Wiseman (who insists on Ophüls' talent for quality interviewing), Marcel Ophüls tells the public that "the memory of justice" is his favorite own film and that it was a public disaster when it came out in 1976 in the USA... The public is still vibrant with the nearly five hours projection (although the version projected is a 10 years old TV recording in DVD - the only existing 16mm copy seems to be in Germany in 29 reels).

    Very dense, tense and complex editing makes this film another fascinating film from the director. With wit and elegance, the film passes from one interview to another, focusing mainly on the lessons NUREMBERG trial left us, mainly through the point of vue of Telford Taylor (USA prosecutor at the trial) who as a character and in Marcel Ophüls' own words appears as "Mr Smith goes to Nuremberg" (he served also as historical adviser on the picture). Some Nazi talk to exonerate themselves, Albert Speer being the most controversial and in the same time most charismatic one. After having study NUREMBERG trial itself in the first part through archive images and long interviews of 1975's survivors of the facts, the film draws in the second part a parallel between Nazi atrocities, American exactions in Vietnam (contemporary to the shooting of the film) and French torture in Algeria...

    A single review cannot contain all the complexity of the film but I was surprised no review had been written before. If you are lucky enough to see this title aired on TV in your country or projected nearby, please watch it or go to the cinema and bring young people with you in order to learn more together and start a discussion... (If I noted it 7 out of 10, it is because my personal impression of the film was that the second part lasted a bit too long and was a bit confusing in its first hour (third hour of projection))
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    • pierrefilmon
    • Apr 15, 2013

    Details

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    • Release date
      • June 5, 1978 (Sweden)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • United Kingdom
    • Languages
      • English
      • German
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Nicht schuldig?
    • Filming locations
      • Bremen, Bremen, Germany
    • Production companies
      • Stuyvesant Films
      • Polytel International
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    • Runtime
      4 hours 38 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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