Prosecuting Evil (2018)

A portrait of Ben Ferencz, the last surviving Nuremberg Trial prosecutor, who continues to wage his lifelong crusade in the fight for law and peace.

Director:

Barry Avrich

Writer:

Barry Avrich

Stars:

Benjamin Ferencz, Christian Wenaweser, David Scheffer

1 win & 3 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Benjamin Ferencz	...	Self - Nuremberg Prosecutor
Christian Wenaweser	...	Self - Permanent Representative of Liechtenstein to the U.N.
David Scheffer	...	Self - Former U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues
Alan Dershowitz	...	Self - Lawyer & Author (as Alan M. Dershowitz)
Don Ferencz	...	Self - Lawyer & Human Rights Advocate
Richard Dicker	...	Self - Director, Human Rights Watch International Justice Program
Christoph Safferling	...	Self - Professor, Department of Criminal Law University of Erloangen-Nuremberg
Henrike Claussen	...	Self - Director, Memorium Nuremberg Trials Nuremberg Museum
Wesley Clark	...	Self - U.S. Army (as General Wesley Clark)
Rosalie Abella	...	Self - Supreme Court of Canada (as Justice Rosalie Abella)
William Pace	...	Self - Executive Director, World Federalist Movement
Fatou Bensouda	...	Self - Chief Prosecutor, International Criminal Court
Sam Sasan Shoamanesh	...	Self - Chief de Cabinet to the Prosecutor, International Criminal Court
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Robert H. Jackson	...	Self - Chief American Prosecutor (archive footage)
Telford Taylor	...	Self - Lawyer (archive footage)

Storyline

A portrait of Ben Ferencz, the last surviving Nuremberg Trial prosecutor, who continues to wage his lifelong crusade in the fight for law and peace.

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Plot Keywords:

fight | 

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Taglines:

It began with the biggest murder trial in history

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Genres:

Documentary | Biography | History | War

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Did You Know?

Trivia

Benjamin Berell Ferencz (born March 11, 1920) is an American lawyer. He was an investigator of Nazi war crimes after World War II and the chief prosecutor for the United States Army at the Einsatzgruppen Trial, one of the 12 military trials held by the U.S. authorities at Nuremberg, Germany. Later, he became an advocate of the establishment of an international rule of law and of an International Criminal Court. From 1985 to 1996, he was adjunct professor of international law at Pace University.

User Reviews

What Was Once Relevant Is No Longer So

Back when Mr. Ferencz was shooting down American airplanes there were basically two ideologies that were threats to Peace and Democracy: Socialism (think the USSR and China) and Fascism (think Germany, Italy and Japan). NOW Germany is a Democracy, Italy and Japan nearly so. The USSR has broken up and the countries are edging ever closer towards Democracy. China is also slowly seeing that Socialism DOES NOT WORK. The threats NOW are the dozens and dozens of terrorist organizations/ nations WORLDWIDE that only the largest nations are able to fight WITH NO HOLDS BARRED. Mr. Ferencz did mankind a huge service. But some of his last few lines around 1:16:35, unfortunately, sounded like sour grapes.

Details

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

22 February 2019 (USA)

Also Known As:

Prosecuting Evil

Company Credits

Production Co:

Melbar Entertainment Group

Technical Specs

Runtime:

83 min

Color:

Color