Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)

Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
BAFTA Awards
Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain
David Donatello Awards
Golden Globes
Oscar Academy Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
French ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
French ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
France ( Blu-Ray/Region A/B/C )

Running Time:
180 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.66:1)

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Featurette
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)
Remastered

Movie filmed in 1961 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Stanley Kramer

Written By:
Abby Mann

Actors:
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 ..... Irene Hoffman
Montgomery Clift ..... Rudolph Petersen
William Shatner ..... Capt. Harrison Byers
Werner Klemperer ..... Emil Hahn
Kenneth MacKenna ..... Judge Kenneth Norris
Torben Meyer ..... Werner Lampe
Joseph Bernard ..... Maj. Abe Radnitz
Alan Baxter ..... Brig. Gen. Matt Merrin
Edward Binns ..... Sen. Burkette
Virginia Christine ..... Mrs. Halbestadt

Synopsis:

It has been three years since the most important Nazi leaders had already been tried. This trial is about 4 judges who used their offices to conduct Nazi sterilization and cleansing policies. Retired American judge, Dan Haywood has a daunting task ahead of him. The Cold War is heating up and no one wants any more trials as Germany, and Allied governments, want to forget the past. But is that the right thing to do is the question that the tribunal must decide.

Judgment at Nuremberg centers on a military tribunal held in Nuremberg, Germany, in which four judges are accused of crimes against humanity for their actions during the Nazi regime. Judge Dan Haywood (Spencer Tracy) is the Chief Trial Judge of a three-judge panel that will both hear and then decide the case against the defendants. Haywood begins his examinations by attempting to understand how defendant Ernst Janning (Burt Lancaster) could have passed sentences resulting in genocide. Janning, it is revealed, is a well educated and internationally respected jurist and legal scholar. By extension, Haywood is also deeply curious to understand how the German people could have turned blind eyes and deaf ears to the Holocaust. In doing so, he befriends the widow (Marlene Dietrich) of a German general executed by the Allies. He talks with a number of Germans with different perspectives on the war. Other characters the Judge meets are U.S. Army Captain Byers (William Shatner), who is assigned to the American party hearing the cases, and Irene Hoffman (Judy Garland), who is afraid to bring testimony that may turn the case against the judges in favor of the prosecution.

In 1948, an American court in occupied Germany tries four Nazi judges for war crimes.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 26 March, 2020.