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Judgment at Nuremberg

Four eminent German judges are accused of crimes against humanity in Stanley Kramer’s acclaimed film, which tackles some of the most sensitive questions about the Nazi holocaust.

Two years after the end of the second world war, Chief Judge Dan Haywood arrives in Nuremberg to head the tribunal hearing against four eminent German judges accused of crimes against humanity.

Stanley Kramer’s acclaimed fictional masterpiece tackles some of the most sensitive questions about the Nazi holocaust and how far individual responsibility lay for the horrors enacted by the regime.

2 hours, 51 minutes

Last on

Thu 25 Jan 2024 22:50

Credits

Role Contributor
Chief Judge Dan Haywood Spencer Tracy
Dr Ernst Janning Burt Lancaster
Col Tad Lawson Richard Widmark
Hans Rolfe Maximilian Schell
Emil Hahn Werner Klemperer
Mrs Bertholt Marlene Dietrich
Irene Hoffman Judy Garland
Capt Harrison Byers William Shatner
Rudolph Petersen Montgomery Clift
Director Stanley Kramer
Writer Abby Mann

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