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In the years following World War II, the victorious Allies set up a court in which to try Nazi leaders for war crimes. As the world watched in fascination, the Nuremberg trials brought to light issues of accountability and responsibility under the Nazi regime. Judgment at Nuremberg was Hollywood's first attempt to confront issues of guilt and innocence in the Holocaust. It premiered in Berlin to an invited international audience, and won the Oscar® for Best Picture.
Judgment at Nuremberg presents the trial of a group of German judges charged with “crimes committed in the name of the law.” Starring Spencer Tracy, Burt Lancaster, Judy Garland and Maximilian Schell, the film addresses the complex issue of assigning culpability.
1961, 187 mins.
While you watch, consider . . .
•What the two major cases presented say about the film’s position on the Holocaust.
•Why there are no Jewish characters in the film.
•The impact that this film must have had upon its premiere in Berlin. This title is distributed by MGM(http://www.mgm.com).
Other films of interest:
Music Box Jessica Lange stars as an attorney who represents her father, a former Nazi collaborator on trial in America.
Trial at Nuremberg Walter Cronkite hosts this look at the Nuremberg trials, which first aired on CBS in 1958. Witnesses to the Holocaust: The Trial of Adolf Eichmann Eichmann’s 1961 trial in Israel was proceeding as Judgment at Nuremberg was being filmed.