Judgment at Nuremberg

In 1947, four German judges who served on the bench during the Nazi regime face a military tribunal to answer charges of crimes against humanity. Chief Justice Haywood hears evidence and testimony not only from lead defendant Ernst Janning and his defense attorney Hans Rolfe, but also from the widow of a Nazi general, an idealistic U.S. Army captain and reluctant witness Irene Wallner.

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Overview:
In 1947, four German judges who served on the bench during the Nazi regime face a military tribunal to answer charges of crimes against humanity. Chief Justice Haywood hears evidence and testimony not only from lead defendant Ernst Janning and his defense attorney Hans Rolfe, but also from the widow of a Nazi general, an
Cast:

• Dan Haywood: Spencer Tracy
• Tad Lawson: Richard Widmark
• Hans Rolfe: Maximilian Schell
• Ernst Janning: Burt Lancaster
• Mrs. Bertholt: Marlene Dietrich
• Irene Hoffman Wallner: Judy Garland
• Rudolph Petersen: Montgomery Clift
• Harrison Byers: William Shatner
• Emil Hahn: Werner Klemperer
• Kenneth Norris: Kenneth MacKenna
• Werner Lampe: Torben Meyer
• Abe Radnitz: Joseph Bernard
• Matt Merrin: Alan Baxter
• Senator Burkette: Edward Binns
• Mrs. Halbestadt: Virginia Christine
• Pohl: Otto Waldis
• Heinrich Geuter: Karl Swenson
• Friedrich Hofstetter: Martin Brandt
• Curtiss Ives: Ray Teal
• Karl Wieck: John Wengraf
• Halbestadt: Ben Wright
• Hugo Wallner: Howard Caine
• Elsa Lindnow: Olga Fabian
• Schmidt: Paul Busch
• Max Perkins: Bernard Kates
• Concert Attendee (uncredited): Bess Flowers
• Courtroom Spectator (uncredited): Frank Baker
• Courtroom Spectator (uncredited): Brandon Beach
• Courtroom Spectator at Verdict (uncredited): Joseph Crehan
• Courtroom Spectator (uncredited): Sayre Dearing
• Courtroom Spectator (uncredited): Sam Harris
• Courtroom Spectator (uncredited): Shep Houghton
• Courtroom Spectator (uncredited): Reed Howes
• Courtroom Spectator (uncredited): William Meader
• Courtroom Spectator (uncredited): Colin Kenny
• Courtroom Spectator (uncredited): George Nardelli
• Courtroom Spectator (uncredited): Waclaw Rekwart
• Courtroom Spectator (uncredited): Jack Stoney
• Waiter at Court Lounge (uncredited): Oscar Beregi Jr.
• Waiter (uncredited): Norbert Schiller
• Concert Attendee (uncredited): Chet Brandenburg
• Concert Attendee (uncredited): Herman Hack
• Mrs. Ives (uncredited): Sheila Bromley
• Courtroom Officer (uncredited): Harold Miller
• Assistant Defense Attorney (uncredited): Hans Moebus
• Captain at Nightclub Announcing Call-up of Officers (uncredited): Ed Nelson
• German Prisoner in Cafeteria (uncredited): William H. O’Brien
• Interpreter in Courtroom (uncredited): Rudy Solari
• German Prisoner in Cafeteria (uncredited): Bert Stevens
• German Counsel (uncredited): Hal Taggart
• Elsa Scheffler (uncredited): Jana Taylor
• Army Major at Trial (uncredited): Ralph Moratz
• Courtroom Spectator (uncredited): Tony Regan
• Concert Attendee (uncredited): Dick Cherney
• Club Patron (uncredited): Norman Stevans
• Courtroom Spectator (uncredited): Raoul Freeman

Crew:

• Casting: James Lister
• Original Music Composer: Ernest Gold
• Costume Design: Jean Louis
• Director: Stanley Kramer
• Editor: Frederic Knudtson
• Set Decoration: George Milo
• Original Story: Abby Mann
• Director of Photography: Ernest Laszlo
• Production Design: Rudolph Sternad
• Sound Designer: Jean L. Speak
• Makeup Artist: Robert J. Schiffer
• Costume Design: Joe King
• Production Manager: Clem Beauchamp
• Still Photographer: Phil Stern
• Grip: Morris Rosen
• Camera Operator: Charles F. Wheeler
• Sound Editor: Walter Elliott
• Music Editor: Robert Tracy
• Script Supervisor: Marshall Schlom
• Assistant Director: Ivan Volkman
• Property Master: Art Cole
• Assistant Grip: Martin Kashuk
• Associate Producer: Philip Langner
• Gaffer: Don L. Carstensen
• Music Editor: Art Dunham
• Title Designer: Wayne Fitzgerald

Catogories:
Drama,History
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Language:
Deutsch,English
Production:
United States of America
Company:
United Artists,Roxlom Films,Stanley Kramer Productions
Popularity:
18.845
Date:
1961-12-18
Year:
1961

• CinemaSerf: Spencer Tracy is the presiding judge at the fictitious trial of some of the most evil Nazis to have survived the end of WWII. Chief amongst them is the formidable former jurist “Dr. Ernst Janning” (Burt Lancaster). Richard Widmark is tasked with leading the prosecution; Maximilian Schell as their defender. Make no mistake, this is no standard courtroom melodrama. The performances from all – especially a sensitive and measured Tracy who tries, despite every sense of humanity within himself pulling him otherwise – to remain as impartial and fair in the face of the evidence of brutality presented to him and his fellow judges. There are a couple of wonderful cameo performances from victims of the alleged abuses – notably Judy Garland and Monty Clift with Marlene Dietrich as the widow of a former Nazi general who seems to be in some sort of a daze of denial (we are never quite certain what she did/didn’t know). The story challenges the very basis of an independent judiciary and the principles of blind obedience motivated by pure evil, zeal or fear. The use, only once, of actual British footage from a liberated concentration camp is heart-rending and sickening in equal measure. A real must see.