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Jugement à Nuremberg

Original title: Judgment at Nuremberg
  • 1961
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  • 2h 59m
IMDb RATING
8.3/10
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Fictionalized depiction of the 1947 Judges' Trial, the third of 12 trials of Nazi war criminals conducted by the American occupying forces in Nuremberg, Germany, in which former judges of Na... Read allFictionalized depiction of the 1947 Judges' Trial, the third of 12 trials of Nazi war criminals conducted by the American occupying forces in Nuremberg, Germany, in which former judges of Nazi Germany were tried for their actions.Fictionalized depiction of the 1947 Judges' Trial, the third of 12 trials of Nazi war criminals conducted by the American occupying forces in Nuremberg, Germany, in which former judges of Nazi Germany were tried for their actions.

  • Director
    • Stanley Kramer
  • Writers
    • Abby Mann
    • Montgomery Clift
  • Stars
    • Spencer Tracy
    • Burt Lancaster
    • Richard Widmark
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  • IMDb RATING
    8.3/10
    93K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    2,710
    80
    • Director
      • Stanley Kramer
    • Writers
      • Abby Mann
      • Montgomery Clift
    • Stars
      • Spencer Tracy
      • Burt Lancaster
      • Richard Widmark
    • 289User reviews
    • 115Critic reviews
    • 60Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • Top rated movie #135
    • Won 2 Oscars
      • 16 wins & 26 nominations total

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    Spencer Tracy
    Spencer Tracy
    • Chief Judge Dan Haywood
    Burt Lancaster
    Burt Lancaster
    • Dr. Ernst Janning
    Richard Widmark
    Richard Widmark
    • Col. Tad Lawson
    Marlene Dietrich
    Marlene Dietrich
    • Mrs. Bertholt
    Maximilian Schell
    Maximilian Schell
    • Hans Rolfe
    Judy Garland
    Judy Garland
    • Irene Hoffman
    Montgomery Clift
    Montgomery Clift
    • Rudolph Petersen
    William Shatner
    William Shatner
    • Capt. Harrison Byers
    Werner Klemperer
    Werner Klemperer
    • Emil Hahn
    Kenneth MacKenna
    Kenneth MacKenna
    • Judge Kenneth Norris
    Torben Meyer
    Torben Meyer
    • Werner Lampe
    Joseph Bernard
    • Maj. Abe Radnitz
    Alan Baxter
    Alan Baxter
    • Brig. Gen. Matt Merrin
    Edward Binns
    Edward Binns
    • Sen. Burkette
    Virginia Christine
    Virginia Christine
    • Mrs. Halbestadt
    Otto Waldis
    Otto Waldis
    • Pohl
    Karl Swenson
    Karl Swenson
    • Dr. Heinrich Geuter
    Martin Brandt
    • Friedrich Hofstetter
    • Director
      • Stanley Kramer
    • Writers
      • Abby Mann
      • Montgomery Clift
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    Reviewers say 'Judgment at Nuremberg' is acclaimed for its profound exploration of justice and morality post-World War II. It examines accountability through the trial of German judges, highlighting moral dilemmas and post-war challenges. Performances by Spencer Tracy, Maximilian Schell, and others are universally praised. The script, direction by Stanley Kramer, and historical accuracy are lauded. Despite minor criticisms about length and direction, the film is recognized as significant and thought-provoking.
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    10stanford-4

    When films like this can be made.......

    If this is not considered as one of THE great films of all time, then all of us film fans should pack up bags and go home I cannot fault anyone, any scene, anything in this film. The dialogue races along in its smooth yet supremely captivating style. You grab a film like this, see a whole host of famous actors, and wonder if such a mix could ever work. It does, believe me, it really, really does.

    Tracy. He was given the most powerful of dialogues, he presents it to us in a way that does not shout at you, yet holds you in a vice like grip every time he comes on screen. With his characteristic method of looking down whilst talking, hands in pocket, that small sly look up that he does, vintage Spencer, just how you would imagine a judge to be, or should be.

    The supporting cast, again, never lets the film down. Some have the opportunity to step up a notch, Snell, Widmark, and others play their roles in a more subtle manner, Garland and Dietrich. And others just wipe away the floor with their presence, Clift and Lancaster for example.

    And the story by Abby Mann - incredible.

    Shot in black and white, it makes you think, it makes you smile, it will make you sad, and in the end you will be all the better for having seen one of the greatest films ever made, you will be richer for the experience, and you will be wiser.

    You will also be able to say that you saw what Hollywood can do, you saw what great actors can do when put amongst their peers and are not 'stars' of a movie but are part of a larger ensemble.

    And you will also see why this particular group were, genuinely, the very best Hollywood had to offer, period.
    campbell-russell-a

    The logic of evil.

    I once read a review of this film that criticized the fact that the American chief prosecutor as played by Richard Widmark was a less sympathetic and engaging character than the defending lawyer, Herr Rolfe as portrayed by Max Schell. Schell's Oscar winning performance illuminated the "shattering truth" that the film reveals about Nazism. Extremely able and educated men were able to rationalize what they did with an irresistible logic. They loved their country and, in a time of a national crisis, found it necessary to implement certain measures. As expounded by Rolfe, it all sounds so logical and reasonable. He also cites the fact that many world leaders actually commended Hitler upon his leadership in getting Germany out of the Depression as swiftly as he did.

    Widmark's character, Lawson, is understandably appalled by Herr Rolfe's defence of the indefencible and therefore he pulls no punches. He wants those responsible to be held fully responsible but he finds Germans who are ready to extenuate and rationalize. After he is told to tone down his demands for justice, Lawson acerbically retorts, "There are no Nazis in Germany. It was those damned Eskimos."

    The moment that illuminates how pure reason without humanity is so dangerous is when Pohl, a right hand man for Eichman, explains how it was possible to kill millions of people in purely technical terms. His explanation as he eats his lunch is devoid of any hint of human empathy for the victims he has so blithely exterminated. His was a job that was the logical extension of a policy and he carried it out with a detached and technical logic.

    The key point that the film makes is that to be logical is not always to be morally right.
    9littlemartinarocena

    Cinematic Theater Of A Remarkable Kind

    Beyond its compelling subject matter "Judgement At Neuremberg" revolutionizes the court room drama genre. The camera swings and swerves and dives between the lines of this exemplary Abby Mann script. Stanley Kramer conducts his orchestra of iconic stars with the precision of a Swiss watchmaker. The language barriers and the confinement of the action masterfully resolved. Spencer Tracy is simply magnificent and, as per usual, we believe every word that comes out of his mouth. His judge is an American monument of unsentimental humanity. Twentynine year old Maimilian Schell won the Oscar as best actor and his performance survived the test of time with the vigor of his conviction. Montgomery Cliff makes his short minutes on the screen, one of those memorable moments that nobody that has ever seen it will be able to forget. The man and the character merging into one chilling, shattering truth. "I am half the man I've ever been" Marlene Dietrich gives to her German aristocrat a legendary star quality. And Judy Garland, overweight and almost unrecognizable breaks your heart and gets her last Oscar nomination. My only troubles came with the stoic Burt Lancaster because I could never forget it was Burt Lancaster and with Richard Widmark's strident prosecutor. I have seen "Judgement At Neuremberg" more than a dozen times and it never ceases to amaze me that no matter the darkness of the subject it always manages to entertain and inspire.
    10Sleepin_Dragon

    Not your average war film, brilliant telling of a fascinating story.

    American judges arrive at Nuremberg, to preside over the trial of four high ranking Nazis.

    This film is truly monumental, it is an incredible movie, and a fascinating subject, there are so many films that detail the start of the war, the harrowing

    It was actually The Americans that called for this trial, and it's incredible to think that the trial was actually broadcast on TV. I'm surprised add just how realistic it is, I've recently watched exerts from the trial, and so much is accurately reproduced.

    There are some very interesting camera angles and techniques used, it's far from static, as there's virtually only one set, the courtroom, they did a great job ensuring that scenes don't feel lengthy or too wordy, it's incredibly watchable.

    Outstanding performances, truly astonishing, Maximilian Schell and Spencer Tracy in particular are fabulous, but the whole cast deliver.

    It's worth watching to see William Shatner in a US uniform alone, wow he's insanely handsome.

    If you're interested in the events at Nuremberg, and have access to BBC iPlayer, I'd recommend you checking out The Rise of The Nazis Series four, which details these events.

    There's a reason why this film is so highly regarded, and still enjoyed by many, it's not quite an obscure subject, but hardly what you'd call a crowd pleaser, but I urge you to watch this great film.

    10/10.
    9gcsman

    They don't make films like this any more -- and it's entirely our loss

    This 1961 film is just about as close to timeless in its impact as you can get, in its searing treatment of the universal themes of law, justice, and humanity. This far downstream, it's worth recalling that the movie was made just 15 years after the end of WWII when the aftermath of the war was still reverberating. It's set during the "Nuremberg Trials" of 1947-49 during which high-ranking German generals, judges, politicians and others responsible for the atrocities of the Nazi regime were tried against still-evolving standards of international law. The movie takes us through just one of these, the trial of four high-placed judges, and I was actually surprised to learn that there was an earlier, much shorter version of this drama shown 2 years earlier on the prestigious old TV series Playhouse 90. But the movie carries a wallop that no TV show could have given.

    I had to check the history to be sure, but though the bare bones of the time, place, and setting are accurate, all the characters and details are entirely fictional. I think maybe this was the correct choice, because it could allow the script to concentrate entirely on two major themes in its 3-hour run time: first and foremost, the courtroom drama, and second, a look into German postwar society when most were desperate to forget and try to get back to normal living. The side plot is kind of disposable -- some of those scenes drag -- but the courtroom scenes that are the spine of the movie are intense, claustrophobic, and utterly absorbing. Because of the imbalance of the two parts of the story, I rate this as "only" 9/10, but my bottom-line message is simply to see it, any way you can. There is lots here that resonates with what is happening now all around us.

    The cast is flat-out astonishing: Spencer Tracy, Maximilian Schell, Richard Widmark, Marlene Dietrich, Judy Garland, Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift. None of these giants are still with us, but if you want to see what the classic Hollywood stars were capable of, this is just about the best place to go. (Schell won the Best Actor Oscar for this, which is hard to argue with once you see him work.) Each one of these multiple leads has at least one powerhouse scene -- always in the courtroom, where all of the true interest of the film takes place -- that is guaranteed to stick in your mind. Tracy and Widmark were in lots and lots of movies, and they tended to play every role in much the same way: Tracy played the aw-shucks average guy you could imagine as a next-door neighbor, Widmark always seemed to have that flat delivery with an edge of menace -- but here they stretch themselves. Widmark's narration of the horrors revealed in the concentration camps (which in the setting of the film were uncovered just two years before) accompanied by hard-to-watch film records is impressively spare and restrained, and Tracy as the leading tribunal judge gives a summation speech that has real weight.

    Even among all these leads, however, Burt Lancaster stands out. Playing a respected and even renowned German judge who inexplicably stepped into the dark side, late in the film he delivers a long, uninterrupted testimony that is electrifying. Up till that point he had been only a looming Presence lurking at the edge of the proceedings, but he is the key defendant everyone mentions repeatedly. When will he speak? What will he say? The dramatic tension pays off handsomely. Lancaster was an amazingly physical kind of actor, and by that I don't mean just physique or action-hero roles. But the camera is drawn to him in a way that is hard to explain: he can get your attention just by standing up from a chair. I think much of it is due to a kind of stillness of posture, an utter spareness of movement. I can't think of a single modern actor like that.

    It's fun to note that one of the supporting actors in this stellar cast who IS still with us is William Shatner. As the military aide to Judge Haywood (Tracy), he's there from beginning to end, and he does very nicely. Several years later, he'd move on to become Captain Kirk.

    Maybe understandably for the time, all the speaking roles for the "German" characters, except for Maximilian Schell and Marlene Dietrich, were played by Americans with fake mild accents. Today that wouldn't work . I'm visualizing a re-mounting of this piece with a true international cast, but I'm not sure anyone wants to revisit the Nazi era in quite so unsparing a way.

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    • Trivia
      Spencer Tracy's eleven-minute closing speech was filmed in one take using multiple cameras shooting simultaneously.
    • Goofs
      At the end of the movie a graphic states that 99 people were tried and sentenced at Nuremberg and that by the date of the movie (1961) none remained in prison. Some critics have pointed out that Nuremberg defendants Rudolf Hess and others were still imprisoned in Spandau. However, Hess and the other major defendants were tried by the International Military Tribunal (with judges and prosecutors from each of the four victorious Allied powers). The caption in the film states that the statistic refers only to the Nuremberg trials "held in the American sector." By 1961, all of the defendants sentenced in the American trials were indeed free; the graphic is therefore correct.
    • Quotes

      [last lines]

      Ernst Janning: Judge Haywood... the reason I asked you to come: Those people, those millions of people... I never knew it would come to that. You *must* believe it, *You must* believe it!

      Judge Dan Haywood: Herr Janning, it "came to that" the *first time* you sentenced a man to death you *knew* to be innocent.

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      Music by Norbert Schultze

      Lyrics by Hans Leip

      Performed by Marlene Dietrich

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    • Release date
      • December 20, 1961 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • German
    • Also known as
      • Juicio en Nuremberg
    • Filming locations
      • former Reichsparteitag area, Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany(After the first session Judge Haywood walks through these former Nazi Party Rally Grounds)
    • Production company
      • Roxlom Films Inc.
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      • $3,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross worldwide
      • $12,180
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 59 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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