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Judgment at Nuremberg

1961

Stanley Kramer

Spencer Tracy, Burt Lancaster, Richard Widmark, Marlene Dietrich ...

8.2

13,533

Drama It has been three years since the most important Nazi leaders had already been tried. This trial is about four 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. [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Bosley Crowther The New York Times	"A powerful, persuasive film (...) There are many disturbing intimations and revealing performances"	POS
United States	Variety	"A faster tempo (...) and more trenchant script editing would have punched up picture (...) The stars enjoy greater latitude and length of characterization"	NEU
United Kingdom	Alex von Tunzelmann The Guardian	"Stanley Kramer's masterpiece does justice to the real-life Nazi judges' trial (...) An exceptionally good historical film – and a haunting one."	POS
United States	Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader	"Watchable enough on its own terms, but insufferably glib next to something like 'Shoah'."	NEU
United Kingdom	Time Out	"This assembly of star turns in the court (...) are often very impressive."	POS
United States	Susan King Los Angeles Times	"Kramer was never one to shy away from hot-button topics, whether it be racism (...) or freedom of thought and expression"	POS

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