Judgment at Nuremberg

Dec 18, 1961

3h 11m

★ 8.0

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 idealistic U.S. Army captain and reluctant witness Irene Wallner.

Genres

Drama

History

Production Companies

United Artists

Roxlom Films

Stanley Kramer Productions

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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

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