Judgment at Nuremberg
1961 · Movie · NR · 191 min · ★ 8.0 · 77% critics
In postwar Germany, four former judges are put on trial for crimes against humanity tied to the Nazi regime. As testimony unfolds, the court weighs justice, responsibility, obedience, and the uneasy political climate after World War II.
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Details
- Years
- 1961
- Release date
- 1961-12-18
- Language
- English
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 191 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 77/100
- TMDB rating
- 8.0/10 (946 votes)
- Box office
- $10,000,000
- Budget
- $3,000,000
About
You’ll like this if you want a serious, thought-provoking courtroom drama like Inherit the Wind or The Diary of Anne Frank; Not for you if you avoid long, emotionally heavy historical stories.
Pros: powerful performances; complex moral questions; gripping courtroom tension | Cons: long runtime; very heavy subject; dated moments
Themes
- right and justice
- nazi
- court case
- judge
- concentration camp
- world war ii
- national socialism
- national socialist party
- nuremberg trials
- trial
- nuremberg, germany
- black and white
- +1 more
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay · 1962
- Academy Award — Best Actor · 1962
- Silver nugget — the best foreign film · 1962
- National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actor · 1962 · nominated
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- Academy Award — Best Costume Design, Black-and-White · 1962 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Actor · 1962 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay · 1962 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Art Direction, Black and White · 1962 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Cinematography, Black-and-White · 1962 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actress · 1962 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Director · 1962 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Film Editing · 1962 · nominated
- Golden Globe Award — Best Film Promoting International Understanding · 1962 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Picture · nominated
Cast & crew
Spencer Tracy
as Dan Haywood
Richard Widmark
as Tad Lawson
Maximilian Schell
as Hans Rolfe
Burt Lancaster
as Ernst Janning
Marlene Dietrich
as Mrs. Bertholt
Judy Garland
as Irene Hoffman Wallner
Montgomery Clift
as Rudolph Petersen
William Shatner
as Harrison Byers
Werner Klemperer
as Emil Hahn
Kenneth MacKenna
as Kenneth Norris
Directed by Stanley Kramer