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Summary: Star-Studded Recounting of Legendary Nazi Trials
Review: This star-studded film vividly captures the characters on all 3 sides of the spectrum: The accused, the victims, and the international tribunal judging the perpetrators of unspeakable atrocities against fellow human beings. It is shocking to see how many of the people responsible for the gruesome deaths of millions justified their actions. After hearing witnesses who often were tortured, mamed by sadistic doctors, and had their loved ones murdered, I can not grasp the fact that the majority of those on trial were released after serving minimal prison terms. Some of them are still among us, while millions of victims lie in their graves at the hands of an evil minority! Stellar performances by an International cast. Most noteworthy are Montgomery Clift and Judy Garland as testifying victims, Maximilian Schell as Prosecutor (Oscar Winner), Marlene Dietrich as wife of a defendant, and an elderly Spencer Tracy, trying to make sense of it all. Effective use of B&W photography, first rate sets and costumes, along with many other production values, make this a timeless Classic. Although considerd over-long by some, I recommend this film to be shown to high school classes as a reminder that these things happened in a not so distant past.*****
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Summary: MASTERPIECE
Review: What happens when Stanley Kramer teams Tracy, Dietrich, Garland, Schell, Clift, Lancaster and Widmark in a drama based on the trials in pos-war Nuremberg??? It`s vintage Hollywood; still 1 IF not THE BEST about the horrors from World War II ..... The film should be in every school-library across the world
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Summary: A great film about the War-Crime trials.
Review: With an all star cast, Judgment at Nuremberg certainly delivers with powerful acting and great directing by Stanley Kramer.
Burt Lancaster portrays one of four-nazi judges convicted of war crimes at the Nuremberg trials. The year is 1948, two years since the main Nuremberg trials concluded and 3 years since World War 2 ended. Throughout the film, mention is made of the cold war. The invasion of Czechoslovakia and the Berlin Airlift are mentioned. Also, Emil Hahn (Played by Werner Klemperer, the future Colonel Klink) states, after he is sentenced, "...Tomorrow the Bolsheviks sentence you!" Speaking of perfromances, fine performances are also given by just about the entire cast, from Spencer Tracy as Judge Dan Heywood, to Montgomery Clift playing Rudolph Peterson, a victim of nazi atrocities. Judy Garland and Marlene Dietrich also give great performances. But it is Lancaster, Richard Widmark and Maxmilian Schell (Who won an Oscar for Best Actor) who steal the show.
In addition to everything listed above, the film's music fits it like a glove. The cinematography is also good. In addition, this version also includes the original theatrical trailer.
This is definately one of my ten favorites and deserves a spot in the collection of any film buff (It has a spot in mine).
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Summary: To face the enemy from the inside or the outside ?
Review: You can count with your fingers the few cases in which you can admire a whole cast so good and outstanding like this one . Add besides the ravishing presence of Stanley Kramer , the wonderful script and the result will be a perfect movie which runs almost theree hours without any effort for the viewer . Thoughtful , powerful , and disturbing movie . During the last stages of the Nazi war crimes an American judge will have to ponder the delicate of citizens who decided obey the criminal orders of the government. Based on the original story of Abby Man , the film explores the degree to which an individual may delegate his ethical concerns to win the sympathy and the recognizement of the leader . Which side will you take ?
For those poeple who have lived in despotic regimes , the respònsability is a concept whic disolves through the rule chains . The individuality is supressed until you keep alone. Watch the political and ideological enemies of Stalin and you will feel the horror shadow behind your door or the window . The physical distance is not an obstacle . Trotsky is the best example for this statement .
Take it or leave it but you will never stand indifferent in front such colossal statement with strong sequences , superb camera work and one of the most ravishing performances ever made in the screen in the cinema story : Maximilian Schell, who won a more than deserved Academy Award .
Simply perfect : the state of art in what movie concerns.
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