Judgement at Nuremberg
(1961)
Directed by Stanley
Kramer this film stars Spencer Tracy, Burt Lancaster, Richard Widmark
and Maximilian Schell. Four German law makers go on trial for their
part in the Nazi regime in the lead up to and during WW2.
While this is not a
true story it takes it's cue from the trial of real judges at
Nuremberg and does a good job of staying realistic as well as show
casing some of horrid attitudes of the period. The story manages to
take this specific trial and frame the discussion as to how it
reflects on German society as a whole for that period. There are good
performances from the cast and a good supporting cast including Judy
Garland and a young William Shatner.
4/5
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