Judgment at Nuremberg

The event the world will never forget.

8.019613h 11m

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Drama

History

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.

StatusReleased

Release Date1961-12-18

Runtime3h 11m

LanguagesEnglishDeutsch

CountriesUnited States of America

Budget$3,000,000

Revenue$10,000,000

Keywords

national socialist party

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5 total

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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

Reviews

CinemaSerf

Apr 20, 2023

8/10

Spencer Tracy is the presiding judge at the fictitious trial of some of the most evil Nazis to have survived the end of WWII. Chief amongst them is the formidable former jurist "Dr. Ernst Janning" (Burt Lancaster). Richard Widmark is tasked with leading the prosecution; Maximilian Schell as their defender. Make no mistake, this is no standard court…

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badelf

May 7, 2026

9/10

> Where were we when Hitler began shrieking his hate in the Reichstag? Where were we when our neighbors were being dragged out in the middle of the night to Dachau? Where were we when every village in Germany has a railroad terminal where cattle cars were filled with children being carried off to their extermination? Where were we when they cried o…

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