Judgment at Nuremberg
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Movie Reviews of Judgment at Nuremberg
Movie Review: To face the enemy from the inside or the outside ?
Summary: 5 Stars
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.
Movie Review: "Dr. Ernst Janning made his life excrement because he walked with them"
Summary: 5 Stars
There were other trials other than all the NSPD biggies. This is a play about the trial of the German judges. The trial was extremely intriguing and there is not a wasted thought or word.
This film is an excellent and well cast. Surprisingly there is William Shatner as Captain Harrison Byers from WestPoint before he beamed the flamboyant Captain Kirk we know of today. Burt Lancaster as Dr. Ernst Janning Made the best speech. I kept waiting for him to show his teeth. Spencer Tracy as Chief Judge Dan Haywood was excellent in showing the conundrum off the time. Way too many actors to cover them all; so surprise yourself and watch the film before looking at the cast list.
The Nuremburg trials held in the American zone ended July 14 1949. There were ninety-nine defendants sentenced to prison terms. Not one is still serving his sentence.
The DVD I watched had many extras:
In conversation
_____Abby Mann - Writer (story and screenplay), Maximilian Schell
_____Turns out that Max played the role in Playhouse 90 (1959).
The value of a Single human being.
A Tribute to Stanly Kramer
Theatrical Trailer
Bad Day at Black Rock~ Spencer Tracy
The Hallelujah Trail ~ Burt Lancaster
Movie Review: Fantastic!!
Summary: 5 Stars
Judgment At Nuremburg is a great movie in every sense. It is well shot, the plot is moving, and the acting is superb for any era and well beyond almost any acting in film today. The courtroom scenes are full of glowing performances but most especially the performances of Spencer Tracy as (Chief Judge Haywood), Burt Lancaster (as Dr. Ernst Janning), and Maximilian Schell (as Hans Rolfe) were quite simply stunning. Be that as it may, this movie is not for the faint of heart. The subject matter (judges accused of atrocities during the holocaust) is quite graphic and includes actual footage of concentration camps and extermination methods used by the Nazis upon their victims. I found myself hard pressed to keep my eyes on the screen while bulldozers shoved hundreds and thousands of cadavers into mass graves. Many of us, in these modern times, forget how truly awful it was. There are those among us who use terms like "it's worse than what the Nazis did to the Jews" to describe things as trivial and stupid as a parking ticket. This movie explores the question of justice versus law and how, sometimes, those two things can be exclusive. If you feel that you have a strong enough stomach to handle aforementioned documentary footage and you love a good drama film then I highly recommend this movie to you.
P.S. Keep an eye out for a VERY young William Shatner as a courtroom aide!
Movie Review: BRILLIANT!
Summary: 5 Stars
Despite the ponderous length of Stanely Kramer's "Judgement at Nuremberg", this three hour plus film is well worth viewing.
Set during the Nuremberg Trials in 1948 and covering events surrounding the indictment of professionals -- in this case the judiciary who enforced the inhumane laws of Nazi Germany -- the film's message is timeless and serves as a moral compass to any government bent on perverting "justice, truth and the rights of a single individual", especially in times of war or national crisis.
Beyond its courtroom drama, the film shows how Cold War politics contravened justice and reversed the life sentence of these convicted judges. True to the human condition, life is rarely fixed in black and white terms, and this film shows just how fickle fate and humanity can be.
The performances in "Judgement at Nuremberg" from Spencer Tracy, Maximillian Schell (who won an Oscar for his performance as the German defence attorney), Burt Lancaster, Richard Widmark, Judy Garland and Montgomery Clift are powerful and riveting. But then, Abbey Mann's script (which won the second Oscar) is so skilfully written it's hard not to imagine it yielding such dynamic performances.
Simply put, "Judgement at Nuremberg" deserved to be nominated for 11 Oscars in 1961. It's a pity it won just two because it is such a BRILLIANT film!
Movie Review: Where guilt comes to reside, when madness is implemented
Summary: 5 Stars
I'd been on a bit of a Stanley Kramer kick when I picked up this DVD, thinking it would be like a History Channel run-down, only what we have here is a look inside of the actual fabric of German National Socialism, 1933 - 1945, through the exposed actions of a number of indicted judiciary officials from the Reich. Spencer Tracy does a great spot, as central among "your honors" in the Nuremburg Hall of Justice. It's all woven in with various antics among the German people of 1948, and was apparently produced to show the Berlin Airlift as amplification of the Berlin Wall crisis that was going on in 1961. Tracy is put in the spot of attempting to find the true source of law, when law is perverted in the interest of political rampage. Though the defendants will accuse the entire world of sitting by during the time of the mass execution and murder, it comes down to the responsibility of those who are actually at the fore and sentencing people to male sterilization and death in the interest of racial purity. All the mushy plot involving Marlene Dietrich (though quite a Nazi-era notable to put in a film about Germany) and the human interest parts were a detraction, so I'm going to downgrade my overall rating to a 4.7. It was a lot to sit through, but gives a lot to think about, for those who choose to go along yet still have a conscience.