Nuremberg
by Yves Simoneau
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Actor: Alec Baldwin, Brian Cox, Christopher Heyerdahl, Christopher Plummer, Jill HennessyDirector: Yves Simoneau
Brand: Turner
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); German (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 180 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2001-01-16
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Turner Home Ent
Movie Reviews of Nuremberg
Movie Review: A thinly disguised anti-Nazi film.
Summary: 3 Stars
Don't get me wrong. I hold the Nazis in the poorest of esteem. They were a blight on humanity. But, that in itself is a problem with this film.
The unadulterated racism of the Nazis isn't really expressed here. For an historical document on that regime this is inexcusable. What we get is a highly entertaining show on the villainy of the Nazi leaders on trial and the moral rightness of those who are judging them. For a pursuit of the average viewer perhaps this is sufficient. But, as a student of history I recognize that the problems don't boil down to such a simplicity. There is no mention of just what made Hitler's rise to power actually happen. Hitler himself is treated as unapproachable on every level. Not that I am interested in his ideas, but seriously how does one have an indepth look at the true twist on humanity that Hitler was without a look into the actual substance of his beliefs?
Moreover, how do we connect that with the Nuremberg trial? You see, the greatest problem with this film is the inexcusable lack of connection with the regimes ultimate leader: Hitler himself.
Instead we are left with Goering, separated from Hitler altogether.
Perhaps the goal of this film should not have been to understand the tyrant, but I fail to understand how we can understand the minds of his followers here without a depth of the connection to the man himself.
Ok, end of rant.
On a basic level this film introduces us to some of Hitler's mightiest henchmen in their day of reckoning. The timing, the setting, the symbolism all collide to overwhelm the Nazi concept. The result is that the Nazis cannot have been anything but simply evil men in power who destroyed anyone they believed were "undesirable."
There are some really good things about this film. The pomposity of Goering is fully on display in actor Brian Cox. With his script he performs superbly, finding a gift with his role that is lacking in most of the other major players.
The depiction of war torn Nuremberg is also quite fascinating, giving a feel for the actual conditions of Germany post WWII.
The problem I have, though, is one I will always have with anti-Nazi films. They always defer reality and do not demonstrate the Nazi experience in such a way that it can be understood in reality by people. Just why were they so perverted in their thoughts? How did they become a nation of killers? Hitler tapped into something more primal that simple nationalism. He appealed to the worst instincts in a people who were already prejudiced against the "subhuman."
So, a lot of important information about the Nazis must be presumed when going into this film, or ignored altogether. The clash of morals is left without substance as a result. And, that's why I give this film only 3 stars. It is a powerful introduction to the history of the Nazis, and I recommend it for anyone over the age of 15. But, it is far too light and far too removed from the actual realities of Nazi Germany to be a serious testament on that particular history.
Summary of Nuremberg
The nazi high command is on trial and so is justice when allied prosecutors put the principles of freedom first and risk losing the case rather than give in to the post-world war ii passion for vengeance. Studio: Turner Hm Entertainm Release Date: 03/29/2005 Starring: Alex Baldwin Brian Cox Run time: 179 minutes Rating: NrThe trial of Nazi war criminals following the Allied victory in Europe in World War II is dramatized in this uneven TV movie starring Alec Baldwin as Robert Jackson, a U.S. Supreme Court justice who served as the chief prosecutor for the Allies. The gravity of the controversial concept of having a war crimes trial, and the political maneuvering between Britain, France, the United States, and the Soviet Union that made it possible, is explained fairly well in the early portions of the film, even if Baldwin at times delivers lines that seem to have been lifted from a high school history textbook. Scenes of Nazi officers being rounded up and jailed are evocative, as are scenes of a ruined Germany. But a subplot involving Baldwin's character having an extramarital affair with his secretary, played by Jill Hennessy, seems utterly extraneous. Perhaps the intent was to show that even someone taking a moral stand on a global stage can be flawed, but Baldwin's Supreme Court justice faces no consequences from his infidelity. Baldwin dominates the courtroom scenes as the outraged prosecutor, while Hennessy has little to do beyond looking great in her 1940s wardrobe. And as the film progresses the brilliant performance of Brian Cox as Hermann Goering simply seizes all attention, as Hitler's deputy is uncannily portrayed as a brilliant manipulator to the very end. Nuremberg is consistently interesting, and to its credit it does contain much serious material on the Nazi war crimes, but it is in the end a flawed production. --Robert J. McNamara
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