Judgment at Nuremberg

 (1961)


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User Reviews

This quote is one of the most shocking and yet truthful quotes I have ever heard. It is one of many shocking and intense quotes in the movie. Furthermore Judgment at Nuremburg is one of the most absorbing movies I have... Full review
I watched "Judgment at Nuremburg" on PBS the other night. I had never seen it before. I expected an empty-headed, Hollywood-style, quasi-melodrama, but I was pleasantly surprised. Even Spencer Tracy, that universally beloved actor whose appeal has always escaped me,... Full review
Cinematic Theater Of A Remarkable Kind
Feb 01, 2007
M. J Arocena - imdb.com
Beyond its compelling subject matter "Judgement At Neuremberg" revolutionizes the court room drama genre. The camera swings and swerves and dives between the lines of this exemplary Abby Mann script. Stanley Kramer conducts his orchestra of iconic stars with the... Full review
I have always be fond of Stanley Kramer's work , but this movie proved to be quite extraordinary and exceptional .The movie has every thing you can desire and human sentiments are at there level best. The plot is written... Full review
When films like this can be made.......
Oct 06, 2005
stanford-4 - imdb.com
If this is not considered as one of THE great films of all time, then all of us film fans should pack up bags and go home I cannot fault anyone, any scene, anything in this film. The dialogue races... Full review
A Film Of Enduring Value
May 08, 2005
Lechuguilla - imdb.com
They say that time heals all heartache. In the case of the Third Reich, I'm not sure that the old saying is true. Out of respect for the Holocaust victims, and as an important history lesson, there's something to be... Full review
Sensationally acted
Apr 23, 2005
Scott Amundsen - imdb.com
JUDGMENT AT NUREMBERG is a movie with many strengths, among them Abby Mann's terrific writing and Stanley Kramer's always sure-footed direction. But the chief joy of this movie is its sensational cast. Possibly the best "all-star cast" movie ever made,... Full review
A True Cinematic Masterpiece
Sep 25, 2004
- imdb.com
"Judgment at Nuremberg" is one of the great films of all time. This can be attributed to the excellent script written by Abby Mann, its skillful direction by Stanley Kramer and possibly one of the greatest casts ever assembled for... Full review
Great acting and Movie
Aug 07, 2003
chlewis - imdb.com
As I see again the old movies of the 40s, 50s and early 60s, I am impressed by the quality of material and acting in those movies. Judgment at Nuremberg is an excellent example. Although Montgomery Cliff had a very... Full review
Revelation of Horror
Feb 25, 2001
buckboard - imdb.com
This is a fine film by a fine director, but I can only hope that Stanley Kramer, in committing to full length film a television story, knew at heart the message his movie was trying to say. Because this is... Full review

Critics Reviews

| Mar 19, 2009
associatedcontent.com
Maximilian Schell, Best Actor, "Judgment at Nuremberg....He was a fine Shakespearian actor....Maximilian Schell is the most successful German-speaking actor in English-language films since Emil Jannings, the winner of the first Best Actor Academy Award.....Indeed, with the exception of Maurice Chevalier and Marcello Mastroianni, Schell is undoubtedly the most successful non-anglophone foreign actor in the history of American cinema..... ... Full Review
| Mar 28, 2008
USA TODAY
His Judgment at Nuremberg had become a successful drama on television, and against all advice, he was determined to convert it into his first movie script. Judgment at Nuremberg was nominated for 11 Academy Awards and won Oscars for Schell and Mann. ... Full Review
| Mar 19, 2008
associatedcontent.com
Burt Lancaster was also fantastic....There were other good parts throughout the film, but I liked....I think that all the actors in this film were really good.... ... Full Review
| Mar 07, 2007
Matchflick
Spencer Tracy is older, but no less powerful as the prosecuting attorney and Montgomery Clift is unforgettable in a small role. ... Full Review
| Sep 07, 2004
PopMatters
Judgment at Nuremberg is definitely worth having. Released roughly 40 years ago, the investigation into issues of patriotism and accountability in Judgment at Nuremberg resonates strongly with contemporary American politics. ... Full Review

News

Jospeh Wiseman, who played villain Dr No in the first James Bond movie, has passed away aged 91. The Canadian-born actor died at his home in Manhattan, his daughter Martha told the Los Angeles Times . ... Full Article

Abby Mann, the Oscar-winning screenwriter of 1961's "Judgment at Nuremberg" and such acclaimed TV movies as 1973's " The Marcus -Nelson Murders" and 1989's "Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story," died Tuesday of heart failure in Beverly Hills .... ... Full Article

This post is part of Nathaniel's Montgomery Clift Blog-a-Thon , which is occurring today over at The Film Experience Blog. Forty-one years after his birth, thirteen years after he burst onto American movie screens in The Search and Red River... ... Full Article

Released roughly 40 years ago, the investigation into issues of patriotism and accountability in Judgment at Nuremberg resonates strongly with contemporary American politics. Screenwriter Abby Mann explains during one of the few short featurettes on the DVD, "The villain of... ... Full Article

By the end of the fifties, the toll of about two decades of mainstream entertainment steadfast in its studied inoffensiveness catalyzed a movement in film and televison ("The Twilight Zone", one of the most politically-charged TV series in history, launched... ... Full Article

The details of the military campaigns of World War II and the horrors of the Holocaust have been recounted in countless films. Stanley Kramers Judgment at Nuremberg is a rare cinematic exploration of the messy, difficult aftermath of evaluating culpability,... ... Full Article

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