- Release Date: 1961
- Runtime: 186 min
- Genre: Drama, History
- Starring: Spencer Tracy, Burt Lancaster, Richard Widmark, Marlene Dietrich ... see all
- Director: Stanley Kramer
- Plot: It has been three years since the most important Nazi leaders had already been tried. This trial is about 4 Judges who used their offices to conduct Nazi sterilization and... Read more
User Reviews
"My counsel says we were not aware of the extermination of the millions. He would give you the excuse: We were only aware of the extermination of the hundreds."
Jan 28, 2009
alexkolokotronis - imdb.com
Jan 28, 2009alexkolokotronis - imdb.com
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
Would a film of that candor have a chance of being made today?
Apr 30, 2007
Beaucoul - imdb.com
Apr 30, 2007Beaucoul - imdb.com
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
Feb 01, 2007M. 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
One of the most thrilling and thought provoking movie of all times
Oct 09, 2006
ali ilyas - imdb.com
Oct 09, 2006ali ilyas - imdb.com
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
Oct 06, 2005stanford-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
May 08, 2005Lechuguilla - 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
Apr 23, 2005Scott 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
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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
Aug 07, 2003chlewis - 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
Feb 25, 2001buckboard - 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, 2009associatedcontent.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..... ... Full Review
| Mar 19, 2009associatedcontent.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
| Oct 15, 2008associatedcontent.com
The highlight of the film is Montgomery Clift#39;s searing portrayal of a man castrated....October 2008 saw the release of a flood of classic movies newly available for instant viewing on Netflix.....Of course not, but it does feature, by far, the funniest cast of any movie ever made.....though it is also too long it, too, features some memorable individual sequences..... ... Full Review
| Mar 28, 2008USA 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, 2008associatedcontent.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
News
James Bond's Dr No dies aged 91
bbc.co.uk –
2009-10-21
Justice and the law, two concepts in today's society that synonymously go hand in hand; or so it seems. What exactly is law? What is justice? ... 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
Montgomery Clift in Judgment at Nuremberg
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2007-10-17
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