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Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
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Director Stanley Kramer's socially conscious 1961 film tackles the subject of the war crime trials arising out of World War II in an earnest and straightforward fashion, exploring the consciousness of two nations as they struggle to come to terms with the aftermath of the Holocaust. Spencer Tracy plays the American judge selected to head the tribunal that will try the suspected war criminals. As he sets about his task, he must confront the raw emotion felt by the German people, and his own notions of good and evil, right and wrong. Regarded as a classic, this stark rendering of one of the most pivotal events in the 20th century features a...
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Judgment at Nuremberg Movie Review by B Movie Ben  (4/11/2008) |
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It is so easy to dismiss this as a story of other people in another time in another land. Unfortunately, what was done then, is being done by the leaders of our country in the name of protection from terrorists, and we, the people, sit silently by and let it happen just as the German people did seven decades ago.
We need...
(complete Judgment at Nuremberg review by B Movie Ben)
| Judgment at Nuremberg Movie Review by AJ (4/14/2006) |
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By all means, this should have been the amazing, profound political masterpiece that everyone else thinks it is. Unfortunately, it moves at a snail's pace and very rarely seems to find its footing. The performances are interesting (especially Maximilian Schell's), as are the weighty moral questions raised, but on the whole...
(complete Judgment at Nuremberg review by AJ)
Somewhat slow, but moving film about the trials at Nuremberg after the second World War. Spencer Tracy is older, but no less powerful as the prosecuting attorney and Montgomery Clift is unforgettable in a small role.
For me the magic scene is that of Judy Garland as a German woman on the stand explaining what happened in...
(complete Judgment at Nuremberg review by Jessica Film Junkie)
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