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Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
Director(s)	Stanley Kramer
Producer(s)	Stanley Kramer, Philip Langner (associate)
Top Genres	Drama, Historical
Top Topics	Courtroom, Justice, True Story (based on)

Featured Cast:

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Spencer Tracy
(as Chief Judge Dan Haywoo...)

Burt Lancaster
(as Dr. Ernst Janning)

Richard Widmark
(as Col. Tad Lawson)

Judgment at Nuremberg Overview:

Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) was a Drama - Historical Film directed by Stanley Kramer and produced by Stanley Kramer and Philip Langner.

SYNOPSIS

This rare drama of ideas is one of the most thought-provoking of Hollywood's many considerations of WWII, and one of the most acclaimed. American jurist Tracy presides as Chief Justice over the Nuremberg tribunal that judges responsibility for war crimes. He balances the emotional testimony of Holocaust victims with the defense of individuals having no personal responsibility for institutional madness (Schell is magnificent as the German defense counsel) as well as the political pressures brought to bear outside his courtroom. A stellar cast working at the top of their form for Kramer, who earlier showed his ability with courtroom drama as director of Inherit the Wind (1960). Based on a Playhouse 90 broadcast.

(Source: available at Amazon AMC Classic Movie Companion).

Judgment at Nuremberg was inducted into the National Film Registry in 2013.

Academy Awards 1961 --- Ceremony Number 34 (source: AMPAS)

Award	Recipient	Result
Best Actor	Maximilian Schell	Won
Best Actor	Spencer Tracy	Nominated
Best Supporting Actor	Montgomery Clift	Nominated
Best Supporting Actress	Judy Garland	Nominated
Best Art Direction	Art Direction: Rudolph Sternad; Set Decoration: George Milo	Nominated
Best Cinematography	Ernest Laszlo	Nominated
Best Costume Design	Jean Louis	Nominated
Best Director	Stanley Kramer	Nominated
Best Film Editing	Frederic Knudtson	Nominated
Best Picture	Stanley Kramer, Producer	Nominated
Best Writing	Abby Mann	Won

BlogHub Articles:

Judgment at Nuremberg (1963)

on Jan 14, 2015 From Journeys in Classic Film

There are certain real-world events Hollywood is quick to capitalize on and others they take their time with (the Vietnam War in the ’70s-’80s). Judgment at Nuremberg is a landmark film for its honest, no-holds barred discussion of the Holocaust where, after the dust had settled, the US ... Read full article

Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)

By 4 Star Film Fan on Jul 23, 2013 From 4 Star Films

This epic court drama relates the true story of the War Crime Trials after World War II. With Stanley Kramer directing, this cast is amazing. Spencer Tracy, Burt Lancaster, Richard Widmark, Marlene Dietrich, Montgomery Clift, Judy Garland, Werner Klemperer, and even William Shatner all play a part. ... Read full article

Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)

By 4 Star Film Fan on Jul 23, 2013 From 4 Star Films

Judgment at Nuremberg (1)

By RBuccicone on Mar 23, 2012 From MacGuffin Movies

Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) A reporter character in Judgement at Nuremberg says he could not give away a story about the Nuremberg Nazi war crime trials in 1948 because America had moved on from the war and was no longer interested. If Americans were not interested in the trials then, they certainl... Read full article

Judgment at Nuremberg (2)

By Alyson on Mar 14, 2010 From The Best Picture Project

Three years after WWII, an American court put four Nazi judges on trial for their war crimes under the Third Reich.? Through eight months in a small courtroom, the decision became more than a judgment on right and wrong, but a moral authority for the entire world. The bulk of the film is set within ... Read full article

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Quotes from

Mrs. Bertholt: We must forget if we want to go on living.

Col. Tad Lawson: One thing about Americans, we're not cut out to be occupiers. We're new at it and not very good at it.

Facts about

Marlene Dietrich had a great deal of trouble performing in the scene between Mrs. Bertholt and Judge Haywood when she claims German civilians did not know of the atrocities the Nazi government committed during the war. Dietrich, who, during the war, had worked for the Allies against the Nazis, found the sentiment so repulsive, she could not keep her concentration. Only after counseling by Spencer Tracy was the actress able to complete the scene. According to an interview with her grandson Peter Riva on the Icons Radio Hour, Marlena would get physically ill (to the point of vomiting) in the evenings over this part. In a conversation with her daughter Maria, Maria told her to "simply play her mother". The fictional Mrs. Bertholt is a representation of the mother of Marlena Dietrich.

Maximilian Schell's Lead Actor Oscar makes him the lowest-billed lead category winner in history. He is billed fifth, after Tracy, Lancaster, Widmark, and Dietrich.

Filmed in Nuremberg itself.

Featured Cast: See Full Cast

Spencer Tracy(as Chief Judge Dan Haywoo...)

Burt Lancaster(as Dr. Ernst Janning)

Richard Widmark(as Col. Tad Lawson)

SYNOPSIS

Academy Awards 1961 --- Ceremony Number 34 (source: AMPAS)

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Featured Cast:

See Full Cast

Spencer Tracy
(as Chief Judge Dan Haywoo...)

Burt Lancaster
(as Dr. Ernst Janning)

Richard Widmark
(as Col. Tad Lawson)