Movie
Judgment at Nuremberg
Overview
In 1947, four German judges who served on the bench during the Nazi regime face a military tribunal to answer charges of crimes against humanity. Chief Justice Haywood hears evidence and testimony not only from lead defendant Ernst Janning and his defense attorney Hans Rolfe, but also from the widow of a Nazi general, an idealistic U.S. Army captain and reluctant witness Irene Wallner.
Details
- Release date
- 1961-12-18
- Runtime
- 191 min
- Genres
- Drama, History
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Roxlom Films, Stanley Kramer Productions
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Spencer Tracy as Dan Haywood
- Richard Widmark as Tad Lawson
- Maximilian Schell as Hans Rolfe
- Burt Lancaster as Ernst Janning
- Marlene Dietrich as Mrs. Bertholt
- Judy Garland as Irene Hoffman Wallner
- Montgomery Clift as Rudolph Petersen
- William Shatner as Harrison Byers
- Werner Klemperer as Emil Hahn
- Kenneth MacKenna as Kenneth Norris
- Torben Meyer as Werner Lampe
- Joseph Bernard as Abe Radnitz
Crew
- Stanley Kramer - Director
- Abby Mann - Screenplay
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