Judgment at Nuremberg

Judgment at Nuremberg

1961 · 2 hr 59 min · Approved

Drama, War

Directors

Stanley Kramer

Actors

  • Spencer Tracy
  • Burt Lancaster
  • Richard Widmark

Credits: 3

Summary

Fictionalized depiction of the 1947 Judges' Trial, the third of twelve trials of Nazi war criminals conducted by the American occupying forces in Nuremberg, Germany, in which former judges of Nazi Germany were tried for their acti...

More about this movie

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 cleansing policies. Retired American judge, Dan Haywood has a daunting task ahead of him. The Cold War is heating up and no one wants any more trials as Germany, and Allied governments, want to forget the past. But is that the right thing to do is the question that the tribunal must decide.