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Judgment at Nuremberg

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Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)

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Reviews Counted:18

Fresh:16

Rotten:2

Average Rating:7.6/10

Runtime: 3 hrs 11 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: True story dealing with the Nazi war crimes trials of several members of the German judiciary. Here the focus is on two particular individuals, the judge (Spencer Tracey) who must render a final... True story dealing with the Nazi war crimes trials of several members of the German judiciary. Here the focus is on two particular individuals, the judge (Spencer Tracey) who must render a final opinion and one particular defendant (Burt Lancaster), a well respected German scholar. The defendant, played by Burt Lancaster, must come to grips with the reality of his actions or inaction. Academy Award Nominations: 11, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor--Spencer Tracy. Academy Awards: 2, including Best Actor--Maximilian Schell, Best Adapted Screenplay. [More]

Starring: Spencer Tracy, Burt Lancaster, Marlene Dietrich, Maximilian Schell

Starring: Spencer Tracy, Burt Lancaster, Marlene Dietrich, Maximilian Schell, Montgomery Clift, Richard Widmark, William Shatner, Edward Binns

Director: Stanley Kramer

Director: Stanley Kramer
Producer: Stanley Kramer
Composer: Ernest Gold

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Sep 14, 2004

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Abordando o complexo tema com honestidade, inteligência e humanidade, esta obra-prima repleta de atuações inesquecíveis é um atestado da capacidade do Cinema em servir não só como retrato de nossa História, mas como profunda reflexão sobre a mesma.

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02/06/09
Pablo Villaca
Pablo Villaca
Cinema em Cena

Absorbing from beginning to end.

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11/07/07
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Tracy delivers a performance of great intelligence and intuition.

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11/07/07
Variety Staff
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Watchable enough on its own terms, but insufferably glib next to something like Shoah.

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11/07/07
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A tpical Stanley Kramer's film: Serious (even pompous) and humanist, but essentially middlebrow, courtroom drama that while well-acted is too verbose and fearful of taking sides in the controversy over who's to blame for the Nazi atrocities.

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09/26/07
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
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02/18/07
Jake Euker
Jake Euker
F5 (Wichita, KS)

There are no surprises in the direction, and Abby Mann's screenplay plays the expected tunes, but there's enough conviction on display to reward a patient spectator.

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06/24/06
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A rare cinematic exploration of the messy, difficult aftermath of evaluating culpability, not only for the Nazi masterminds, but also for innumerable officials and functionaries…

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02/11/06
Steven D. Greydanus
Steven D. Greydanus
Decent Films Guide

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07/28/05
Robin Clifford
Robin Clifford
Reeling Reviews

An eloquent snapshot of the way that the ground was shifting--in both the Nuremberg of 1948 and the Tinsel Town of 1961.

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01/06/05
Walter Chaw
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09/24/04
Jules Brenner
Jules Brenner
Cinema Signals

In the grand tradition of courtroom dramas, Nuremberg has the distinction of being probably the most "important" of them all - even if it's not the most blatantly entertaining

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08/14/04
Christopher Null
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Robert Roten
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05/28/04
Carol Cling
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Las Vegas Review-Journal

A classic of post-war cinema.

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