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Judgment at Nuremberg

The event the world will never forget.

8.0(1,001)19613h 11m7

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.

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Status
Released
Budget
$3M
Box office
$10M
Language
English
  • right and justice
  • nazi
  • court case
  • judge
  • concentration camp
  • world war ii
  • national socialism
  • national socialist party
  • nuremberg trials
  • trial
  • nuremberg, germany
  • black and white

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Writers

Abby Mann

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United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalNRNew York City, New York19 Dec 1961
  • United KingdomGB

    • PremierePGLondon17 Dec 1961
  • AustraliaAU

    • PhysicalPG15 Feb 1985
  • CzechiaCZ

    • Theatrical1 Oct 1965
  • DenmarkDK

    • Theatrical19 Dec 1961
  • FranceFR

    • TheatricalU20 Dec 1961
  • GermanyDE

    • Premiere12Berlin14 Dec 1961
    • Theatrical29 Nov 1963
    • TV29 May 1975
  • GreeceGR

    • Theatrical1218 Dec 1961
  • HungaryHU

    • Theatrical1827 Jan 1966
  • NetherlandsNL

    • Physical16DVD1 Jan 2005
  • RomaniaRO

    • Premiere1518 Dec 1961
  • RussiaSU

    • Theatrical15 Nov 1965

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Judgment at Nuremberg was released on 18 December 1961.

Audience reviews

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  • C

    CinemaSerf

    4/20/2023

    8/10

    Spencer Tracy is the presiding judge at the fictitious trial of some of the most evil Nazis to have survived the end of WWII. Chief amongst them is the formidable former jurist "Dr. Ernst Janning" (Burt Lancaster). Richard Widmark is tasked with leading the prosecution; Maximilian Schell as their defender. Make no mistake, this is no standard courtroom melodrama. The performances from all - especially a sensitive and…

  • B

    badelf

    5/7/2026

    9/10

    > Where were we when Hitler began shrieking his hate in the Reichstag? Where were we when our neighbors were being dragged out in the middle of the night to Dachau? Where were we when every village in Germany has a railroad terminal where cattle cars were filled with children being carried off to their extermination? Where were we when they cried out in the night to us?

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