Abby Mann (1927–2008)

An American tribunal for Nazi judges.

Interesting, but very, very long. I like how the camera's always moving, especially the fast zooms. I'm a sucker for fast zooms.

Beyond its compelling subject matter "Judgement At Neuremberg" revolutionizes the court room drama genre. The language barriers and the confinement of the action masterfully resolved. The judge is an American monument of unsentimental humanity. "Judgement At Neuremberg" never ceases to amaze me that no matter the darkness of the subject it always manages to entertain and inspire. Very thought-provoking. Highly emotional given the subject matter, but presented in a very intelligent, balanced show more way. I was struck at once by that, and by how well it gives us both sides of the argument – and avoids simply paying lip service to the defense of the German judges on trial. There are also so many brilliant scenes. The devastating real film clips from the concentration camps, which are still spine tingling despite all we 'know' or have been exposed to. As for the trial itself, the defense argument was along these lines: they were judges (and therefore interpreters), not makers of law. They didn't know about the atrocities in the concentration camps. At least one of them saved or helped many by staying in their roles and doing the best they could under the heavy hand of the Third Reich. They were patriots, saw improvement in the country when Hitler took power, but did not know how far he would go. If you were going to convict these judges, you would have to convict many more Germans (and where would it stop?). Had the Axis won the war, I don't know which Americans would have been on trial for war crimes for the fire bombings of Dresden and Tokyo, or for dropping the atomic bombs, but the film makes one think, even for a war when things were seemingly as black and white as they could ever be. The particulars of this trial were fictionalized, but it's representative of what really occurred, and it transports you into events 80 years ago which seem so unreal today – and yet are so vitally important to understand, and remember. show less

Nel 1948, un vecchio giudice americano deve occuparsi di quattro colleghi tedeschi accusati di crimini di guerra. Parrebbe che il magistrato provi simpatia per uno degli imputati, uomo di grande levatura, ma dopo la deposizione dei testimoni sarà severo anche con lui che, proprio per la sua cultura e sensibilità, è più colpevole degli altri per aver ascoltato le lusinghe del nazismo. (fonte: Mymovies)

Tratto dall'omonimo dramma di Jean-Paul Sartre. Per sfuggire al giudizio del tribunale militare, un criminale di guerra si nasconde in una soffitta per 17 anni. Il forzato isolamento però non servirà a lenire i suoi ricorrenti sensi di colpa. L'incontro con una attrice riporterà a galla i drammatici ricordi di un passato che non si può dimenticare e che spingerà il criminale a una dura e crudele espiazione.