Judgment at Nuremberg

1961 · directed by Stanley Kramer

Rating

79/100

Hit

no

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.

Judgment at Nuremberg (1961), directed by Stanley Kramer, rates 79/100. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

• Spencer Tracy
• Richard Widmark
• Maximilian Schell
• Burt Lancaster
• Marlene Dietrich
• Judy Garland
• Montgomery Clift
• William Shatner
• Werner Klemperer
• Kenneth MacKenna

Crew

• Ernest Laszlo — Director of Photography
• Frederic Knudtson — Editor
• Ernest Gold — Original Music Composer
• Abby Mann — Screenplay

More from Stanley Kramer

1. Inherit the Wind (1960) — 81/100 · hit
2. The Defiant Ones (1958) — 76/100
3. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967) — 73/100
4. The Secret of Santa Vittoria (1970) — 73/100
5. It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963) — 69/100
6. On the Beach (1959) — 68/100

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