Watch Judgment at Nuremberg starring Spencer Tracy in this Drama on DIRECTV. Using this and other examples, the movie explores individual conscience, collective guilt, and behavior during a time of widespread societal immorality. Judge Haywood replies, "Herr Janning, it came to that the first time you sentenced a man to death you knew to be innocent." Kramer's film received positive reviews from critics, and was lauded as a straight reconstruction of the famous trials of Nazi war criminals. Finally, the Judgment At Nuremburg script is here for all you quotes spouting fans of the movie. This film is a gripping look at the moral issues surrounding both the actions of the defendants and the process of bringing them to justice. Judgment at Nuremberg is a forceful portrait of the evil that was Nazi Germany. The film's events relate principally to actions committed by the German state against its own racial, social, religious, and eugenic groupings within its borders "in the name of the law" (from the prosecution's opening statement in the film), from the time of Hitler's rise to power in 1933. View production, box office, & company info. This trial is about 4 judges who used their offices to conduct Nazi sterilization and cleansing policies. Even Spencer Tracy, that universally beloved actor whose appeal has always escaped me, gave an honest and heartfelt portrayal of a "simple man" who was also a deeply conflicted judge.What I liked most about this movie was that it didn't pull any punches, in the manner of other "controversial" films of its time. Is 'Judgement at Nuremberg' based on a book? Was this review helpful to you? British POWs are forced to build a railway bridge across the river Kwai for their Japanese captors, not knowing that the allied forces are planning to destroy it. Written by "[14] Harrison's Reports awarded its top grade of "Excellent," praising Kramer for employing "an ingenious device of fluid direction" and Spencer Tracy for "a performance of compelling substance. Judgment at Nuremberg is twice the size of the concise, stirring and rewarding production on television's Playhouse 90 early in 1959. Proceedings of the International Military Tribunal sitting at Nuremberg, Germany , Part 22 (22nd August ,1946 to 1st October, 1946) Karl Gebhardt was found guilty of “crimes against humanity” and war crimes for his experimental atrocities at Ravensbrück and was hanged. Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) Plot. 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