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- 1961
- Approved
- United Artists
- 2 h 59 m
- 1961
- Approved
- United Artists
- 2 h 59 m
Summary In 1948, an American court in occupied Germany tries four Nazi judges for war crimes.
Directed By: Stanley Kramer
Written By: Abby Mann, Montgomery Clift
- 1961
- Approved
- United Artists
- 2 h 59 m
- 1961
- Approved
- United Artists
- 2 h 59 m
Judgment at Nuremberg
60
8.4
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Summary In 1948, an American court in occupied Germany tries four Nazi judges for war crimes.
Directed By: Stanley Kramer
Written By: Abby Mann, Montgomery Clift
Where to Watch
Top Cast
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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43% Positive
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
57% Mixed
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
60
43% Positive
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
57% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Though unrelentingly bleak, Judgment at Nuremberg is absorbing from beginning to end.
On the point of the fundamental issue in the Nazi war guilt trials that were held in Nuremberg, Germany, after World War II, Stanley Kramer, the producer-director, has pinned a powerful, persuasive film. The major weakness, perhaps, of the whole thing is that it is inevitably compressive and sometimes glib. The strength and wonder of it is that it manages to say so much that still needs to be said.
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.
Gavin Lambert summed it up: An all-star concentration-camp drama, with special guest-victim appearances.
Judgment at Nuremberg is twice the size of the concise, stirring and rewarding production on television's Playhouse 90 early in 1959. A faster tempo by producer-director Stanley Kramer and more trenchant script editing would have punched up picture.
Grandstanding 1961 courtroom drama about the Nazi war trials, courtesy of producer-director Stanley Kramer, breast-beating screenwriter Abby Mann, and an all-star cast—watchable enough on its own terms, but insufferably glib next to something like Shoah.
On the whole, Director Kramer has almost arrogantly exceeded his judicial warrant. He has also crudely mismanaged both actors and camera, and has carelessly permitted several reels of fat to accumulate around the movie's middle.
User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 36 User Ratings
8.4
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User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 36 User Ratings
8.4
92% Positive
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6% Mixed
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Awards
Academy Awards, USA
• 2 Wins & 11 Nominations
Golden Globes, USA
• 2 Wins & 6 Nominations
Laurel Awards
• 5 Nominations
