PG | 2 h 59 min | Drama | 1961
Stanley Kramer’s courtroom drama is set in Nuremberg, Germany in 1948. One of America’s several post-World War II trials is underway; together, the tribunals will charge German military officers, Nazi party leaders, doctors, industrialists, and judges for war crimes.
In this trial, Chief Judge Haywood (Spencer Tracy) and fellow judges must decide the fates of the German judges before them. Are they, as men of influence, guilty of sentencing innocents to sterilization or death? Or are they mere patriots compelled to bow to national interest? Regardless, this isn’t a typical trial; the defendants are charged with crimes committed in the name of the law….