Spencer Tracy, Maximilian Schell, Burt Lancaster
In 1948, an American court in occupied Germany tries four Nazi judges for war crimes.
DVD Release Date: September 7, 2004
Stats: 347 reviews
A cast of legends and an excellent screenplay made easier for Stanley Kramer to achieve such powerful and compelling courtroom drama. A film that any person should have the opportunity to watch, especially the world leaders.
I caught all but the last two minutes but I really liked it. It's full of great performances, namely from Burt Lancaster. It also asks a lot of great ethical questions as well. At a running time of about 3 hours its definitely not for everyone but a must for WWII history buffs.
The movie was a bit long, but all the performaces were engaging. It really shows you there's no black and white when dealing with world war II.
This is perhaps Stanley Kramer's most complicated and outstanding cinematographic achievement in his entire filmic career. The film itself is very thematic and hard to watch, but undeniably has a strong political atmosphere greatly built and shown through top-notch realistic perf...( read more)
Superbly acted. Well written. Schell and Clift are amazing. What a movie should be.
"One thing about Americans, we're not cut out to be occupiers. We're new at it and not very good at it."
Of the large output of movies that concern themselves with accounts of the Nazi era and its aftermath, there are perhaps only a handful that can be called 'great'....( read more)
4/5, only because I'm still not entirely sure what Spencer Tracy said at the end.
Good movie...great acting...too bad we don't follow the rule of law nowadays like they did in this movie of actual events...
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