Academy Award × 2·National Film Registry
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.
Drama, History, War
DirectorStanley Kramer
StarringSpencer Tracy, Richard Widmark, Maximilian Schell, Burt Lancaster, Marlene Dietrich
ComposerErnest Gold
Academy Award × 2·National Film Registry
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.
Drama, History, War
DirectorStanley Kramer
StarringSpencer Tracy, Richard Widmark, Maximilian Schell, Burt Lancaster, Marlene Dietrich
ComposerErnest Gold