Nuremberg (2000) (TV)

Director:

Yves Simoneau

Writers (WGA):

Joseph E. Persico (book)
David W. Rintels (teleplay)

Release Date:

16 July 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | History

Plot:

The dramatized account of the war crime trials following the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II.

Plot Keywords:

Nazi | Courtroom | War Crime | Execution | WWII

Awards:

Nominated for 3 Golden Globes. Another 9 wins & 18 nominations

Cast

Alec Baldwin	...	Justice Robert H. Jackson
Brian Cox	...	Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring
Christopher Plummer	...	Sir David Maxwell-Fyfe
Jill Hennessy	...	Elsie Douglas
Christopher Heyerdahl	...	Ernst Kaltenbrunner
Roger Dunn	...	Col. Robert Storey
David McIlwraith	...	Col. John Harlan Amen
Christopher Shyer	...	Gen. Telford Taylor
Hrothgar Mathews	...	Thomas J. Dodd
Herbert Knaup	...	Albert Speer
Frank Moore	...	Hans Frank
Frank Fontaine	...	Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm Keitel
Raymond Cloutier	...	Großadmiral Karl Dönitz
Bill Corday	...	Generaloberst Alfred Jodl
Ken Kramer	...	Fritz Sauckel

Runtime:

180 min | Canada:140 min

Country:

Canada | USA

Language:

English | German

Color:

Black and White | Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Singapore:NC-16 | Iceland:12 | South Korea:15 | Argentina:Atp | Germany:12 | Spain:13 | UK:15

Filming Locations:

Montréal, Québec, Canada

Company:

Alliance Atlantis Communications

Trivia:

In reality Sir David Maxwell-Fyfe was, at 46, a few years younger than Robert Jackson (53), rather than as seen here, a considerably older mentor figure.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: The leading Nazis sentenced to death at Nuremberg were all executed during the night of 16th October in the prison gymnasium. Yet bright sunlight is clearly seen shining through the upper windows of the building as the condemned men are each brought to the gallows.

Quotes:

Albert Speer: Nazi Germany was built on empty platitudes.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Scene Smoking: Cigarettes, Cinema & the Myth of Cool (2001)

Soundtrack:

Deep in the Heart of Texas

Electrifying depiction of the world-famous trials

I was only a teenager when the Nuremberg trials began, and I (as most other people throughout the world) had very little true knowledge of the horror stories of the victims of Nazi atrocities. When the truth burst upon the world, many people could not believe what they saw. (Some neo-nazi fools still deny everything.)

This is not an easy film to watch, especially with actual films of the frightful deathcamps, but one is drawn into the story because it was such a momentous event - that the major Allies of WWII united to have fair and open trials not just of single criminals, but of an evil governmental system.

Alec Baldwin has done a magnificent job in his role as Robert Jackson, who was the Chief Prosecutor. I wish I could thank him, as co-producer of this fine mini-series, for such a vivid rendering of those years.

Yes, there are still horrors being perpetrated on innocent victims in many parts of the world today, but the world IS watching, and in many cases, is resisting these evil governments.

I suggest that it is of UTMOST IMPORTANCE that young people today watch this film. Too many young (and many older) people think of WWII as only a rather heroic glorious time; I want them to know what some human beings were doing to other innocent victims. Believe me it is NOT boring. Yes, there were many, many heroes. I know. I married a young man who had fought with the Greek resistance movement and suffered greatly, but his spirit, as that of many others, could not be conquered. We must not forget!