JUDGMENT AT NUREMBERG (United Artists - 1961)
(Release Date: September 7, 2004)

The first of Judy's resurgent film career in the early 60's, a beautifully executed dramatic performance as a German woman who, during World War II, is persecuted by the Nazis for her innocent friendship with an older Jewish man. Now, during the post-war war crimes tribunal in Nuremberg, Germany, she is forced to relive the horror by giving testimony. Judy was nominated for an Oscar as Best Supporting Actress. She lost to Rita Moreno is West Side Story. Puhleeze! Yet another case of the Academy giving the Oscar for popularity, rather than actual performance.

Everyone's performance in this classic film is perfect. Spencer Tracy, Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Marlene Dietrich, a young William Shatner, and Maximillian Schell (who the Oscar for Best Actor).

The film is a must-see history lesson on the effects of war, from both sides, and the attitudes and feelings and lessons hopefully learned. Not many films about World War II are this effective and this good.

Originally released in the late 90's on DVD (see right), this special edition includes a new transfer; "In Conversation: Abby Mann and Maximilian Schell" featurette; "A Tribute to Stanley Kramer" featurette; "The Value of a Single Human Being" featurette (Abby Mann reads from Judgment at Nuremberg); Photo Gallery; & the
Theatrical Trailer.

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