Nuremberg - In the name of humanity
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German title | Nuremberg - In the name of humanity |
Original title | Nuremberg |
Country of production | USA , Canada |
original language | English |
Publishing year | 2000 |
length | 180 minutes |
Age rating | FSK 12 |
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Director | Yves Simoneau |
script |
David W. Rintels , Joseph E. Perisco (novel) |
production |
Mychéle Boudrias , Ian McDougall |
music | Richard Grégoire |
camera | Alain Dostie |
cut | Yves Langlois |
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The film Nuremberg - In the Name of Humanity is about the war crimes tribunal in Nuremberg , the trial against the main war criminals of the Third Reich. Directed by Yves Simoneau .
action
The film begins with Hermann Göring volunteering to be taken prisoner by the Americans. An essential part of the plot are the efforts of the Allies to get a process off the ground. The film shows and reconstructs (thanks to the tape and film recordings made in 1945/46) literally the course of the court. Göring is shown as someone who shows no remorse and cleverly uses the process as a stage. The film documents the horror of the prosecutors as gradually the crimes of Germany during the war are discussed in the trial. In the end, several war criminals are sentenced to death and executed.
background
A large part of the old Palace of Justice was built true to detail, and the actors were cast according to the appearance of their historical "models". The film allows itself some dramaturgical liberties. So there were actually not four judges, but eight (two out of four victorious powers each). In the film, on the day on which the defendants are supposed to plead innocent or guilty, all the defendants are present at the same time. In reality, not everyone was there that day, not for example Ernst Kaltenbrunner . Likewise, the defendants did not confess to the allegations of guilt from their seat, but went to a microphone in the middle of the defendant's bench.
In addition, the script only accuses the defendants of genocide against the Jews . Neither the conspiracy nor the crimes on the Eastern Front nor the Battle of Stalingrad are discussed in the film, although these were also topics in Nuremberg in 1945/46. Even the seizure of power by Adolf Hitler , in which some of the accused were involved, occurs at best marginally.
The place of execution, which historically was a simple gymnasium in Nuremberg, is dramatized in the film as a large, mysterious hall and therefore does not correspond to the facts.
The love affair between Chief Prosecutor Robert H. Jackson and his secretary Elsie Douglas shown in the film is fictional. Andrus was not present at the executions.
Reviews
- Cinema described the film as a "cinematic memorial of the Nazi atrocities."
Awards
Among other things, Nuremberg - In the Name of Humanity received four Emmy nominations in 2001 and received two of the coveted prizes.
Excellent:
- Best tone
- Best Male Supporting Actor: Brian Cox
Nominated for:
- Best movie
- Best sound editing
Other actors
The defendants
- Brian Cox as Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring
- Herbert Knaup as Albert Speer
- Frank R. Moore as Hans Frank
- Frank Fontaine as Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel
- Raymond Cloutier as Grand Admiral Karl Dönitz
- Bill Corday as Colonel General Alfred Jodl
- Christopher Heyerdahl as Ernst Kaltenbrunner
- Ken Kramer as Fritz Sauckel
- Sam Stone as Julius Streicher
- Douglas O'Keeffe as Reich Youth Leader Baldur von Schirach
- Benoit Girard as Reich Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop
- James Bradford as Hjalmar Schacht
- Frank Burns as Wilhelm Frick
- Erwin Potitt as Walther Funk
- Tom Rack as Hans Fritzsche
- Roc LaFortune as Rudolf Hess
- Dennis St John as Franz von Papen
- Griffith Brewer as Konstantin von Neurath
- Gabriel Gascon as Grand Admiral Erich Raeder
- Julien Poulin as Dr. Robert Ley
- Alain Fournier as Reich Minister Alfred Rosenberg
- René Gagnon as Reich Minister Arthur Seyß-Inquart
The judge
- Len Cariou as Francis A. Biddle
- David Francis as Sir Geoffrey Lawrence
- Len Doncheff as Gen. Iona Nikittschenko
- Paul Hébert as Henri Donnedieu de Vabres
The witnesses
- Colm Feore as Rudolf Höß
- Charlotte Gainsbourg as Marie Claude Vaillant-Couturier
- Robert Joy as Anton Pachelogg
- Max von Sydow as Samuel Rosenman
Some voice actors
- Chief Prosecutor Robert H. Jackson: Erich Räuker
- Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring: Jürgen Kluckert
- Elsie Douglas: Heidrun Bartholomäus
- Col. Burton C. Andrus: Engelbert von Nordhausen
- Sir David Maxwell-Fyfe: Christian Rode
- Samuel Rosenman: Jürgen Thormann
- Capt. Gustave M. Gilbert: Peter Flechtner
- Rudolf Höss: Udo Schenk
- Howard Wiley: Helmut Gauss
- Anton Pachelogg: Gerald Schaale
- Sir Francis Biddle: Gerhard Paul
- Sir Geoffrey Lawrence: Friedrich Georg Beckhaus
- Albert Speer: Herbert Knaup
See also
Web links
- Nuremberg - In the name of humanity in the Internet Movie Database (English)