It has been exactly 80 years since the infamous Nuremberg tribunal established international law and put the Nazis on trial for unspeakable evil acts in war. It has been the subject of a landmark 1961 movie from Stanley Kramer, Judgment at Nuremberg, which was nominated for 11 Oscars and won two, as well as TV productions both before that and after. And now comes Nuremberg, being released in the same month that tribunal happened on November 21, 1945. But if you think you have seen it, think again.
This is a fascinating and urgently important story that has not been told on film before, and we have screenwriter and director James Vanderbilt ( Zodiac, Truth ) to thank, as well as author Jack El-Hai whose book The Nazi and the Psychiatrist served as source material. So is this