‘Nuremberg’ to capture cat-and-mouse game between Göring, captors

On May 8, 1945, “der dicke Hermann,” or “Fat Herman” to the German public, stepped out of his vehicle.

With the writing on the wall, Hermann Göring, the leader of the Luftwaffe, had surrendered to the Americans.

“Twelve years,” he purportedly muttered . “I’ve had a good run for my money.”

Now, based on Jack El-Hai’s book “ The Nazi and the Psychiatrist ,” director James Vanderbilt is bringing Göring’s 18-month incarceration and trial to the big screen in “Nuremberg.”

Starring Rami Malek as Lt. Col. Douglas Kelley, the U.S. Army psychiatrist assigned to interview the Nazi leader, the film follows Malek’s character as he interrogates Göring, played by Russell Crowe.

Held alongside 51 senior Nazi leaders, Göring was confined in Prisoner of War Camp No. 32, known to its inmates as t