Nuremberg, out in theaters Nov. 7, stars Rami Malek as a psychiatrist tasked with evaluating Nazi leaders before the Nuremberg trials in November 1945. Malek’s character Douglas Kelley is based on a real psychiatrist who interviewed 22 Nazis to ensure they were fit to stand trial and that they would not take their own lives.

The International Military Tribunal tried defendants for crimes against peace, war crimes, crimes against humanity, and conspiracy to commit these crimes, according to the National WWII Museum . Overall, there were 13 trials between 1945 and 1949.

Adolf Hitler had already committed suicide on April 30, 1945, so Kelley was asked to pay special attention to Hermann Göring ( Russell Crowe ) because he was the second most powerful Nazi official indicted. The

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