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wnylib

(26,109 posts) Tue Apr 7, 2026, 04:35 PM 15 hrs ago

Judgment at Nuremberg movie -- some words to ponder

In this scene, a German federal lawyer on trial at Nuremburg testifies on how it all happened.

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The same lawyer after the guilty verdict and sentencing

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Judgment at Nuremberg movie -- some words to ponder (Original Post) wnylib 15 hrs ago OP

I watched that a few weeks ago. greatauntoftriplets 15 hrs ago #1

I'd like to see such trials occur much sooner than wnylib 15 hrs ago #2

Whenever the US Supreme Court makes one of it's sycophantic decisions... Spazito 15 hrs ago #3

Same here. This is Spencer Tracy's speech at the verdict. wnylib 15 hrs ago #4

It is one of my favorite movies and Spencer Tracy is magnificent in it as... Spazito 14 hrs ago #5

Spencer Tracy's greatest role, IMO. wnylib 14 hrs ago #6

Totally agree with everything in your post. Spazito 14 hrs ago #7

Burt Lancaster bmichaelh 14 hrs ago #8

Yes, a great actor. The film had a star studded caste. wnylib 14 hrs ago #9

greatauntoftriplets

(179,089 posts)

1. I watched that a few weeks ago.

Reply to wnylib (Original post)

Tue Apr 7, 2026, 04:41 PM

15 hrs ago

We're going to need those trials. I'd like to see Jack Smith on the tribunal, or as the presiding judge.

wnylib

(26,109 posts)

2. I'd like to see such trials occur much sooner than

Reply to greatauntoftriplets (Reply #1)

Tue Apr 7, 2026, 04:48 PM

15 hrs ago

they did in the past. Soon enough to prevent further disaster right now.

Spazito

(55,592 posts)

3. Whenever the US Supreme Court makes one of it's sycophantic decisions...

Reply to wnylib (Original post)

Tue Apr 7, 2026, 04:58 PM

15 hrs ago

it reminds me of this movie and how the Highest Court can and has been subverted in the past.

wnylib

(26,109 posts)

4. Same here. This is Spencer Tracy's speech at the verdict.

Reply to Spazito (Reply #3)

Tue Apr 7, 2026, 05:05 PM

15 hrs ago

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Spazito

(55,592 posts)

5. It is one of my favorite movies and Spencer Tracy is magnificent in it as...

Reply to wnylib (Reply #4)

Tue Apr 7, 2026, 05:11 PM

14 hrs ago

is Burt Lancaster. The movie is a fictionalized version of the Judges' Trial, which was one of the twelve Nuremberg Military Tribunals, but the words spoken in the movie ring true today in many ways, imo.

wnylib

(26,109 posts)

6. Spencer Tracy's greatest role, IMO.

Reply to Spazito (Reply #5)

Tue Apr 7, 2026, 05:30 PM

14 hrs ago

The script is excellent, too, for bringing out so many sides and issues so that the film's message comes through without being trite or simplistic.

Yes, it is timeless abd applies today.

Spazito

(55,592 posts)

7. Totally agree with everything in your post.

Reply to wnylib (Reply #6)

Tue Apr 7, 2026, 05:31 PM

14 hrs ago

bmichaelh

(1,196 posts)

8. Burt Lancaster

Reply to wnylib (Original post)

Tue Apr 7, 2026, 05:33 PM

14 hrs ago

Burt Lancaster was a card-carrying ACLU member and liberal.

Some of the films he made with director John Frankenheimer are some of my favorites.

wnylib

(26,109 posts)

9. Yes, a great actor. The film had a star studded caste.

Reply to bmichaelh (Reply #8)

Tue Apr 7, 2026, 05:47 PM

14 hrs ago

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Burt Lancaster, Spencer Tracy, Judy Garland, Richard Widmark. Marlene Dietrich, William Shatner, Montgomery Clift.

I think that Maximillian Schell was new at the time, at least to American audiences.

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