Judgment at Nuremberg is an American 1961 drama movie starring Burt Lancaster, Judy Garland, Marlene Dietrich, Maximilian Schell, Spencer Tracy and William Shatner, presented on DVD.

The event the world will never forget.

Nominated for eleven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Judgment at Nuremberg is “magnificent” (Los Angeles Times), “continuously exciting” (The New Yorker) and boasts brilliant performances by an all-star cast. American judge Dan Haywood (Spencer Tracy) presides over the trial of four German jurists accused of “legalizing” Nazi atrocities. But as graphic accounts of sterilization and murder unfold in the courtroom, mounting political pressure for leniency forces Haywood to make the most harrowing and difficult decision of his career.

Awards

• Won Best Actor in a Leading Role Maximilian Schell (Academy Awards, USA 1962)
• Nominated Best Picture Stanley Kramer (Academy Awards, USA 1962)
• Nominated Best Actor in a Leading Role Spencer Tracy (Academy Awards, USA 1962)
• Nominated Best Actor in a Supporting Role Montgomery Clift (Academy Awards, USA 1962)
• Nominated Best Actress in a Supporting Role Judy Garland (Academy Awards, USA 1962)
• Nominated Best Director Stanley Kramer (Academy Awards, USA 1962)
• Won Best Motion Picture Director Stanley Kramer (Golden Globes, USA 1962)
• Won Best Motion Picture Actor – Drama Maximilian Schell (Golden Globes, USA 1962)
• Nominated Best Motion Picture – Drama (Golden Globes, USA 1962)
• Nominated Best Supporting Actress Judy Garland (Golden Globes, USA 1962)
• Nominated Best Supporting Actor Montgomery Clift (Golden Globes, USA 1962)
• Nominated Best Supporting Actor Montgomery Clift (Golden Globes, USA 1962)
• Nominated Best Film from any Source (BAFTA Awards 1962)
• Nominated Best Foreign Actor Montgomery Clift (BAFTA Awards 1962)
• Nominated Best Foreign Actor Maximilian Schell (BAFTA Awards 1962)
• 16 other wins
• Nominated for 9 other awards

Judgment at Nuremberg movie reviews

“Tracy delivers a performance of great intelligence and intuition.” Variety

“There are no surprises in the direction, and Abby Mann's screenplay plays the expected tunes, but there's enough conviction on display to reward a patient spectator.” Time Out

“A rare cinematic exploration of the messy, difficult aftermath of evaluating culpability, not only for the Nazi masterminds, but also for innumerable officials and functionaries…” Decent Films Guide

“In the grand tradition of courtroom dramas, Nuremberg has the distinction of being probably the most "important” of them all – even if it's not the most blatantly entertaining" Filmcritic.com